urban

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urban

Growing in a rural area at one of the third-world countries, I enjoyed exploring untouched natural areas as a kid, Where the human intervention was minimum. Raising my kids in one of the most populous cities in the US, I have always thought about the effect of human intervention on the environment. Rambling along the path, but dedicated, I cultivated my interests and passions to serve a global cause, where all the countries of the world, already developed or developing, should stand together in the face of the alarming climate changes, for us and for the coming generations.

Since I was a kid, I have always considered the most critical human intervention on the environment is the urbanization, which led me to enroll architectural engineering program at the Jordan University of Science and Technology to consummate the science of environmental planning and green architecture, since urban is a part of the program. My first urban planning experience was in the downtown area of Irbid city, and I still remember how enthralled I was to be involved in a productive group work experience. We explored the site by going to the streets, interviewing people, exploring their relationship with the places, and visiting historical and traditional buildings that had been neglected by planners and authorities. This experience motivated me to be involved in urban planning as I touched on how much urban planning can affect peoples' lives. Taking other courses in urban planning, behavior, environmental design, housing, and planning theories built a solid base for my comprehension, providing me with a basis for understanding planning concepts and issues. I demonstrated valuable skills during the five-year program; I became patient, self-reliant, determined, and hardworking. After graduation, my internship at Kufranjh Municipality gave me a wealth of experience in working with the local community, trying to understand citizens' needs and expectations. Moreover, practicing urban planning in a small community introduced me to real planning challenges with the shortage of resources. Moving to the U.S., living with a different level of planning and a higher quality of urban life persuaded me to pursue my graduate studies to expand my knowledge and widen my perspectives.

Using GIS as a tool in mapping and data collection became fundamental in urban planning. Given that I didn't have a chance to comprehend this science in Jordan enough, I decided to pursue my further education in geography with a GIS concentration at Chicago State University. During graduate school, which was a turning point in my life, I became passionate about GIS and map-making. To employ this passion in my research, in addition to intensive GIS courses, I took a class in urban and regional planning, where I became involved in different planning issues, sustainable urban planning, and regional planning, and I engaged in a group project to assess planning issues in a local community. Graduate school strengthened my analytical, research, and presentation skills. I maintained a 4.0 GPA, was honored three times, and presented on multiple occasions on campus. During my senior year, I employed my interest in environmental planning issues and my knowledge of remote sensing technology to evaluating Urban Heat Island (UHI) in Chicago. This research project was very challenging; I spent a tremendous amount of time reading literature in order to conduct a successful extraction of land surface temperature values from Landsat images. The results of the research were valuable, and I had the chance to present them at the AAG conference in Chicago. The day I accomplished my research goals, I proved to myself how far I could go with my passion for research and how much I could push myself to become what I want to be.
After graduation, I continued working on the research; I published a paper, in the preparation of a manuscript, both about UHI analysis and collaborating with my colleague in a research about the urban sprawl analysis in northeastern Illinois. Going back to Jordan for a short time, and my involvement in the community volunteer work, trying to rais the awareness of the environmental issues proved to me that more can be done in the US. Thus, when I came back to the US, I participated in preparing City of Park forest ongoing Climate Action Plan, which enriches my experience in environmental planning research. My involvement in research, interest in environmental planning with the growing environmental issues, my experience in GIS technology, and my recent involvement in sustainability planning raised my interest in pursuing my Ph.D. education. My goal is gaining the knowledge that I need to take a position in standing for humans and the environment, by conducting sufficient research and teaching a new generation of planners who would change the lives of people through planning.
The Ph.D. in urban planning program at UIC will give me the opportunity to reinforce my urban planning knowledge and experience, and scrutinize the environmental and human aspects of planning, to consolidate my research interest in an absolute and useful path. This goal can't be reached in a better place than one of most diverse college campuses in the USA; the diversity of races, cultures, beliefs, and identities will enrich my experience. Hopefully, I would have the opportunity to prove that I am a good fit for the program.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, moreover, so, still, then, third, thus, as to, in addition

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 36.0 14.8657303371 242% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 88.0 33.0505617978 266% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 135.0 58.6224719101 230% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 33.0 12.9106741573 256% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4563.0 2235.4752809 204% => Less number of characters wanted.
No of words: 876.0 442.535393258 198% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.20890410959 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.44033980316 4.55969084622 119% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.19417632586 2.79657885939 114% => OK
Unique words: 412.0 215.323595506 191% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.470319634703 0.4932671777 95% => OK
syllable_count: 1437.3 704.065955056 204% => syllable counts are too long.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 26.0 6.24550561798 416% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 14.0 1.77640449438 788% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 12.0 4.38483146067 274% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.5816793523 60.3974514979 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 152.1 118.986275619 128% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.2 23.4991977007 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.46666666667 5.21951772744 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 20.0 10.2758426966 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.187305737011 0.243740707755 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0667093996959 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0956281900124 0.0758088955206 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.119675969499 0.150359130593 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0886578647243 0.0667264976115 133% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.7 14.1392134831 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 48.8420337079 86% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.53 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.51 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 246.0 100.480337079 245% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 19.5 11.8971910112 164% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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