Search results for "Urban culture" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • the official name of the city, when an urban council was established there ... entered the city on October 14, 1949. Urban renewal projects, including ...
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  • to denote any foreigner of a different culture and language background ... societal progress. In particular, when a culture has become stagnant and ...
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  • some of the dehumanizing aspects of modern, urban culture. ... an early forecast of the problem of urban pollution. The play attracted ...
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  • disposal, which poses health risks for urban residents. ... large subsistence sector. There is sizable urban unemployment and under-employment ...
    19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
  • concentration of large numbers of people in urban slums, which caused people ... stood at the forefront of a new age of art and culture. ...
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  • known for its blend of traditional Laotian urban architecture with nineteenth ... Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture (New York: Columbia University ...
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  • Many modernists embraced the modern, urban culture, but Hamsun shows it ... Hamsun was a prominent advocate of Germany and German culture, supporting ...
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  • Hiroshima Peace Reader. (Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, 2007) The ... the Meiji period Hiroshima became a major urban center as the Japanese economy ...
    32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
  • west for 12 miles (20km), is the longest urban street in South Africa and ... to the State of the Cities Report, the urban portion of Gauteng--comprised ...
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  • people from a specific ethnic background, culture, or religion live in seclusion ... poverty-stricken or sociologically defined urban minority area whose population ...
    30 KB (4,539 words) - 18:52, 21 May 2024
  • et Bonis Artibus (Latin: "For Religion and Culture") ... in areas of theology, philosophy, culture, and literature. The library ...
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  • cosmopolitan flavor and a diverse culture. Many of the immigrants ... foreign influence on its landscape and culture, such as the presence of ...
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  • Around 3800 B.C.E., the first "Nubian" culture arose, termed ... well as the Sahara, and there was shared culture with the two areas and with ...
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  • water is supplied to the country's urban centers as well as to the ... Jews from Jerusalem. The center of Jewish culture and learning shifted to ...
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  • the Pacific Ocean, and forms a contiguous urban area with the seaport of ... , 69 percent, the city outskirts. The urban area extends around 37 miles ...
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  • the restoration and repair of badly damaged urban infrastructure. More visible ... today differs from that of other large urban centers in Iraq, having features ...
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  • pinning down Portuguese troops in the urban centers. Independence was ... In urban centers, women work alongside men in the government. Urban ...
    25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
  • IJ. Several parts of the city and of the urban area are polders, recognizable ... The urban area includes the municipalities: Aalsmeer, Amsterdam, Amstelveen ...
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  • of a permanent working class in urban areas, which created a strain ... workers made up the majority of workers in urban areas. Generally unskilled ...
    25 KB (3,757 words) - 18:34, 25 April 2022
  • projections, were analyzed as economics and urban development plans were enacted. ... in the country. The city's urban area covers about 70 percent ...
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