People in rural areas experience better health than those in urban areas. Compare and contrast the social constructs of these populations. The people living in urban and rural areas have varying social constructs for health and physical activity. This is due to the different social circumstances of the community and the location of which they live in. People living in rural areas- living in a characteristic of farming or country life‚ in comparison to urban dwellers- Of or belonging to a city or town
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of the Elderly Living in City and Rural Areas 1.Absract Physiological changes and chronic diseases arising during aging process increase risk of accident of the elderly‚ especially the elderly living alone at their homes. Home accidents are the most commonly health problem in the elderly. This study was carried out to describe home safety of the elderly living in a city or rural area using a home safety checklist. 512 living in Turkey (330 in city; 182 in rural area) were evaluated via face-to-face
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Relatively‚ inequality in rural areas has been less understood. Ross (2007) argued that “little is known” about the relationship between natural amenities and inequality‚ suggesting that an important research agenda regarding income distribution not only in the rural area‚ but also in communities surrounding public lands. Particularly‚ empirical studies are strongly needed to focus on gateway communities because economic restructuring has substantially increased in these areas. Although there is no directly
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INTRODUCTION Overcrowding is when there are too many people (or cars) in a specific area so that the environment or services cannot cope. Bad town planning can cause overcrowding. Like having too many traffic lights in a certain area that slow down the flow of traffic and increase the congestion in an area. Narrow pavements also bottleneck many people into a smaller area and this can cause health and safety issues as people could be pushed into the roads if there are too many people for the pavement
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in big cities. With some expectations‚ they make a movement from villages to big cities. This migration from rural areas to big cities is called urbanization. There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages‚ better housing and utilities‚ better school and hospital‚ more jobs opportunity‚ and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor
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transport themselves to their working place. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream‚ congestion is incurred. Nowadays traffic is becoming more and more congested as if it was not before. Plus‚ increased affluence and out migration from Kuala Lumpur have both contributed to the present traffic congestion problems in the City Centre. As demand approaches the capacity of a road‚ extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles
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Decentralisation of retail and other services is killing central urban areas. Discuss with references to areas you have studied. (40 marks) The decentralisation of retail and other services has had a major impact on urban areas. Over time shopping has changed from high streets filled with different types of shops and services selling only one type of product such as electronics or food in the 1970s. To the 2000s in which we can buy anything we want all under one roof. Shopping has become a day out
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Have you ever thought about the blame behind the violence in our urban cities? No matter where you are‚ your loved ones will always want you to be safe and secure with the raise of drugs‚ gangs‚ and guns with the threat of violence within the communities. According to Joan Mccord the author of “Placing American Urban Violence In Context” stated‚” American cities are more violent than those in other developed nations”. There are several types of violence such as emotional‚ physical‚ sexual‚ financial
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In the United States (U. S.) roughly 59.5 million people live in rural areas (HRSA‚ 2015). This accounts for nearly 19.3% of the total population of the U.S (HRSA‚ 2015). These rural areas are largely populated by older adults and children who are frequently identified as vulnerable populations in trauma care. Health services in rural areas often differ from urban areas in many proportions including: less medical providers‚ limited access to specialty resources or diagnostic tools‚ and lengthy travel
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I did survey about the taking lose weight supplement of fat university students‚ and I think you will find the results very interesting. For my survey‚ I interviewed twenty fat students of university aged eighteen to twenty-three. The group has ten women and ten men. Now‚ I will report the result of my survey. First‚ I asked them "Have you ever take lose weight supplement?". Sixty-five percent of this group said "Yes" but thirty-five percent said "No". So‚ I asked the fat students ever
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