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Overcrowded Horizons: The Exodus Unveiled

Autor: Juan Randall

Número de Páginas: 245

In a rapidly evolving world, a complex phenomenon emerges - mass migration. This thought-provoking book delves into the intricate web that connects overpopulation, migration patterns, and their effects on nations. Brace yourself to uncover the driving forces behind the unprecedented movement of peoples. Discover the deep-rooted causes that propel individuals to leave their homelands in pursuit of brighter horizons. Explore how overpopulation becomes a catalytic force, paving the way for this global migration dance. As you dive deeper, witness the intricate dynamics between origin and destination countries unfold before your eyes. Peek into the challenges faced by these nations as they receive rivers of humanity seeking solace from overcrowded circumstances. Prepare to be both amazed and troubled as you come face to face with the irrevocable impact of mass migration. Take a step back to analyze the consequences borne by societies and economies at both ends - migrants and residents alike. Go beyond the headlines and explore the intricate tapestry weaving these interconnected lives. Gain a fresh perspective on the way we perceive mass migration, forcing us to confront the complex...

Urban Dynamics: Navigating Human Coexistence in Overcrowded Cities

Autor: Barton Morales

Número de Páginas: 300

In this thought-provoking book, the fascinating dynamics of social interaction within crowded environments are explored through a sociological lens. Uncover the diverse perspectives that shape the ways space is shared, disputed, and ultimately navigate in densely populated areas. Delve into the intricate relationship between individuals and their environment as societal norms, cultural values, and personal needs clash and harmonize in the complex tapestry of human habitation. Through insightful analysis, deepen your understanding of socio-spatial relationships, the realities of coexistence, and the profound impacts of sharing a confined world. Experience the sociology of space like never before and witness the unique challenges, conflicts, and negotiations implicated in living together in a crowded world.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America

Autor: Alan Berube , Bruce Katz , Robert E. Lang

Número de Páginas: 361

Results from Census 2000 continue to reveal the striking changes taking place in the nation's cities and suburbs during the 1990s. Thanks to a decade of strong economic growth, concentrated poverty in inner cities declined dramatically, homeownership rose among young minority households, and workers from abroad settled in growing metropolitan areas that had experienced little immigration to date. This second volume in the Redefining Urban and Suburban America series makes clear, however, that regional differences add texture to these broader social and economic trends. Using data from the Census "long form," the contributors to this book probe migration, income and poverty, and housing trends in the nation's largest cities and metropolitan areas. Economically, the fast-growing Sunbelt and the Midwest performed well in the 1990s, enjoying declining poverty rates, rising homeownership, and the evolution of a solid middle-class population. Cities like San Antonio, Chicago, Houston, and Columbus saw stunning declines in high-poverty neighborhoods. The story was more mixed in the coastal areas of the Northeast and West, where poverty rates rose in cities such as Boston, New York,...

Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times

Autor: Michael Tonry , Kathleen Hatlestad

Número de Páginas: 305

Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western country and increasingly efforts are being made to import policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere. This volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, England, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa), and Western Europe, by leading national and international authorities on sentencing policy, practices, and institutions. Short, timely, and readable, the articles originally appeared in the journal Overcrowded Times. Together, they fill a major gap in the academic and policy literatures and will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in the field.

House-Overcrowding, and Mortality in Glasgow

Autor: William Holms

Número de Páginas: 28

Prison Suicides and Overcrowding

Autor: Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Home Affairs Committee

Número de Páginas: 48

Prison suicides and Overcrowding : Oral and written evidence, Tuesday 8 November 2005, Ms Frances Crook, Ms Pauline Campbell, Ms Deborah Coles, Ms Juliet Lyon and Mr Geoff Dobson; Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Ms Christine Knott, Mr Phil Wheatley

Proceedings

Número de Páginas: 842

Social Progress in Britain

Autor: Anthony F. Heath , Elizabeth Garratt , Ridhi Kashyap , Yaojun Li , Lindsay Richards

Número de Páginas: 333

In his landmark 1942 report on social insurance Sir William Beveridge talked about the 'five giants on the road to reconstruction' -- the giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. Social Progress in Britain investigates how much progress Britain has made in tackling the challenges of material deprivation, ill-health, educational standards, lack of housing, and unemployment in the decades since Beveridge wrote. It also asks how progress in Britain compares with that of peer countries -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the USA. Has Britain been slipping behind? What has been the impact of the increased economic inequality which Britain experienced in the 1980s -- has rising economic inequality been mirrored by increasing inequalities in other areas of life too? Have there been increasing inequalities of opportunity between social classes, men and women, and different ethnic groups? And what have been the implications for Britain's sense of social cohesion?

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Autor: Jane Jacobs

Número de Páginas: 306

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods, super-blocks, rigid 'scientific' plans and endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground. The real vitality of cities, argues Jacobs, lies in their diversity, architectural variety, teeming street life and human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe, interesting and economically viable, as well as places that people want to live in. 'Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning... Jacobs has a powerful sense of narrative, a lively wit, a talent for surprise and the ability to touch the emotions as well as the mind' New York...

Debt Financing Problems of State and Local Government

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Banking, Currency And Housing. Subcommittee On Economic Stabilization

Número de Páginas: 996

Monthly Labor Review

Número de Páginas: 1716

Public Health Engineering Abstracts

Número de Páginas: 426

Monthly Labor Review

Autor: United States. Bureau Of Labor Statistics

Número de Páginas: 2140

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

The Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Hispanic Population in the United States: 1950-1980

Autor: Development Associates

Número de Páginas: 276

Voting Rights Act: Tacking, stacking, and cracking: race and reapportionment in Monterey County, 1981-1992

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On The Judiciary. Subcommittee On The Constitution

Número de Páginas: 1430

OECD Urban Studies Housing Affordability in Cities in the Czech Republic

Autor: Oecd

Número de Páginas: 118

While the full effects of the COVID-19 crisis on housing affordability in cities in the Czech Republic remain to be seen, the pandemic has reinforced the urgency of tackling pre-existing challenges, such as a consistent shortage of housing supply in cities and structural obstacles for urban households to access affordable housing.

Hearing Before Commission on Civil Rights

Autor: United States Civil Rights Commission , United States Commission On Civil Rights

Número de Páginas: 1194

Housing

Autor: United States Commission On Civil Rights

Número de Páginas: 1194

Hearings ... Housing

Autor: United States Commission On Civil Rights

Número de Páginas: 252

Conference with Federal housing officials, June 10, 1959

Autor: United States Commission On Civil Rights

Número de Páginas: 252

Housing Urban America

Autor: E. Jay Howenstine

Número de Páginas: 688

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of housing: an increasingly difficult quest in the contemporary urban United States, where crime, urban blight, and continuing capital decay undercut the advantages of city living. The American dream has moved to the suburbs; the nightmare of our cities prompts new recognition both in the president's cabinet and the college curriculum.The editors of this book have updated their acclaimed earlier collection, providing new introductory articles; new papers, such as, Discrimination in Housing Prices and Mortgage Lending, ASummary Report of Current Findings from the Experimental Housing Allowance Program, Alternative Mortgage Designs and Their Effectiveness in Eliminating Demand and Supply Effects on Inflation; and a new bibliography of the literature.Additional chapters focus on differing strategies for improved urban housing and renewal by providing concrete suggestions for distributing existing resources and allocating new funding. The bibliography provides the best single guide to the current literature on housing. Housing Urban America, in this new edition, is an important guide to those students and scholars fascinated by the essential questions of ...

Encyclopedia of Community Corrections

Autor: Shannon M. Barton-bellessa

Número de Páginas: 871

In response to recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s that traditional incarceration was not working, alternatives to standard prison settings were sought and developed. One of those alternatives—community-based corrections—had been conceived in the 1950s as a system that might prove more progressive, humane, and effective, particularly with people who had committed less serious criminal offenses and for whom incarceration, with constant exposure to serious offenders and career criminals, might prove more damaging than rehabilitative. The alternative of community corrections has evolved to become a substantial part of the criminal justice and correctional system, spurred in recent years not so much by a progressive, humane philosophy as by dramatically increasing prison populations, court orders to "fix" overextended prison settings, and an economic search for cost savings. Although community correction programs have been in place for some 40 years now, to date no comprehensive reference resource has tackled this topic. Accessible and jargon-free and available in both print and electronic formats, the one-volume Encyclopedia of Community Corrections will explore all...

Social Surveys

Autor: D. Caradog Jones

Número de Páginas: 131

Social Surveys (1949) examines a host of fact-finding studies, dealing mainly with working class poverty, and the associated nature and problems. To describe the structure of a community demands a close study of the people who compose it, and of the environment in which they work and spend their free time, and the primary aim of a Social Survey is to make an accurate and impartial collection and presentation of facts.

Condition of America's Public School Facilities, 1999

Autor: Laurie Lewis

Número de Páginas: 134

Population and Overcrowding

Autor: Tunde Obadina

Número de Páginas: 169

Africa is the worlds poorest continent, and it also has the worlds fastest-growing population. Many observers have concluded that overpopulation is a root cause of Africas poverty, and that if the continent is ever to emerge from underdevelopment its rapid population growth will have to be slowed. This book examines those assertions, offering a wealth of statistical and other evidence to suggest that the link between African poverty and the size of Africas population is by no means definitive. The book also examines the important demographic trendssuch as rapid urbanization, elevated mortality rates from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and continued high fertilitythat will help shape African societies in the decades to come.

Investigation of the Program of the National Capital Housing Authority

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On The District Of Columbia

Número de Páginas: 1474

Beyond Segregation

Autor: Michael Maly

Número de Páginas: 289

Neighborhoods studied: Uptown, Chicago; Jackson Heights, New York (City); San Antonio-Fruitvale, Oakland, California.

Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities

Número de Páginas: 690

Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence

Autor: Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Lords

Número de Páginas: 852

Housing and Community Development Act of 1989

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Banking, Finance, And Urban Affairs. Subcommittee On Housing And Community Development

Número de Páginas: 1880

Hearings

Autor: United States. Congress. House

Número de Páginas: 2988

Our Nonwhite Population and Its Housing

Autor: United States. Housing And Home Finance Agency. Office Of Program Policy

Número de Páginas: 124

Effects of the 1980 Census on Community Development Funding

Autor: Harold L. Bunce , Sue G. Neal , John L. Gardner

Número de Páginas: 434

Task Force on Assisted Housing

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Banking, Finance, And Urban Affairs. Subcommittee On Housing And Community Development. Task Force On Assisted Housing

Número de Páginas: 1706

Federal Probation

Número de Páginas: 536

Understanding housing policy (third edition)

Autor: Brian Lund

Número de Páginas: 298

What are the major housing problems in contemporary Britain? How effective are the policies designed to tackle these problems? These are the central questions this book sets out to answer, using a critical approach to identifying housing problems and the formation of policy. Understanding housing policy is an up-to-date text on a rapidly changing policy field written by an author with extensive experience in implementing housing policy. The second edition of this best-selling text has been completely revised and includes a new chapter on the political processes involved in the construction and delivery of housing policies. In addition, the new edition: reviews theoretical perspectives helpful in understanding the normative dimensions of housing policy; examines explanations of policy development and implementation processes; explores the development of housing policy in the United Kingdom; contains a chapter on comparative housing policy; examines a number of contemporary housing problems: affordability; homelessness; low demand and neighbourhood deprivation; overcrowding; multi-occupation; 'decent' homes and 'sustainable' housing. devotes a chapter to the relationship between...

ABA Journal

Número de Páginas: 114

The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

Understanding Housing Policy

Autor: Brian Lund

Número de Páginas: 354

What are the major housing problems in contemporary Britain? How effective are the policies designed to tackle these problems? These are the central questions this book sets out to answer, using a critical approach to identifying housing problems and the formation of policy.Understanding housing policy is an up-to-date text on a rapidly changing policy field written by an author with extensive experience in implementing housing policy. The second edition of this best-selling text has been completely revised and includes a new chapter on the political processes involved in the construction and delivery of housing policies. In addition, the new edition:*reviews theoretical perspectives helpful in understanding the normative dimensions of housing policy; *examines explanations of policy development and implementation processes; *explores the development of housing policy in the United Kingdom; *contains a chapter on comparative housing policy; *examines a number of contemporary housing problems: affordability; homelessness; low demand and neighbourhood deprivation; overcrowding; multi-occupation; 'decent' homes and 'sustainable' housing. *devotes a chapter to the relationship between ...

Settling In: OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012

Autor: Oecd

Número de Páginas: 159

This publication highlights how immigrants and their children are integrating into OECD societies, judging their progress against key indicators. Many areas are considered including material living conditions, health, education, labour market, and civic engagement.