When people question the existence and emergence of planet Earth through science, what is discovered is that there are no generic answers. The conversation will erupt into a never-ending debate and get into the vexing, and sometimes violent, interpretations based on one’s beliefs. What can be answered is what goes on inside the geographical world. My topic of research is not the geography that is tested in the second grade, when a teacher asks a student to point to where London is on a map. In fact, I will be focusing in on the urban geography development, because it is a development, which is less obvious to an average ignorant and inexperienced individual. On the contrary, Professionals who plan out many different cities and different agglomerations throughout various parts of the world are the only ones who can succeed at creating these developments. Some of the categories involved with urban geography include the success and downfalls of cities and metropolises as a whole, suburbanization, and impacts on class. When we see cities collapse and metropolises collapse we are all of the sudden in shock and become a frightened nation. Every major newspaper company and magazine becomes interested in going to these cities and acting like they are involved with the recovery and the “what do we do next” committee. It is mind-boggling how no one sees what is happening in major cities. When they collapse, or are beginning to collapse, we as a nation begin to play the blame game. We are a nation that is united so that means we take responsibility for any and everything that happens to this great place, from the worst-to-best-case scenarios. Times magazine made an issue directing most, if not all, of their issue about the Detroit scenario... ... middle of paper ... ...cessed November 26, 2013). Johnson, Richard. "Detroit - What Could Have Been." Graphic: Detroit Then and Now. www.news.nationalpost.com (accessed November 28, 2013). Maynard, Micheline. "Detroit Ponders a Future for Its Abandoned Blocks." Times-Magazine. www.nation.times. (Accessed November 27, 2013). Nicholaides, Becky M. "Suburbia and the Sunbelt." OAH magazine of History, October 2003. Rose, Harold M. "The Development of an Urban Subsystem: The Case of the Negro Ghetto." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 60 (1970): 1-17. Schiller, Bradley R. "The Futility of Class Warfare." Policy Review 151 (2008): 21-30. Staff, NPR. "Can Detroit Return To Its Former Glory?" NPR US News. www.npr.org (accessed November 27, 2013). Tamney, John. "The Unions Didn't Bankrupt Detroit, But Great American Cars Did." Forbes. www.forbes.com (accessed November 27, 2013).
...he city and has suffered as a result of losing so much of its tax base to the 1967 riots. The event should be used as a cautionary tale to other cities in transition to be cognizant of demographic changes and represent all of your citizens living within your city.
A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930 explains in detail how the author deciphers the ghettoization process in Cleveland during the time period. Kusmer also tries to include studies that mainly pertained to specific black communities such as Harlem, Chicago, and Detroit, which strongly emphasized the institutional ghetto and dwelled on white hostility as the main reasons as to why the black ghetto was
The book begins by tracing the construction of the black ghetto throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This proves that segregation has not always been common within American cities, but rather emerged at a certain point in time. These communities were formed in opposition to the desires of the blacks, through the beliefs, opinions, and practices of the whites. Their initial purpose was to contain the e...
Since the time of slavery, racial tension has existed between whites and blacks. This tension has only increased with the passing of time. This conflict culminated in the 1940s in the form of mob violence. While there have been previous riots because of race relations, none of them were of the magnitude of the 1943 Detroit riot. Much like any other event involving racism in the 1940s, the Detroit riot has little coverage, most of which is skewed, in articles in the nation?s leading news sources such as ?Deep Trouble? in Time, ?Riotous Race Hate? in Newsweek, and ?The Truth About the Detroit Riot? in Harper?s. Thus, one must compare articles from these sources to ascertain accurate information. Even when comparing these accounts, the reader finds discrepancies in the causation and destruction of the Detroit riot. By analyzing these descriptions, one can also notice the similarities between the Detroit riot and other mob violence during that time period. For example, James Baldwin?s retelling of the Harlem riot in ?Notes of a Native Son? bears great similarities in causation and destruction with the Detroit riot.
Newark began to deteriorate and the white residents blamed the rising African-American population for Newark's downfall. However, one of the real culprits of this decline in Newark was do to poor housing, lack of employment, and discrimination. Twenty-five percent of the cities housing was substandard according to the Model C...
The City of Richmond has a history in regards to race relations and segregation that is anything but pretty. The current state of poverty and disorganization in Richmond and other cities like it did not happen by chance. Not only was it was very specific and intentional, it had the federal government’s signature all over it. How did Richmond end up with these neighborhoods that appear to be doomed with crime, unemployment of a sense of hopelessness and helplessness? To understand the current state of poverty and crime in Richmond Virginia, we must go back in time to see where it all started.
The Detroit Project is an effort of the AFEC (Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars), which is self-described: “AFEC is a nonprofit group dedicated to decreasing America’s reliance on foreign oil.” The mission of the Detroit Project is: “to mount a citizens’ ad campaign aimed at getting people to stop driving SUVs and other gas-guzzling vehicles – and jolting our leaders into taking action.”
...ite City should be put in consideration primarily. Very often people might see on the news that crime happens every day and violence and corruption are part of it. To promote a better society to future generations these serious issues should be taken into action adequately to minimize numerous deaths in the city of Chicago.
Why would anyone abandon the city to start a new one? Is it for personal gain, a fresh start, a new look, or bad infrastructure? In Detroit, the Fisher brothers had a vision for Detroit. They wanted to move the center of the city to West Grand Boulevard, about four miles from the Downtown that still stands. The Fisher Building reveals a lot about the Ways of Seeing that the Fisher brothers had about Detroit, where they should go from Detroit, and how they should put those ideas into action. The Fisher building represents the movement that was started to move the city center, redesign Detroit, and do it with a mix of City Beautiful and City Profitable styles.
Thomas A. Dutton’s use of logic is seen through out this entire article by presenting various examples that gives supporting evidence as to why Cincinnati is a violent city in the course of the Over-The- Rhine district. One example that supports this claim and relates to persuasiveness is that on April 7, a young man named Timothy Thomas was shot and killed by a white Cincinnati police officer. This was the start of all the controversy in the urban city. Since this has happened “recent census data shows that Cincinnati is the ninth most segregated city in the United States” (2). Dutton uses several statistics through out many years dating back as far as the 1940’s and shows that things persist to happen to get bad in this area. While many things are happening downtown with new buildings and stadiums, the fact that there is still this segregation between the black, the poor, and the upper class downtown, hurts the entire community. All of this evidence that is presented is very persuasive. They are convincing which shows that many people will also agree with what he has to say about this city. When a city like Cincinnati is being run down, a lot of crime happens and things need to be done about it.
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Shapiro, Lila. "Detroit Auto Workers Look To See Scalesalanced With Big Three Back In Black." Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. 20 May 2011. Web. 19 July 2011. .
Again, this section will give a working definition of the “urban question’. To fully compare the political economy and ecological perspectives a description of the “urban question” allows the reader to better understand the divergent schools of thought. For Social Science scholars, from a variety of disciplines, the “urban question” asks how space and the urban or city are related (The City Reader, 2009). The perspective that guides the ecological and the social spatial-dialect schools of thought asks the “urban question” in separate distinct terminology. Respected scholars from the ecological mode of thinking, like Burgess, Wirth and others view society and space from the rationale that geographical scope determines society (The City Reader, 2009). The “urban question” that results from the ecological paradigm sees the relationship between the city (space) as influencing the behaviors of individuals or society in the city. On the other hand...
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When you look at Detroit you look at a city that has went through a lot and a city that is strong. News always portrays Detroit as a bad place and as place where violence. Well I think if we each dedicate time to change Detroit or to even study criminology to help change the amount of crimes committed.