Word: urbanity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although some say that the ICIC has little conception of life in the inner city, most agree that Porter has introduced a revolutionary new approach to dealing with the problems in America's troubled urban environments...
Although the world-renowned guru of corporate management was in the neighborhood to discuss the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), his effort to rebuild troubled urban areas, the local audience greeted with skepticism the erudite scholar who seemed to have all the answers...
...most, Alexander tries to obtain federal Section 8 vouchers, which require tenants to pay 30 percent of their rent while the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) picks up the rest...
Even though 800 million peasants were the first to thrive on economic reform, the urban boom has left many of them far behind. Per capita income in the countryside is only $190 a year, about 40% of the urban average. Some 65 million struggle to survive on incomes below the official poverty line of $64 a year. The hinterland clamors for a bigger share of the pie, and historically, rural poverty has been the underlying cause of political unrest. The floating population of desperate job seekers pouring into China's cities has reached 100 million. While they provide the cities...
...final status of Jerusalem will be left for the final round of negotiations, presently set for later this year. The building of a Jewish neighborhood in an area previously uninhabited by Jews is inconsistent with the spirit of the Oslo Accords. Given the Israeli Government's commitment to urban continuity, it is likely that the neighborhood will expand to connect with Gilo, another settlement neighborhood, thereby establishing a ring of Israeli neighborhoods on Jerusalem boundaries...