Urbanization in India and issues involved It is more than half of a century that India became independent. The 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
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Multiple Choices Identify the letter of the choice that best complete the statement or answer the question. 1. What are the two evidences that link electricity and magnetism? A. Energy B. Magnet transport system and Transmission lines. C. Magnetic repulsion and attraction D. Magnetic lines of induction 2. Every magnet‚ whatever its size or shape‚ has two poles. A. West and East B. West and North C .North and South D. South and East 3. The N-pole of a suspended magnet‚ like a compass
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Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was
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Urbanization is a force of change that has had‚ and continues to have wide-reaching implications. The social shifts linked to urbanization—rural flight‚ industrialization‚ and modernization—have all significantly changed the way we live our lives. By the nineteenth century‚ the Industrial Revolution was in full swing; with rapid industrialization‚ rapid urbanization also began to occur. By 1854‚ Victorian London‚ riding on the winds of the Industrial Revolution‚ grew into the biggest city the world
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The period between 1870 and 1900 is often referred to as the Gilded Age. It was a period that consisted of rapid economic growth‚ an increase of immigrants‚ and an infinite growth of large cities. The tremendous urban growth came with all its accompanying problems and benefits. One system that was benefitted by the Gilded Age was the economic system. There were two main aspects that were enhanced by the growth of cities. The Growth of cities allowed the U.S. to expand their Economy and to become
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References: Nsiah-Gyaabah (retrieved on 24 October 2011): Urbanisation Process – Environmental and Health Effects in Africa Wikispace homepage (retrieved on 22 october 2011) ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/6.1.Urbanisation Wikianswers homepage (retrieved on 22 October 2011) wikianswers.com/Q/What_is_urbanisation Department of Geography (retrieved on 22 October
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Unit 12: Industrialization‚ Urbanization‚ and Immigration Part I: Industrialization #1: How was the “2nd Industrial Revolution” different from the “1st Industrial Revolution?” First IR * Late 1700s to 1865 * Textiles‚ clothing‚ leather products * Regional (concentrated in Northeast) Second IR * 1865 to 1900 * Heavy industry (steel‚ oil‚ electricity‚ industrial machinery) * National (started to include South‚ West) #2: Why did the US economy grow so rapidly
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Rapid urbanization began in the 1870s as people flocked to the cities. These urban centers quickly overcrowded‚ and many were divided into business‚ residential‚ social and ethnic centers. Among this chaos‚ corruption thrived as political bosses ran the city for their own personal gain and power. It appeared as if the nation was modernizing too fast because they were unable to deal with problems of urbanization. The changes in urban America in the late nineteenth century therefore are viewed to be
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American society transformed; the population shifted to the suburbs‚ the G.I. Bill was created to benefit (most) WWII veterans‚ and consumerism played many effects on society. By 1920‚ over fifty-four million American’s were living in cities. This changed‚ however‚ after the Second World War. Suburbanization took the place of urbanization and Americans were fleeting to the suburbs. By 1960‚ American suburbs held more of the population than cities‚ small towns‚ and the countryside
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A family is often pictured by many with two parents. But for some their family composes of only one. Doug Hewitt (2010)‚ an eHow Contributor said that Single-parents families are defined as households in which there is at least one child under the age of 18 and there is only one parent in the household because of divorce‚ death or because the parent never married. Moreover‚ Cox (1984) emphasized that the largest percentage of single-parent families result from divorce followed
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