Journal Entry 4: (LO 1, 2, 3)a. Describe the mental health challenges faced by college studentsb. Suicide is a risk for both college students and the community at largeWhat do you need to look for to be alert for warning signs in friends and family. What are the local resources for assistance?c. Self-concept and self-esteem are generally established early in life but are modified through […]

Book: Experiencing Cities 4th edition. City: Dallas, Texas 1. Where are the homeless in your city/state? Consult The 2017 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development 2. What policies and services are provided to the homeless in your city? 3. What are the areas of your city that are gay and lesbian enclaves? 4. Compare and contrast the areas of the […]

1. (Optional: view the movie “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” available on Amazon and Hulu.)Jane Jacobs is an eminent urban researcher. Discuss this video and her influence on the field of urban studies.“Through her groundbreaking books, Jane Jacobs has influenced the planning and understanding of cities and economies with what she calls a “web way of thinking.” In this program, Jacobs shares her insights […]

Journal Entry** City: Dallas, Texas1. Describe the urban planning that affected your city. Did it follow any of the urban planners: Daniel Burnham and his “City Beautiful movement” or Ebenezer Howard’s “Garden City movement”; or Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City; or Le Corbusier’s Radiant City. 2. Does your city fit any of the types of cities discussed by Hutter: edge cities, privatopias, cultures of heteropolis, […]

City: Dallas, TexasBook: Experiencing CitiesJournal 41. What is the image of your city?2. What underlying political, economic, and social factors led to this image?3. What art, sculpture, skyscrapers, church spires, or other physical characteristics are used to identify your city as recognizable. 4. If your city has a skyscraper, when was it developed and how has it identified the city.5. Describe the three realms of […]

City: Dallas, TexasBook: Experiencing CitiesJournal 51. Discuss crime in your city using Sampson and Raudenbush’s argument that social structural factors rather than physical disorder lead to increased crime and note that perceptions of urban danger are often tied to the class and racial diversity of neighborhoods.2. Explain the difference between Elijah Anderson’s concepts of street etiquette, on the one hand, and street wisdom on the […]

Book: Hutter, Mark Experiencing Cities. Routledge (2021) 4th ED.Hutter: Chapter 1 – Introduction to Experiencing Cities and Chapter 2– The Emergence of Cities* APA Style* Read Chapters 1 and 2: Chapters 1 and 2 Power PointsSelect a city from this list that you will use in the class project for the semester:1. Select a city from the below list that you will use in the […]

Book: Experiencing CitiesRequired Text: Hutter, Mark Experiencing Cities. Routledge (2021) 4th ED.APA Style Hutter: Chapter 1 – Introduction to Experiencing Cities and Chapter 2– The Emergence of CitiesHutter uses the symbolic interactionist perspective in more detail, describe the key ideas of five contributors to the perspective: W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, Anselm L. Strauss, Lyn H. Lofland, and Elijah Anderson.

1. Hutter discusses ideal types that emphasized changes in the nature of social organization and social relationships that accompanied urbanization and industrialization. Describe each the ideal types: Maine’s status and contract, Tönnies’s Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, and Durhkeim’s mechanical and organic solidarity.2. Do Experimental Activity 3.3 Workers’ Relationships Observe workers performing their jobs in a public place, such as a retail store or a construction site. […]

3. Read Four “A placeformom” blogs about the use of technology to aid older adults and their caregivers: aplaceformom.com-7 Ways Technology Helps Family Caregivers; The Best and Worst Apps for Caregivers; Best Tech Gadgets for Seniors and Grandparents; and The Next Generation of Senior Care Technology.Journal 7a. Integrate the article and chapter readings into a critique of aging in place versus aging in a long-term […]