Community building

people of color. (Esri 2010) The Black community represents roughly 10% of the Tenderloin, compared to a citywide representation of 6% or less. Just under half of the neighborhood’s…

Social work students and professionals have opportunities to organize community gardens, which will allow guiding communities toward empowerment and working toward social equality and justice at a macro level. Kam (2014) called social justice "the crucial mandate of social workers," and indeed, it was the goal of pioneering social workers such as Jane Addams. While social work as a profession has moved away from macro work in recent decades, there still exists a need for this important work.…

students in Canada? RQ 2: What barriers and opportunities do Chinese international students’ face when accessing health care related information/services by using Weibo in Canada? The Role of “Virtual Community” The data results illustrated that Sina Weibo could be recognized as one “virtual community” for its’ users during their communication…

couple hours out of my day to check-up on freshman students that went to my high school- I care about people and their wellbeing. I also want to show people my passions by including them into various activities that I enjoy. This is all part of building community to where the shared experiences that my potential residents will experience will be more enriched because there is a passion behind it. A lot of this will be found in being aware with what is happening on campus and be willing to try…

Buildings have the potential to add worth to a community in a monetary manner and to increase the sense of community. Unfortunately, the overlying issue with a majority of buildings built before 1991 is their lack of accessibility for up to 20% of the population (United States Census Bureau 2012). Even worse is that despite laws to ensure building accessibility such as the Americans Disabilities Act (ADA), Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS), and the Fair Housing Accessibility Laws (FHA),…

Residential development within the Encino-Tarzana Community Plan area is comprised primarily of large estate size single-family homes located south of Ventura Boulevard, and a mix of single-family and multi-family density dwellings located to the north of Ventura Boulevard. With its several distinctive identity, characterized by large estate lots, quaint narrow streets, and uniqueness of housing style, the community provides its residents with a flavor of semi-rural living. Focused growth and…

the first effective action to remove a community from the horrific and poor terraces. The unique shared walkways were tribute to Le Corbusier’s principle on residential housing design, Unité d'Habitation. In the 1980’s the estate had the status of being notorious for crime, poverty and public order offences. This changed when the building Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith designed, Park Hill, became a grade two listed building in 1997. It is the biggest listed building in Europe. By this it shows the…

definitions for the term community. Every person has their own idea about what a community is. Then there is also the distinction between a living community and an online one. Some people argue that there is not such a thing, while others argue that not only is there such a thing as an online community, but it is becoming far more prevalent than a living one. After reading the texts by Michael Brill and Elliot Volkman I now have an understanding of how both Brill and Volkman define community.…

1437, all other buildings experiences roof leakage during rainfall. Buildings 1402 and 1408 are more egregious than others. In addition, with 1408 housing the main office, IC and Server localities, and leakage is problematic as it can lead to excessive loss of learning materials, i.e. computers and servers. More so, leakage within the main offices presents a disheartening picture to our community, parents and other visitors. AEC is currently performing extensive roof fix to building 1408. Work…

corporate CEO and maximize a return on investment towards a new structure. In addition to creating an innovative structure, our design directors believe that our projects should be both aesthetically and elegantly pleasing to all residing within the building. As a design director, they are responsible for the concept design and project development. Secondly, our studio directors implement and oversee the construction and promote efficient staff utilization. They are also responsible for…