underprivileged and undeserved population. Initially‚ there were eight components of MNP a. Elementary education b. Rural Health. c. Rural Water Supply. d. Rural Electrification. e. Rural Roads. f. Nutrition. g. Environmental improvement of Urban Slums. h. Houses for landless labourers. While adult education was added to the list of MNP components in the Sixth Plan. rural domestic energy‚ rural sanitation and public distribution system were added during the Seventh Plan. There are two basic
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Kunal Kothari Brazilian Film and Lit Professor Nascimento August 8‚ 2012 Final Exam 1b) The Slum: The Slum‚ which was written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao‚ its inhabitants‚ and the people who live close by to this slum. The book takes place in this slum where there are many people with different backgrounds and ethnicities who live there‚ and they all have their own stories to tell. Throughout this story the author‚ Azevedo‚ presents the audience with
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The Slums of Manila: Cutting-Edge Poverty? Because of the industrial revolution‚ the invention of the automobile‚ and the consequent development of freeways‚ cities worldwide have expanded into the countryside. As though it were a conspiracy of the automobile and fuel industry‚ the government‚ and private developers‚ suburbanization even now continues to damage the city. It has not only affected the physical fabric‚ but has also significantly affected the lives of its people. Most importantly
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the New World. Aluísio Azevedo depicts the conflict and synergism of the mixing of these two worlds in The Slum. The Slum is the story of a neighborhood where members of both worlds collide‚ forced to interact with one another and it becomes a microcosm of the entire country. The characters in this community each represent a facet of the two worlds. By looking at each character and the slum itself‚ it is possible to decipher Brazil. To gain status in Brazil there is a need to create the right impression
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Slums of Two Different sides of the World There are many similarities between Meirelles’s City of God‚ released in 2003 in Brazil and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire‚ released in 2008 in the United Kingdom‚ at the most the two films being comparable of main characters. These similarities are two different by two different sides of the world and how the main characters get out of the slums. These both films have a positive outcomes but have had rough upcoming to get out of the ghetto. The first
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In 2008‚ the world experienced one of the greatest numbers of deaths from natural disasters. Some of the contributing factors included extreme weather brought about by climate change‚ as well as urbanization in vulnerable areas. The urbanisation phenomenon is a feature that is being shared by all cultures across all continents on the globe‚ it not so much a result of higher birth rates in urban areas as it is of the continuous migration of people across regions as they are lured into urban areas
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What are the social impacts of Squatter Settlements? Squatting is an issue that has been plaguing Jamaica for years and with the necessary law and procedures implemented‚ we have grown to seeing this issue steering back at us. Taylor (2012) claimed that squatter settlements encourage theft of public service and nonstandard behaviour‚ which is evident of the numerous thefts of electricity and water supply in these squatting areas. In addition to that it was also argued that these squatter settlements
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The Man Who Loved Flowers By Stephen King Summary: 150 The story takes place in New York City‚ during an early evening in May of 1963. We follow a young man who looks like he is in love; he is walking through 3rd Avenue. The people around him seem to respond to his outbound feelings. The young man is buying flowers for a girl named Norma‚ who he is going over to meet. A radio in the background is broadcasting bad news but no one seems to really care. He continues on up the street and meets
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the center there is 1 square mile area that is different. This is the slum called Dharavi. To the unknown eye‚ Dharavi is a dirty poor district that has nothing to give to the community. There is garbage that is dug through‚ poverty‚ and disease. That is what you would think upon first looking at it‚ but what is shocking is how thriving it actually is. There are so many different aspects about it that makes it not just a slum‚ but almost like a thriving community. First off‚ the people who dig through
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trashes. Actually‚ garbage or “basura” is from them. That’s why they throw it; because it’s dirty. It makes their place unlikable‚ unpleasant and displeasing. But‚ it doesn’t mean that society is just composed of this kind of living. There are also slums. They benefit from these. They hunt for materials that can be recycled and be produced for another purpose. This would help them survive‚ because with the materials they have‚ they can sell it to junk shops and recycling shops. From these shops‚ they
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