than half of all Indians will live in urban areas‚ as per United Nation’s World Urbanisation Prospects‚ a big shift from now‚ when just about one-third of the population does so. This would mean tens of millions migrating from the villages and into towns and cities each year‚ with profound impacts on every aspect of our life including the social‚ cultural‚ political‚ economic and ecological. This phenomenon is not new – the mass urbanization and the gradual decline of the rural areas has been repeated
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EDWARD H. SPICER Case Study Model (HUMAN PROBLEMS in Technological ChangeA CASEBOOK Edited by EDWARD H. SPICER‚ RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION New York ©1952) 1. THE PROBLEM 2. THE COURSE OF EVENTS 3. RELEVANT FACTORS ➢ References for further study ➢ Answer question presented in the problem before thinking reading the rest of the case. 4. THE OUTCOME 5. ANALYSIS ➢ Suggestions For Study: The Formulation Of Questions [pic] http://web.media.mit.edu/~reilly/spicer1.html HUMAN PROBLEMS
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country has evolved and emerged a lot from pre independence to post independence era. At the time of independence‚ the country was poverty stricken‚ impoverished and a rural agrarian society. In 1947‚ only 15 per cent of the population in cities and towns were classified under urban areas. The rapid development and economic growth helped the country achieve the status of emerged nations. The country is now one of the leading nations among the developing countries and the progress has made the country
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There are many differences between living in the city or in a country setting‚ but the country setting has many more advantages over the city. The air and water quality and other environment factors are improved in the country setting. The school system is safer and less crowded in a rural setting. The roads are not loaded with traffic and taxis. The country is safer than the city and crime rates are lower. In the country‚ there is an abundance of trees and vegetation. In the country‚ there are parks
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cities. Indianapolis has grown into a great urban mass filled with industries‚ buildings‚ roads‚ and lots of people. The time it takes you to get from one place to another shows us how big it has become. Davenport still maintains the essence of a small town. Most of the people here know each other. Another great difference is the rhythm of life in each city. Indianapolis is a city in which its people are usually in a hurry and have a lot of things to do. This can be seen by the amount of traffic in
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CAPE Certification The main goal of APENS is to promote a nationally certified Adapted Physical Educator. If you would like to be certified you need to fall into one of three different categories. The first category is you can be recently graduated and/or a qualified physical education teacher. The second category is you can be a professional physical educator for ten or more years in full time experience. Lastly‚ the third category is you can be a person teaching in higher education and academic
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Collectivisation was Stalin’s answer to his belief that Russia’s agriculture was in a terrible state. Stalin believed that Russia had to be able to feed itself - hence collectivisation - and that at the very least the peasant farmers should be providing food for the workers in the factories if the Five Year Plans were going to succeed. There was barely any mechanisation‚ the use of scientific measures was minimal and peasant farmers produced usually for themselves and the local area. This was not
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large and small towns. Living in a city or a small town can have many differences. Some people may prefer to live in a city rather than in a small town or the opposite. There are a few advantages of living in a large city over living in a small town‚ but yet living in a small town may also have some advantages. The first advantage a city over a small town is that it has large quantities of shopping stores such as Wal-Mart‚ Target‚ and malls. On the other hand‚ in small towns there are not many
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The rapid urbanisation and rise in population in Surat led to the growth of slums‚ increase in garbage and overflowing drains. In 1994‚ Surat was struck by an outbreak of a virulent disease somewhat like the plague. The disease caused panic countrywide and while the citizens blamed the municipality‚ the civic authorities in turn blamed the citizens for their lack of civic sense. It was a harsh reminder of what negligence in the area of solid waste management can lead to. But what was most amazing
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31‚ 2004‚ while everyone else was celebrating New Year’s‚ my family and I were moving from one city to another. It was hard for me to move another city because I was leaving behind the town where I was born and all my friends. This was one of the biggest impacts that I have experience in my life. Moving from one town to another was like moving to another world where I did not know anyone. But the hardest part of moving for me was moving to another school where I did not know anyone and I did not know
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