Explain the positive and negative factors of counter-urbanization. (15 marks) Counter-urbanisation is the movement of people from urban areas into rural areas (leaving the city and moving to smaller towns and villages). It can involve either a movement of employment to rural areas‚ or a movement of people to rural areas who then commute‚ and this involves people like middle class families or young professionals. This tends to happen in areas that have good transport links such as St Ives Cambridge
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Two article that are referred to in this paper from handbook include: Problems of Urbanization in the CBD – Traffic Congestion” and “The Problems of Urban Life Today” . These articles take into account the issues in relation to urban life these days. People are increasingly moving into cities from villages to make better livelihood and enhance the standard of life. This process of migration from rural to urban areas is called urbanization. Consequently‚ the urban areas are growing in their sizes
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Ugwuegbulam‚ J. Chibuike Umuimeka has its geographical location in formerly Oforola community but now in Olaukwu Community Owerri West local government area‚ Imo State eastern part of Nigeria It takes about 30 minutes to travel from Umuimeka to owerri town by bus. From Health center of Ola Ukwu where the google map stopped in the community‚(During the time of this publication‚ 2011) it takes about 17 electric pole gap to umuimeka and 13 pole gap from Olaukwu park to umuimeka. It also takes about
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL Urbanization is one of the most powerful and visible anthropogenic forces on Earth. Since the second half of the twentieth century‚ the world has experienced its fastest rate of urbanization‚ particularly in developing countries. Urbanization refers to the increase in population‚ density‚ or extent of cities over time. Dramatic urban expansion was found with similar degree of cropland decrease. Urban expansion caused evident environmental impacts on
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A REVIEW OF THE FORMS AND PATTERNS OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS IN THE SIX GEOPOLITICAL ZONES OF NIGERIA BY POPOOLA‚ OLUWAFEMI OLATUNJI (URP/2011/046) RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING URP 307 OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY‚ IFE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING SUBMITTED TO DR A.A. ABEGUNDE OCTOBER 2014 INTRODUCTION Nigeria is located in West Africa‚ roughly between Latitude 4°N and 14°N and Longitudes 4°E and I5°E. The
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The War Years Questionnaire – Dr. Courtney Welch “A Tale of Two Counties” – Franklin County‚ PA and Augusta County‚ VA Directions: Please access the following website http://valley.lib.virginia.edu in order to answer the following questions. Please type your answers to these questions – please list your answers by question - in short answer format. DO NOT use font larger than 12 font. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points of your final grade. This assignment MUST be turned in during class
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Some people prefer to live in a big city‚ while others would like to live in a small town or in the country. Those people who live in a big city and those who live in a small town or in the country lead dif ferent ways of life. We choose where to live according to our preferences and character. There are a lot of advantages of living in a big city. Firstly‚ people have more opportunities to receive good education and to find a well-paid job there. In any city there are a lot of educa tional
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Difference between rural and urban rural areas are settled places outside towns and cities. they can have an agricultural character‚though many rural areas are based on natural gas‚ petroleum‚ etc... rural areas are less modern and open than urban areas. people there are probably more attached to there traditions and beliefs.we dont usually see the society moving‚ and i mean by that‚ seeing the populationg chaging habits‚ accepting other cultures and adopting some‚ etc. however we do found in
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nothing change and to keep things the way it have always been. He doesn’t know how the lottery started‚ but he firmly believes that it has to do with the crops and if they don’t make a sacrifice‚ the town would suffer from starvation.
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must somehow supply food‚ water‚ air‚ and degrade huge quantities of wastes. —Eugene Odum Six to seven million people are added annually to urban India. At the beginning of this millennium‚ 285 million Indians lived in its nearly 4400 towns and cities (Census 2001). It is estimated to rise to 550 million by the year 2021 and 800 million by 2041 when it will surpass China. At that point urban India will be larger than the total population of Europe (NIUA 2000). Economic
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