Urban ecosystem and Ecopolis Lai Wei March 29‚ 2012 Introduction When people talk about the city‚ the first thing they thought is the building and the traffic. It’s hard to connect city to the ecological and the environment. But as the humanity is rapidly urbanizing‚ by 2010‚ more than 50% of the world population is expected to live in the city. (The World Bank‚ 2010) Cities can be tremendously efficient. It can easier to provide water and sanitation for a large number of people living
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literacy levels among the poor. The ICT plays a big role in the rural areas and benefits the people that live there. ICT’s are used in the poor communities to empower and help the illiterate and people with less knowledge. Applications in agricultural and rural development have often been to provide direct access to market and weather information for the poor and also provides knowledge support to research and extension services. The radio for example enables farmers to acquire contemporary agricultural
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Nursing Care in Rural Communities Holly J. Copher Angelo State University Population Focused Community Health Nursing Nursing Care in Rural CommunitiesLiving in a rural community can present challenges for residents in receiving adequate health care. Many believe that rural communities present less health risks than urban communities. In actuality‚ they each have their own unique health problems and risks. In rural areas‚ the elderly population is at risk for not obtaining sufficient healthcare
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regards to the goods they purchases and the services they avail. In a country like India where all the consumer protection laws are in place‚ the consumers are not really aware of them and the mechanism in place to redress their grievances. Those who know the laws know that the process is very slow and cumbersome. There are a number of steps taken to protect the rural consumer but without much impact due to the prevailing socio - economic conditions of the rural consumers. They generally base their purchasing
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Urban Clothing Store Owner By Sarah Write Why I choose to be a retail store owner of an Urban Clothing store? One of the reasons is because I like urban clothing‚ reasoning for that is because the design of the clothing catches my eye and my attention. I know a lot of people have gone into clothing stores and found it hard just to find that one shirt you are looking for to match your shoes or that one pair of jeans. Well I feel like an urban store has it all‚ because it comes down to the designs
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study from the library‚ journals‚ the internet and other useful materials needed. 3.3 POPULATION The targeted population which I was Management‚ staff/ employees and customers of the Manaya Krobo Rural bank Limited‚ Akuse Branch who are also involved in playing the role as a rural bank providing services. They involved Men and Women‚ the Young and the Old who are part of the population. 3.4 SAMPLE SIZE A sample is the unit selected from the population of interest so that by studying the sample‚ the
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CONTRIBUTION OF ICT IN RURAL SECTOR: Various initiatives in the recent past portrayed the significant role that the I.C.T plays in the realm of rural development. Several projects have reduced the costs‚ and it also has increased transparency. A large number of rural e-Governance applications‚ developed as pilot projects were aimed at offering easy access to citizen services and improved processing of government to citizen transactions. This paper presents a brief review of the innovative
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Abstract: Rural Finance is about providing financial services for people living in rural areas. It comprises credit‚ savings and insurance in rural areas‚ whether provided through formal or informal mechanisms. Financial Development can exert a significant influence on the distribution of Income. In this paper‚ using Indian rural financial programs implemented by various financial institutions like NABARD‚ IFAD‚ SHC‚ etc. we investigated the various reforms / developments in Indian rural financial
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Urban consolidation is a rising issue in amny capital cities and could have a dramatic effect on the environmental sustainability of Australian cities in the near and distant future. “Urban consolidation policies concentrate on increasing housing densities in the large cities to produce more compact development‚ shorter travel distances and less dependence on automobiles.” (Forster 2004‚ p.171). Some of the main negative issues that is caused by urban consolidation are a drop in value of pre-existing
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Tapping Rural Market “Sustainable strategies of corporate” Sandeep Porwal (PGDM Student‚ CDSM‚ Indore) Introduction Rural market is getting an importance because of the saturation of the urban market. As due to the competition in the urban market‚ the market is more or so saturated as most of the capacity of the purchasers have been targeted by the marketers. So the marketers are looking for
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