Research Paper

The paper, 5 to 8 full pages of text, should include a thesis statement, evidence to support the thesis, and conclusions. The paper should focus on some aspect of an issue facing the city. Your task is to collect information about the issue, describe it in detail, and analyze how governments, institutions, or community groups etc. are addressing the issue. What are the attributes of the city (physical, economic, social, political, etc.) that contribute to or precipitate this issue? How are citizens and/or governance structures responding to the issue? This paper should be the result of extensive library research and use of only academic sources. A complete and properly formatted (APA) bibliography with at least 10 peer-reviewed research journal article sources