Chapter 12 Human Impact on the Environment

The impact of humans on the environment in Raleigh is that, several of the biggest furniture makers is the United States are in Raleigh. That means they cut trees in a very high rate and the trees don’t have enough time to grew, and as we know tree are one of the biggest source of oxygen on the plant.
Due to the traffic and price per gallon, Forbes magazine has rated Raleigh #8 in worst "pain at the pump" in the USA. Worst air pollution in North Carolina is at Wake County worst Raleigh.
The ways Raleigh is trying to fix some of its environmental problems is buy planning free bus services as of February 2009 to go down town to the business district that intendeds to help employees, residents and visitors shuttle between shops, restaurants, entertainment venues and parking. The bus would run every 10 to 15 minutes.
And other ways the City Council is trying to boost up the Environmental Awareness is by giving some awards to individuals and companies that try to promote green life style.

And the Eligibility for this contest is located at this site:
http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_306_207_0_43/http%3B/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Government/Boards_and_Commissions/Environmental_Advisory_Board/Cat-1C-20071227-091039-City_of_Raleigh_Environm.html

Chapter 13 Culture Regions of the United States

Raleigh culture is consider to be part of the southern culture, it has both of northeastern and southern style, it’s both laid back city and fast passed as New York, its combination of those two life styles. That type of culture is called mid Atlantic where fast pace and laid back style mix together.
Raleigh’s demographics breakdown is about 60% white, 26% African American, 3.5% Asian, 7% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% other types of races.
According to the Uniform Crime Reports, crime in Raleigh has steadily decreased in recent years. In 2004, there were 580 reported incidents of Violent Crime and 3,768 reported incidents of Property crime per 100,000 population. Nationally there were 466 violent crimes and 3,517 property crimes reported per 100,000 population, while U.S. cities with a population between 250,000 and 500,000 residents reported 978 violent crimes and 5,631 property crimes per 100,000 population, all well above Raleigh's reported rate

Chapter 11 Receational Resources

The city of Raleigh is a home of a several huge and significant museums and other impotent cultured areas, being an historic city and one of the first founded city’s in the United States.
Raleigh is home to several professional arts organizations for performing arts, that includes the North Carolina Symphony, the Opera Company of North Carolina, Burning Coal Theatre Company, the North Carolina Theatre, Broadway Series South and the Carolina Ballet and the number of local colleges and universities that add to the selection of performances.

North Carolina Museum of Art, occupying a large suburban campus in the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The North Carolina Museum of Art is one of the premier public art collections located between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. In addition to its extensive collections of American Art, European Art and ancient art.
The museum recently has hosted major exhibitions of art from the following artists Auguste Rodin in 2000 and Claude Monet in 2006, each attracting more than 200,000 visitors.
Unlike most prominent public museums, the North Carolina Museum of Art acquired a large number of the works in its permanent collection through purchases with public funds.
The museum's outdoor art collection is one of the largest of such outdoor art collection in the country.

Museums
• African American Cultural Complex
• Contemporary Art Museum
• Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NCSU
• Haywood Hall House & Gardens
• North Carolina Museum of Art
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
• North Carolina Museum of History
• North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
• Raleigh City Museum
• Marbles Kids Museum
• J.C. Raulston Arboretum
• Joel Lane House
• Mordecai House
• Pope House Museum
• (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina)

Chapter 10 Neighborhoods

1. Downtown/Old Raleigh- is home to historic neighborhoods and buildings. The area is inside of the beltline.

2. East Raleigh- is near Capital Boulevard near and the I-440 beltline. The area is bordered to the east by the town of Knightdale

3. West Raleigh- The area is bordered to the west by suburban Cary; it is home to NC State University and Meredith College.

4. North Raleigh- is an expansive, diverse, and fast-growing suburban area of the city that is home to established neighborhoods

5. Midtown Raleigh - which used to be considered a part of North Raleigh, is a residential and commercial area just North of the I-440 Beltline

6. South Raleigh - This area is the least developed and least dense area of Raleigh the area is bordered to the west by Cary, to the east by Garner, and to the southwest by Holly Springs.

7. Southeast Raleigh- it’s a very diverse, with new suburban developments to poor inner-city neighborhoods. Many of the neighborhoods are historically related African Americans and date back to the end of the Civil War that area is bounded by downtown on the west, Garner on the southwest and Wake Forest to the southeast.

Chapter 9 Cities

The cities that surround Raleigh municipal area are Cary, Garner Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina and Knightdale are some of Raleigh's major and primary nearby suburban areas.

The estimated Raleigh’s population as of July 1^st 2008 was recorded 380,173, and since 2006, Raleigh's municipal population has surpassed those of Minneapolis, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati St. Louis and Pittsburgh and the population of Raleigh is the 15^th fastest growing city in the United States. The population of Raleigh has grown over 100K since 2000 an increase of almost 40%.

Raleigh is divided into seven main geographical areas; each area uses the main zip code of Raleigh that begins with 276.

The areas of Raleigh are:

Chapter 8 Modern Transportation and Communication Systems

There is one major interstate freeway go through Raleigh, it is the I-40, that freeway goes on the southern part of the city. That freeway connecting Raleigh to Durham, and Chapel Hill toward the west, and the beach where Wilmington is located in the south east North Carolina. There two beltline freeways go around Raleigh it is the I-440 the inner loop and I-540 the outer loop. There several U.S Highways and Local state Highways. There is 5 U.S highways, 3 state highways go in to the city. The U.S highways are U.S 1 it enters the city from the north and along the Capital Boulevard; it joins I-440 around the west side of Raleigh, and leaves the city to the southwest. U.S 70 runs from northwest to southwest through Raleigh, and north of downtown. U.S 264 runs through east Raleigh and U.S 401 runs north of downtown Raleigh. And the 3 state highways are N.C 54 runs to Chapel Hill and ends in the inner loop I-440, N.C50 runs north to south through Raleigh and later it joins with U.S70 and U.S401 to run though south Raleigh and N.C 98 it located in the northern part of the city and know to be as the Durham route.


There an intercity rail in Raleigh that is part of Amtrak that goes around North Carolina and all over the east coast.



According to Wikipedia Raleigh’s public transportation is operated by
“Capital Area Transit (CAT), which operates 37 bus on fixed routes and a historic trolley line within the city, and the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA), which offers scheduled, and fixed-route regional and commuter bus service between Raleigh and the metropolitan region's other principal cities ofDurham, Cary and Chapel Hill , as well as to and from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Research Triangle Park and several of the region's larger suburban communities. TTA also coordinates an extensive vanpool and rideshare program that serves the region's larger employers and commute destinations.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina)

Is only one international airport in Raleigh it’s the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and there 10 privately own airports in the city. They are :

1. Triple W Airport
2. Peacock Stolport Airport
3. Raleigh East Airport
4. North Raleigh Airport
5. Fuquay/Angier Field Airport
6. Field of Dreams Airport
7. Deck Airpark Airport
8. Cox Airport
9. Bagwell Airport
10. Ball Airport

Chapter 7 Industrial and Commercial Organization

The main industries in Raleigh are located in the Research Triangle Park that is located in between Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, it was created in 1959 by local city governments and the state government, some business interests and several nearby Universities, and is one of the most prominent high-tech research and development centers in the United States been compared to the Silicon Valley in the west coast with all the high tech industries.

“The park is 7,000 acres situated in a pine forest with approximately 630 acres for development. As of 2007, there are over 130 research and development (R&D) facilities existing in RTP with more than 39,000 employees working for a total of 157 organizations. The park is adjacent to I-40 and the Durham Freeway. It is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation , a private non-profit organization. The park is home to one of the largest IBM operations in the world; the company has around 11,000 employees in RTP. The park hosts one of GlaxoSmithKline's (is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company) largest R&D centers with approximately 5,000 employees.” (According to Wikipedia)

The list of all the companies in the research Tingle are list in the web site:

http://www.answers.com/topic/research-triangle-park