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    Abstract There have been continuous researches on the relationship between segregation and homicide across the state of Puerto Rico. This study will effectively determine if Puerto Rico has high crimes in homicide as compared to other metropolitan statistical area that is San Juan. The research will focus on a ten year comparison that is from the year 1998 to 2008. Using various statistics it is evident that rise in homicide is wide especially when the Puerto Ricans are segregated from the whites

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    transportation infrastructure with clusters of aviation-oriented businesses and residential developments that continually feed off each other and their proximity to the airport. Simply stated, airport economic development or “Aerotropolis” is a metropolitan sub-region whose infrastructure, land use and economy are centered on or around an airport. Spatially, just as the traditional metropolis is made up of a central city and its suburbs, the aerotropolis consists of an airport city at its core and

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    also will definitely grow to a larger by 2025. There are reasons to it such as inadequate economic position; inadequate finance and lack of transparency in governance and service provisioning are identified as the root cause of slums-growth in urban areas of India. In most of the country urbanization is planned but in India urbanization is

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    Section I Paper: Analysis of Segregation Patterns Segregation is the division of people that share certain racial, social, and economic characteristics from other people of differing characteristics in a defined area. Segregation is mediated by action of specific groups of people leaving areas concentrated with other groups of people of differing interests. Essentially, individuals from these groups voluntarily (based on individual choice and personal preference) or involuntarily (based on external

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    international expansion cities became a more significant part for various industry sectors. By 2000, more than 500 cities had more than one million inhabitants. According to the United Nations, 54% of the world’s population currently live in urban areas. Urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. This significant change of urbanization

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    outlining areas of cities. Land-use around airports was not viewed as an integral component in the economic vitality of urban planning. Early land - use theories included: Concentric Zone Theory - Burgess (1925) which stated that cities grew outwards from the centre in a series of rings; the Sector Model - Hoyt (1939) which detailed that city growth sectors radiated out from the CBD along transport routes; and Multiple Nuclei Theory - Harris and Ullman (1945) which expounded that as an urban area grows

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    this big change in industry. Section 2: The problem/Opportunity: Airborne Express has long differentiated itself in the market by structuring itself as a big business only carrier. They have specialized in large unit deliveries through metropolitan areas. Everything they do is aimed to optimize the delivery process and slash cost where ever possible. However, Airborne is now faced with a huge decision. They must decide whether to step away from their differentiation strategy to match the new

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    been an alternative center for human settlement and hence, the rate of urbanization is increasing at the turn of this century. Recent studies indicate that at the beginning of the twentieth century, only 10% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. However, currently, half of the world’s population has become urban dwellers (UNCHS, 2002). This shows that urbanization all over the world is expanding from time to time and the change has vast implication on the living conditions of the urban society

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    been an alternative center for human settlement and hence, the rate of urbanization is increasing at the turn of this century. Recent studies indicate that at the beginning of the twentieth century, only 10% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. However, currently, half of the world’s population has become urban dwellers (UNCHS, 2002). This shows that urbanization all over the world is expanding from time to time and the change has vast implication on the living conditions of the urban society

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    Modern cities today are populated with hundreds of thousands to billions of citizens sharing their built environment. As urban populations grow so does a dilemma; social isolation– the lack of civil association, of one to one human relationships, of feeling a sense of belonging, especially in a city. The urban environment contributes to social isolation in a multitude of ways. Even with the growth of urban populations social isolation is a problem that affects even the most populated cities around

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