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1) Communities
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"In simple text and photos, presents communities and the people that live in them"--Provided by publisher.
2) Communities
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Presents a discussion of what it means to be part of a community, covering topics such as families, school, friends and neighbors, communication, religion, and mutual understanding.
3) Communities
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"Where do people live and work? How do children get to school? Where do people buy food?"--Back cover.
4) Communities
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Building from nuclear to extended families, and then on to people in the community, these richly photographed books help children see how they fit in the world.
5) Communities
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Describes different types of communities, including cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Also discusses various occupations in a community.
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This program features Angela Blackwell, Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation. Ms. Blackwell is the former head of the Urban Strategies Council in Oakland, CA, and head of the nationwide Black Community Crusade for Children, which focuses on rebuilding black communities. In this program, she explains how "one caring adult" can save a child from a life of crime and violence.
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What do we mean when we talk about sustainable communities? How can they be created? This program joins architects, urban planners, civic leaders, business owners, and community residents in three separate localities as they respond to the challenge of building a sustainable community. A number of environmental and urban-planning questions are addressed, including: Is the architecture sound, pleasing, and eco-friendly? What transport links does the...
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In this episode, Dr. Richard Jackson investigates the link between the obesity epidemic and the Type-2 Diabetes epidemic that's sweeping the United States that has been amplified by the urban sprawl fueled by car dependency. To prevent disease through better urban planning, Boulder, Colorado has redesigned the city to make bicycles a safe alternative form of transportation. Two Denver, Colorado suburbs have transformed dead malls into mixed-use and...
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Dr. Richard Jackson MD MPH, investigates the link between our nation’s obesity and Type 2 Diabetes epidemic with urban sprawl fueled by car dependency. To prevent disease through better urban planning, Boulder, CO redesigns the city to make bicycles a safe alternative transportation. Two Denver suburbs transform dead malls into mixed use and public transit-centered communities. An abandoned mall in Georgia gains new life as a K-8th grade charter...
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Today, we can find an online community to suit almost any interest we may have. And yet these communities carry an element of menace. The anonymity associated with online communities allows particularly vicious interplay, where people can pile on others with virtually zero consequences. Using current examples from the news and connecting this phenomenon to historical incidents like the Salem witch trials, this fascinating resource examines an interesting...
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Dr. Jackson searches past and present America for healthy, sustainable communities of all sizes and shapes that can serve as models for the rest of the nation. His journey takes him to Roseto, Pennsylvania, Prairie Crossing, Illinois, New York City, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, and the forgotten 1960s urban renewal project of Lafayette Park in Detroit, Michigan, the brainchild of four men, including visionary architect, Mies van der Rohe....
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Dr. Jackson believes that it's every citizen's right to live in a clean, healthy environment. But right now, not everyone lives in an environment like that. Many low-income neighborhoods that were built near big transportation hubs and struggling industrial cities are full of citizens denied that right: in Oakland, a morbidly obese grandmother struggles to raise seven grandchildren, all of whom have asthma as a result of living near the port; in the...
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When the United States industry and manufacturing markets collapsed or went elsewhere, communities all over the country were left with the task of redefining themselves for a new paradigm. This video features the issues that these communities faced and how the individuals within them came together to implement more sustainable practices in order to allow future generations to enjoy all the beauty the area has to offer.