Criminal Law: Crime & justice in urban study
Scholars and social justice advocates have argued that NYPD’s use (or misuse) of broken windows policing created more problems than it solved in high-crime communities through aggressive policing and massive arrests of low-level offenders. Between 1980 and 2013, for example, there was a 190% increase in misdemeanor arrests. In 2017, City Council enacted the Criminal […]
Urban dimensions of urban wildlife conservation
Introduction: please read chapters three (“Urban Wildlife Science in Coupled Human-Natural Systems”) and six (“The Urban System: Social Drivers”). There are also a few additional readings (see below). The beginning of chapter three stresses that there are really no ecological systems on the planet that have not been long-influenced by humans. Even tropical forests that […]
How to Create a Community in an Urban Scale through Lattice-Formed
The paper argues if it is possible to map a city plan through a latticed networking in order to connect each existing activity in the city to one another. It should be argued that this will enhance the sense of community in the city while improving the communal ways of living but still preserving the […]
Wicked Problem Essay: Urban Street Planning in London
Wicked planning problems are all around us. They often appear in the news and are often surrounded by controversy. Wicked problems help illustrate the politically charged nature of urban planning. This assignment requires you to conduct an analysis of the news to identify an example of a wicked planning problem. Identify a real-life example that […]
