Hurricane Harvey was disastrous for the city of Houston. One reason for this being their no zoning policies. Zoning being a land use regulation tool that divides specific areas for a specialized purpose. This no-zoning policy has caused the city to develop completely disorganized and made Houston susceptible to more damage than was necessary. There is the simple fact that over the past 50 years Houston has had record breaking storms, nevertheless, more careful city planning would have saved…

The midwest, especially Iowa, are considered the bread basket of the world. In order to meet the demand for food generated by an extreme population growth happening now and in the future, these farmers have been, and will have to continue, to innovate new ways to farm. Currently, big farmers in these areas are more likely to sit behind a computer screen than on a tractor. They can remotely control multiple tractors, use drones to check progress, and use implant monitors for feedback on soil…

               According to the USDA, a “food desert,” is a low income area where a substantial number of residents have low access to a supermarket or grocery store. The southern part of Dallas, one of the top ten largest cities in America, fits the description to a tee. With an interstate dividing the city, a vast majority of grocery stores are located on the north side of that interstate. But when you look for a grocery store on the south side? Google pulls up corner store after…

 Income inequality is growing and economic mobility is tightening, not just in Dallas, but all over and this is eating away at the American Dream. Dallas, an area that is geographically limited, is a great example of just how much income inequality is increasing and eating away at the middle class. Opportunity of geographic growth is limited to the predominantly white residents of the citizens in the northern neighborhoods and districts of the city. Leaving the south end, the area with most…

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http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/29/in-greater-dallas-area-segregation-by-income-and-race/

                  In 2015, Pew Research did a study showing just how segregated Dallas, Texas was not just by race but also by income. Income segregation shows segregation of socioeconomic groups not just in the numbers of how much a…