Category Archives: Topic Outline

Jonathan Eckman Sophie Simon Hannah Whalen Research Paper Topic Outline Proposed Research Question General: How do different neighborhoods react to the development of economically divergent sub-groups and what factors contribute to this response? Specific: How do the interactions of economically … Continue reading →

Lucy Snyder Gabrielle Brown   Research Question: How do changes in the environment, economy and society over time affect the geographic distribution of different groups (ethnic, age, religious) of people in a neighborhood?   The first thing we saw upon … Continue reading →

How does the culture of a child’s neighborhood affect their schooling? More specifically, if an area is very diverse, does that change the teaching strategy used by teachers? Outside of racial diversity, how does class difference and gentrification change a … Continue reading →

Research Question: What characterizes an ethnic enclave and how are they able to survive through gentrification and the growing idea of assimilation? Flushing provides a good case study to address the question because it’s a great example of an ethnic … Continue reading →

Research Question: How do different neighborhoods enact change in the wake of violent community-shaking events? Red Hook is a good case study for this research question because, until relatively recently, it was considered to be one of the worst neighborhoods … Continue reading →

In our Research we are willing to explore the Gardens in our neighborhood and their origins. Specifically our research questions are: why are gardens established within neighborhood and what effect/impact do they have on the community of the neighborhood? We … Continue reading →

Research Question: What causes racial tensions to vary among neighborhoods? Greenpoint is an interesting case study because there are clear cuts between ethnic groups but minimal racial tensions between the older Polish residents and the newer gentrifiers. The neighborhood is … Continue reading →

Research Question: Does the progression of gentrification in a neighbourhood correlate with the crime rate of the area? The Lower East Side, particularly the East Village, provides a valuable case study for this question as a prime example of a … Continue reading →