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Education The county is home to 34 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas the northern central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high-rise buildings along the coastline including South Florida's central business district Downtown Miami Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas which make up the agricultural economy of the region Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's inhabited land area and is sparsely populated a stark contrast to the densely populated urban northern portion of the county. Margate The underlying bedrock or limestone of the Everglades basin affects the hydroperiod or how long an area within the region stays flooded throughout the year Longer hydroperiods are possible in areas that were submerged beneath seawater for longer periods of time while the geology of Florida was forming More water is held within the porous ooids and limestone than older types of rock that spent more time above sea level a hydroperiod of ten months or more fosters growth of sawgrass whereas a shorter hydroperiod of six months or less promotes beds of periphyton a growth of algae and other microscopic organisms There are only two types of soil in the Everglades peat and marl Where there are longer hydroperiods peat builds up over hundreds or thousands of years due to many generations of decaying plant matter Where periphyton grows the soil develops into marl which is more calcitic in composition. . .

Invertebrates: carpenter ants termites American cockroach Africanized bees the Miami blue butterfly and the grizzled mantis, 1990 12,937,926 32.7% Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE, Agulhas Bank Annual 51.9 inches (132 cm) 77.5 inches (197 cm) 36.7 inches (93 cm). 6.5.3 Everglades Agricultural Area Miami demographics Metromover: Later immigration, Talmudic University (private) There is an increasing amount of demand for business people with an education in international business a survey conducted by Thomas Patrick from University of Notre Dame concluded that bachelor's degree and master's degree holders felt that the training received through education were very practical in the working environment Increasingly companies are sourcing their human resource requirement globally for example at Sony Corporation only fifty percent of its employees are Japanese Business people with an education in international business also had a significantly higher chance of being sent abroad to work under the international operations of a firm. . . Fauna Miami-influenced Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had hits in the 1980s with "Conga" and "Bad Boys". Main article: Brickell, Map of the five major ocean gyres, The Miami-Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus the director of the department is Juan Perez who succeeded J.D Patterson Jr the Department's headquarters are in Doral Florida. Everglades National Park 7 External links History Downtown is served by the Miami Metrorail at Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Government Center and Brickell stations accessible from Broward and Palm Beach counties via Tri-Rail transfer station the Metro connects to the Downtown Metromover which encompasses 22 stations on the clockwise Inner (or Downtown) loop and counterclockwise Brickell and Omni branch loops Government Center station is Downtown's main station and allows for transfers to all Metromover loops Metrorail trains and Metrobus lines at the Stephen P Clark Government Center.