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| A connected component of the complement in a manifold of a lamination of that manifold. |
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| The Concentric zone model, also known as the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. It was created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1923. |
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| Councils of governments are regional bodies that exist throughout the United States. They are also sometimes called regional councils, regional commissions, regional planning commissions, planning district commissions, and development districts. A typical council is defined to serve an area of several counties, and they address issues such as regional and municipal planning, economic and community development, cartography and GIS, hazard mitigation and emergency planning, aging services, water use, pollution control, transit administration, and transportation planning. |
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| distinct sizable nodal concentration of retail and office space of lower that central city densities and situated on the outer fringes of older metropolitan areas |
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| The feminization of poverty is not only a consequence of lack of income, but is also the result of the deprivation of opportunities and gender biases present in both societies and governments. |
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| development of state and urbanization |
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| by upgrading urban housing, the supply of low income housing drops and this can lead to homelessness |
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| a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. |
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| a ring of land maintained as parks, agricultural, or other types of open space that limit the sprawl of an urban area |
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| a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village. |
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