Urbanization Case Studies Samples For Students

Thesis Statement: By ensuring appropriate urban development patterns, enacting the necessary legislation, and controlling exposure to waste water, the authorities in Jeddah can preserve surface water and improve the living conditions of its people.

Overview

- Surface water is scanty in Jeddah region.
- Average amounts of rainfall received are very low.
- Surface water is not adequate to supply the human population in the region.
- Plenty of rainfall experienced on the Hijaz Mountains and in the high Red Sea Escarpment cause flooding.
- The only form of replenishment is precipitation.
- Despite its ...

2. What impact did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have on the black community in Cleveland?
The 1964 civil rights act was of benefit to the blacks in Cleveland. The blacks got the right to vote for the leaders of their choice. The blacks were also allowed to vie for political seats like other citizens of the United States. The act also gave the blacks the right to use public facilities such as hotels and schools that were also attended by the whites. This means that discrimination reduced and more interaction between blacks and whites in public ...

The installation of the streetcar revolutionized 19th century urban planning in walking cities like Cleveland because they allowed the decentralization of the population. Before the streetcar, cities were laid out so that people could walk from their homes to their jobs and to shop. This made for a concentrated, dense business and residential center. When the street cars were installed it let the cities spread out so that the business could form commerce districts and people could get in and around in them from more spacious residential areas because streetcars let people ride further in ten minutes than they could ...

Introduction:

The global economy’s output has definitely expanded at an unprecedented rate for the past 25 years. In spite of this, the benefits of this growth have only been experienced by the developing world to a limited degree. This cannot be ascribed to any failure of underdeveloped countries as a group to share in the global economic expansion. In fact, their per capita incomes have been rising steadily over the past quarter century than in previous times. The failure lies in the distribution patterns of earlier growth which alienated the poorest groups from the sphere of economic growth and material developments.
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Introduction

Increasingly difficult geographic conditions and harsh climatic conditions coupled by climate change have emerged as key causes of migration as persons affected by the crisis escape from the rigors that come with the conditions. In most cases, it is vulnerable persons who are most affected by the extreme geographical and climatic conditions and who seek to find ways of grappling with the problem. Most of the time, migration has always presented itself as a viable solution for the vulnerable persons to other areas in a bid to cushion themselves against the tough conditions. Nonetheless, migration, albeit seen as a viable option by ...

Overview

The current case once again brings to light the countless flaws in the prevailing Indian healthcare system that is plagued by shoddy practices, including unavailability of proper infrastructure, along with the callousness and disenchantment of the medical practitioners and the staff in general both towards the medical profession and the patients, that manifests itself into decreased morale and increased turnover and absenteeism rates amongst them. With the needle this time pointing towards SR Hospital, a middle-class government hospital in Kerala (India), the case tries to briefly talk about the current financially debilitating state of the medical establishment, which again is ...

Abstract
Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

Celtel Nigeria

Celtel Nigeria was the second largest mobile telecommunication company in mid-2007. The company had a 28 percent market share and approximately 28 million subscribers. The company had experienced success in its operations in cities and large towns. In mid-2007, Celtel shifted its attention from the cities to the rural regions inhabited by poor consumers. The rural regions have 50 percent of Nigeria’s population providing a massive untapped market. The company has experienced several challenges when reaching the rural customers. Majority of the rural areas had no connection to the national electricity grid and the telecommunication towers had to be run ...

Introduction

This paper provides information on geographical aspects, with focus no urban environment of Frankfurt, Germany with an intention of investigating and analyzing financial and commercial patterns based on size and function of three retail centers. The analysis will involve application Reilly’s retail theory and Christaller’s model of central places (Morris, 118). An understanding of urban environmental issues in cities such as Frankfurt provides a spring board upon which spatial planning can be tailored to meet the social, economic and recreational needs of people.

How do retail patterns vary in different urban areas of Frankfurt am Main, Germany?
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Flood is a natural disaster caused by unusually heavy rainfall lashing an area at a rapid pace and filling the area even as the excess water is unable either to infiltrate beneath the ground or drain safely. Chennai, the South Indian city, recently witnessed unprecedented rainfall in a century. Nature’s fury coupled with a development culture that pays no heed to environmental sustainability is widely blamed for the natural disaster. In light of individuals asking the legitimate questions on the indiscriminate use of precious natural resources and the scant apprehension for the environment, the floods continue to remind ...

Role of GIS in Promoting a More Sustainable Future in Energy: A case study of theStädteregion Aachen in Germany
In the last decades, the world has experienced unprecedented population growth. Populations in the cities have doubled up with more than 74% of the country’s population live inside urban centres in developed countries. In developing countries, approximately 44% of the population are living in urban settings. With the influx of people in urban areas, there has been an increase in the consumption of energy. With increased use of fossil fuel, there has been constant pollution by gases like ...

According to Mendel (653), the phenomenon of homelessness in a affluent society and actions of business leaders in Cleveland to address it provides the starting point of Daniel Kerr’s Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio. Kerr makes immense contribution to aid our understanding on what most of the public and private civic leaders consider as intractable urban residential poverty, discriminatory public housing policy, contribution to Communist Party, urban renewal public planning, and costs to affordable housing.
Molinari et al. (487) and Mendel (653) agree that the homelessness is prevalent in United States and triggers challenge for veterans ...

Abstract

Homelessness has serious and often severe implications for families, but in particular for their children. The effects of homelessness for children can be devastating and long lasting. Even after a child is no longer homeless, he or she can still suffering lingering effects. This paper examines these negative effects of homelessness on children and considers possible methods for mitigating these effects. It also relates these to the specific situation into Durham, North Carolina by discussing the homeless statistics in the city. As this paper will point out, one of the most effective ways to address this issue is to ...

Introduction

Insurgence is defined as the armed rebellion towards a constituted authority. The people who practice insurgence use terrorism while others use the guerrilla warfare as an instrument to fight. There have been some cases where some countries such as Philippines that practised insurgence which was not violent. There are different types of insurgence that is practiced by different countries especially when there is violence. The main purpose for the insurgence is in countries that have problems in religion, ethnic, political and economic. The other instances are when a particular group or people in a country are dissatisfied with the ruling power. There ...

Part 3: Strategic Recommendations

The basic complaint advanced by the quadruple bypass heart surgery patient and his wife is that the quality of non-critical medical care is below par and should be improved. The surgical personnel did a great job, according to the patient, but there were some few areas of concern. Concisely, the patient experienced what he terms as “near misses” and a feeling of being neglected by the medical staff. He feels that the medical personnel could do more to show some level of emotional involvement in the case and not just appear detached and largely blasé. Similarly, the patient is calling for a ...

Degrading Nature: Rising Sea level in Caribbean Sea

Lately, rising sea level is among the contentious environmental issues and has become more challenging in environmentalism. Rising sea level has various impacts on both the natural environment and human populations, more especially those living on islands and the coastal regions. It is estimated that the sea level rose by about 1.8 yearly in 1950-2010, and this rate keep on increasing with time. There are a number of factors that are associated with the rising sea level. The Caribbean sea-level rise serves as a good illustration of how the sea-level rise is an environmental challenge (Gallagher, 2006). This paper seeks to ...

According to the Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat, The Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building based on height to top, height to highest occupied floor, and height to architectural top. The building is a multi-use Burj Dubai development tower with an approximate total area of 460,000 meters squared. It includes parking facilities, shopping malls, entertainment centers, offices, hotel, and residential (AL-KODMANY 2013, p. 12). The decision to construct this building was initiated by government’s idea to diversify from an oil-based economy to one that is tourism and service oriented. It is 828 meters tall ...

Choosing a Product

The chosen product for the consumer market in South Africa is smartphones, which have a high demand in this consumer market based on the technological advancements experienced in different parts of the world. The selection of this product focuses on two aspects that would help towards defining success for the company involved in the export process. Firstly, the selection of product focused on the growing consumer markets for smartphones within the South African consumer market with the majority of these products coming in from Asian countries (Parker, 2014). Consequently, this means that providing consumers with quality smartphones would help ...

and Game Theory: An Article Review

Full Bibliographic Reference

Liu, Y., Tang, W., He, J., Liu, Y., Ai, T., & Liu, D. (2015). A land-use spatial optimization model based on genetic optimization and game theory. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, 49, 1-14.

Introduction

Objectives and Article Domain
Considering the scarcity of land in the present time, it is important to strategize land usage to achieve the desired economic outcomes using the available land. As such, it is important to compact the land in order to maximize its economic use. In response to this problem, the article aimed to determine the land-use sustainability and compactness ...

Neighbor Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Neighbor works America also known as Neighborhood Reinvestment Cooperation started as Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh. Its inception is believed to be in the year 1968 when a central north side resident of Pittsburgh Dorothy Mae started campaigning for better housing in the neighborhood. It is a non-profit organization that was congressionally charted during 1978 to provide housing services and programs in the state cities. The organization has a branch in Cleveland. It has been providing excellent services and programs for more than thirty-seven years to the residents of northeast Ohio. It is made up of more than ...

Introduction

Aeolian processes occur in environments such as deserts, agricultural fields, and coastal regions. The features of such environments include a nonexistent or sparse vegetation cover, strong winds, and a supply of fine sediments. In Egypt, the increase in human population has led to the lateral spread of human settlements from the Nile’s flood plains to various locations in the western desert land. Such areas include the Kharga Oasis, where the government has initiated land reclamation projects for agriculture and human settlements. However, the developmental plans have missed the issue of natural hazards such as dune movements. Hence, the success of such ...

Rail construction is a sequence of steps that takes laborious amounts of time in each step and finally results in a wonderful and safe system for transport for many decades to come that requires minimal maintenance over that period. The first step in the construction process is the approval for new line itself. This is typically the responsibility of the government to do it. Once a approval is given for rail connectivity between two points then the role of engineering kicks in.
The first step in the process is the alignment. Alignment is nothing but the path in which the track ...

Impediments to disaster prevention are the obstacles or abstractions that prevent the process of risk mitigation from taking place. With the increasing incidents of risks, everybody is looking for the best way to curb the serious risks that take place year in year out. Since Close to everybody is at risk and disaster may hit at any time, it is very important that we looked for the best ways to mitigate disaster. Very many of such disasters have already hit different places including the big cities not forgetting the ones that have occurred in the United States most recently ( ...

Introduction

Nigeria is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is growing at a rate more than 8% for the last decade. But Nigeria also has one of the highest percentages of poor people in the world and the percentage of poor population is continuously increasing. The growth curve of Nigeria is unable to improve the lives of the poor and destitute. As it happens in many developing countries, the mainstream financial institutes in Nigeria completely exclude the poor population from having any access to the financial system. This makes their daily living a perpetual struggle with poverty as ...

Question # 1:

Strategic Groups:
Organizations operating in the same industry tend to form clusters and groups on the basis of the different strategic positions. Different organizations form a cluster or group as they have almost similar strategic position to operate in the industry. It is important to carefully analyze and select the dimensions for the x and y axes for strategic group mapping. The strategic group mapping presents an overview of the different strategic positions in the industry and allows the organization to come up with competitive advantage (Freeman, 2010).

Strategic Group Mapping for Wal-Mart:

The organizations or firms operating in the retail industry of US ...

The struggle for sustainability in rural China

Evidence from scholarly material has shown that there is an assumption on issues concerning the environment in rural China. These stereotypic opinions have been largely generated by the general public as well as the aforementioned scholars. The first assumption being that the Chinese people do not care about their environment as they are more concerned about their economic development. Secondly, it is assumed that even if the people cared about the environment and were concerned about the pollution, there is little they could do to stop it because the central government has put more emphasis on economic development than ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Proposed changes in the marketing strategies.
Recommendation:
Avail the opportunities optimistically and with sustainability.
Increase market share of Bakery Segment.
For Dinner segment, come up with innovative ideas for the food items, ambiance of restaurants, and services in the restaurants.
Come up with new and unique food menus frequently.
Opportunities Available
Panera Bread (PB) designs its strategy in such way that its brand becomes the best for selling fresh bread. Panera Bread is also popular as a casual restaurant with fast food. It provides high-quality food in a distinctive dining environment. The company managed to design extensive differentiation ...

Introduction

Zip car organization was a business that was established for sharing cars with its roots in Boston. The business was established from a financial model and business structure that would allow it to take off as a start-up. Following later operations lessons and new information, the business revised and developed another finance and business structure design that would improve their performance and growth. The business aimed to expand to the rest of the nation and across the globe. The writer will explore the original financial and business plan formulated by the business. The author will analyze the second financial ...

While sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present and future generations, and a focus on prevention of environmental degradation, several factors influence the attainment of these goals, specifically culture and organizations. Sustainable development as a concept first appeared in the Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Economic Development (Buchanan 29). The Brundtland Commission was established in 1985 to address environmental problems due to economic development. Atmospheric pollution, climate change and global warming, accumulated wetlands, decreased freshwater quality, topsoil degradation, endangered species of animals and fishes, and forest degradation were environmental concerns discussed in the Brundtland Commission ( ...

Tourists Relationship with Food and Drinks

Introduction
According to Dale (2006, p.2), tourism involves activities of people travelling to take vacationsin places that are outside their typical environments. These vacations do not exceed one consecutive year. Tourism is driven by several factors such as leisure, business, or any other purpose (Dale, 2006 p.2). The definition indicates that tourists move away from their usual homes to a destination where food, drinks, and culture are different.Food and culture are strongly linked. Food choices reflect the identity of the eater (Hurh and Kim, 1998 p.72). Human beings tend to adhere to taking familiar foods and drinks because of ...

Politics and government is a very touchy subject for a lot of people. This is especially true right now with the presidential election right around the corner. All of the focus is on the national stage and many people forget that local governments have their issues as well. These issues come from there being too much bureaucracy and too many people that want to be in charge.
​ This is the ongoing issue in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They are a large county with various towns and boroughs. Every town has a legislative body all encompassed and watched over by the ...

International Business - H&M

H&M is ranked as one of the world’s largest clothing companies and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. As a clothing industry, the company has to ensure it captures the latest fashion trend in order to match the market demand for clothing industry. This is crucial because today’s customers tend to be trendy in terms of the type of clothes they wear. Given the changing dynamic of the fashion culture, the industry has to be cost effective in terms of their production to keep up with the customer’s demand. H&M is large clothing industry, which means it has ...

Introduction

The Irving District was established in the year of 1903 by J.O Schulze, and Otis Brown was a cofounder in this regard as well. However, the element of multiculturalism remained a powerful one in the town from early history, and according to consensus conducted in 2010, 53.1% of the total population is made out of Whites, 12.3% is represented by African Americans, 0.9% piece of the pie goes to Native Americans, and 14% are Asians.
The people from Pacific Island are 0.1% of the population. 3.5% people belong to multiple racial backgrounds. Finally Hispanic and Latino joined to cover 41% ...

Reasons why California is difficult to govern

Ken and John believe that political diversity is the largest problem that has made any leadership unable to proficiently govern California. The author states that, “no single political adjective or phrase can capture California’s political diversity, in terms of the bulk state voters.” Geographically, there are metropolitan counties and San Francisco bay counties that present conflicting political views and ideas. In the two differing parties, “About 75% of the state’s voters and its main partisan and ideological division” are present. The San Francisco Bay is quite significant to the Democrat party since it significantly contributes to the ...

The Pepsi Ultimate Taste Challenge 2012: Social Enough?

PepsiCo is one of the biggest players of the carbonated and non carbonated soft drink market. This case deals with Pepsi’s market dynamics in the Canadian market. PepsiCo first entered Canada in 1934 by opening its first bottling plant in Montreal. Since then, it had been a long journey for the company as it has more than 10 million loyal customers all across the country. It had employed more than 5000 people all across Canada ,and its primary target was the long term growth of PepsiCo brands that consisted of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max,Tropicana,Gatorade,7up,Mountain ...

Homelessness is a social issue that identifies with the state of individuals without a normal private house and haven. Individuals passing through social issue of homelessness are frequently not competent to acquire and protect standard, safe, ensured, and agreeable convenience, or need "settled, normal, and sufficient evening habitation." There is no standard meaning of homelessness and it contrasts from area to district, or among distinctive elements or foundations in the same nation or locale. The extent of homeless is differ immeasurable and it additionally include individuals whose prime evening staying is in a homeless asylum, a warming focus, an abusive behavior at home ...

Introduction

This report will analyze the scope, prospects and challenges of Venice as a tourist destination in the 21st century and beyond. Venice, a city in Italy has been chosen for this report mainly because of its great historic and cultural importance in the eyes of tourists due to its symbolic museums, churches, architecture, recreational spots, scenic beauty, historic buildings, canals, bridges, etc. Moreover, this city has also been chosen for this report due to availability of various research journals and reports on Venice. The tourism mix of the city will give an insight into the seven P’s that dominate the ...

- Introduction
The success of Levendary Cafe as it live today as one the most recognizable brand in the restaurant segment is with regards to the primary aspect of the organizations willingness to take risks and evolve the core concept of the restaurant in tune with the trends in a globalized economy.
Risk taking can be traced to the founder Howard Leventhal management decisions which resulted in the astounding success of the quick casual restaurant in an ever intense restaurant segment.
The main services provided which distinguished Levendary Café from other competitive brands are their menu that ...

Question 1: Is it the right time to think about expansion? Why?

The Jabwood International Company should think about expanding its functions into other foreign countries now due to the present circumstances that have been experienced of late. The company relies mostly on the sale of TANITA wood products of which it has exclusive rights to distribute the products to the Middle East companies. The exclusivity however is about to be jeopardized with the low returns that has been experienced. The trading company in Russia wishes to remove the exclusive rights of Jabwood International and allow other trading companies from different countries the chance to distribute the products. The Jabwood International ...

Management

Human behaviour is intrinsic to say the least and certain unintentional actions by a person can reveal the state of that person. Human behaviour is influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport and so on. A person can become aggressive when he or she is faced with an unsettling situation, and their aggressiveness need not necessarily be in the form of physical or vocal outbursts. It can be in the form of non-cooperation, or by showing signs of anxiety and restlessness. Elizabeth Hutchinson (2011), in Dimensions of Human Behavior, looks at certain theories that can be applied to ...

Essay, Question 1Yes, the friction of distance has decreased over the years. When distance increases from one point to another, the relations with that point decrease. Researchers have found that when people tend to move from one place to another they forget the origin and get used to their new destination. The reason for this is, the costs and time involved increase with distance.Spatial interaction would not happen at all if the friction of distance remained to be zero. This is because, Spatial interaction to happen there must be an active flow course from one locality to another.Essay, Question ...

Introduction

It is quoted that if you fail to plan what you are in reality doing then you are planning to fail. This is dilemma that majority of community are experiencing. For an effective community it must plan for its future. What ultimately may happen is that the community fails to acclimatize to change and to take advantage of opportunity. Comprehensive planning is much related to the economic prosperity of communities. Therefore it is a tool for planning the future growth. A quality comprehensive plan is used to address the evolution and constant change of a community. However and in some instances ...

- Purpose: statement of problem.
In the United States, wireless technology faces stiff competition since there are many different service providers. This write- up explains how ROC Mobile could remarket Verizon Wireless Services instead of coming up with a very new wireless service provider. It is one of the successful strategies that increase a competitive advantage to the organization. This way, the new strategy will allow ROC Mobile to provide services to more markets in the United States as discussed by Wilson, (2012).
- Situation analysis and introduction
According to Wilson, (2012), the ROC Mobile strategizes to work ...

Introduction.

This report aims to identify the sustainable technologies that could be developed in New Zealand, to solve energy problems that are experienced by the residents in different cities. This is a case study of New Zealand, which is an island country to the south west of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the comparatively low population and the abundance of natural resources, the country is still among the leading Importer of energy sources. The country is majorly dependent on fossil fuel, hydroelectric and geothermal power as a source of its energy for domestic and industrial use. The increasing gas prices and the overdependence ...

Sea Level Rise in Australia

Introduction
This case study focuses on the sea level rise in Australia. It is with no doubt that rising sea levels are a major impact of the adverse effects climate change and may affect millions of lives in the coming years. Understanding the causes and effects of the rise in sea levels, would further be able to provide solutions to mitigate and provide solutions to this emerging problem in Australia and the whole world. The purpose of the study is to provide clear information on the direct and indirect impacts associated with sea level rise in Australia, to explain ...

Chapter 1, pg. 36: Are Electronic Medical Records a Cure for Health Care?

The problem described in this case is on medical record keeping due to the increasing number of patients seeking medical services. According to the case, about 12 percent of healthcare spending goes towards record keeping (Laudon & Laudon, 2012). Traditionally, medical records have been kept in files and folders, which make it difficult for healthcare professionals to access and share information. This problem can be solved by adopting electronic medical systems.

What people, organization, and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic medical record systems? Explain your answer.

The application and use of electronic medical records is compelling because they can make healthcare less expensive, efficient, and improve the quality of care by enabling easy access and ...

Why the U.S. Has the Highest Incarceration Rate in the Western World

ABSTRACT

Since over 70% of the U.S. prison population is black or Hispanic, even though these groups are only 25% of the population, racial disparities in arrests, convictions and sentencing are really the main reason that this country has a higher incarceration rate than any other advanced Western democracy. Indeed, it has more people incarcerated than all other Western nations combined, and for much longer sentences. Overwhelmingly, these offenders have been convicted on drug charges, and even though minorities use narcotics at the same rate as whites, they are ...

Abstract

The number of worldwide issues concerning environmental safety and corporate social responsibility has been on an ever-increasing rate. This is why we can also see a significant growth in the demand for environment-friendly and self-sustaining buildings. The number of domestic and international organizations that monitor and facilitate the standardization by means of a tiered certification of such buildings has also been on an ever-increasing rate. The LEED certification program is one of the most prominent ones in the U.S. and the UC Davis Brewery, Winery, and Food buildings have received platinum grade certification under such program. The objective of this paper ...

Car rental has become a necessary commodity in the United States and around the world. There are many, however, that do not need a vehicle for an entire day, but rather for just a couple of hours. Many times, these are college students living in states where one must be 21 to 25 years old to be able to rent a car through a tradition rental agency. Others just want to be able to take care of their rental needs by themselves and not deal with bureaucracy, but rather just be able to serve themselves and get their business done.
Zipcar follow’s ...

This Case Study paper includes four examples of cases concerning agricultural runoff and water pollution, preceded by a section defining NPS pollution and detailing its various known causes. The four case studies were intentionally chosen from different parts of the world with quite different environmental conditions. First was the Lower Bhavani River basin in India – an extremely rural area where fairly primitive agricultural methods are employed by villagers living in basic conditions. The second example was the Rhine valley in Europe; a highly developed and industrialized part of the world. Third of the examples used was the Lower Fraser Valley in ...

Statement of the problem issue

The need to create and manage a multi jurisdictional tactical emergency response team is dependent on certain situations. The assistance and expertise of SWAT requires unusual circumstances that can be considered beyond the abilities of normal law enforcement agencies. Such circumstances include counter terrorism operations, rescues of hostages, and high risk search warrants. Similarly, the SWAT unit offers special assistance to the situations where there members of a gang are known to be present and there are weapons used by the gang members. Such situations are highly risky for only one law enforcement agency to be involved and require the need ...

Abstract

Cultural sensitivity is an issue that is central to health and ethnicity, and also to creating programs for disease prevention and health promotions for varying ethnic and racial populations. The rationale, under which programs for promoting health are build, is based on three basic observations; the varying patterns in the predictors of the behaviors of health, different groups show; the differences in the rates of disease prevalence as indicated by various ethnic and racial groups; and the patterns exhibited by the same groups in the prevalence of risk factors imposed by their behaviors. The differences between the prevalence rates ...