Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trees are the peasants' only real cash crop. A muddy brown ring surrounds Haiti's coast as the topsoil erodes and dissolves into the turquoise Caribbean, leaving behind what amounts to tropical desert. Reforestation efforts are outpaced by the country's demand for charcoal, a critical fuel in the urban areas...
That charge has been the core of a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that has saturated Maryland's airwaves since Labor Day. In addition, the law's opponents have used some of the $4 million supplied by the N.R.A. to canvass urban neighborhoods, proclaiming that cheap handguns are often the only means poor people have to defend themselves against crime. Outspent more than 12 to 1, defenders of the gun ban have countered by emphasizing its many influential backers, including the state's largest law-enforcement agencies. Governor Schaefer was so outraged by the N.R.A.'s campaign that he is starring...
Although the plan still requires the formal recommendation of the Cambridge City Council, Central Square is already undergoing urban revitalization. The two most visible improvements are the renovation of the Central Square T Station and the Central Square Enhancement Project...
Despite opposition from those who fear the negative impact of urban improvement, the revitalization of Central Square, like that of Harvard and Kendall Squares, proceeds on schedule...
...ramble through history ends as I arrive in El Paso, directly across the border from Ciudad Juarez (the two cities' combined population exceeds 1.5 million). But for the narrow concrete channel that guides the Rio Grande through the urban sprawl, it would be difficult to pick out the boundary. There is synergy everywhere, from the maquiladoras on the Mexican side, where American manufacturers pay less than $1 an hour to a largely grateful work force, to the shops lining El Paso's Bridge Street, where Spanish is the vernacular...