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    Industrialization and Urbanization began late 18th century and early 1900s. It was a time of mass production. Those in the elite-class and middle-class had amusement parks‚ bikes and tennis‚ spectator sports‚ baseball‚ and so much more. Industrialization and Urbanization lead to difficulties for everyone especially those in the working class. Industrialization lead to huge disparity of wealth and class in the United States and Urbanization lead to massive problems that were almost and still somewhat

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    Affect of Urbanization on Climate Throughout history man has always tried to find ways to make facilitate survival. Be that of inventing weapons or inventing the internal combustion engine‚ man has learned to adapt to the environment and use its resources in order to reduce the arduous task of surviving. Yet with all these inventions the one thing man has not learned to control is nature itself. Although one may try to manipulate it‚ it is in fact nature who is manipulating mankind. For it is shown

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    Pollution Caused by Urbanization and Its Solutions There are a large number of people who move to metropolitan areas in search of better job opportunities and living conditions. This process is called urbanization which is featured by a faster increase of urban population and economic development compared with rural areas. In spite of economic growth and improvement of basic facilities‚ cities‚ especially in developing countries‚ suffer from negative consequences of urbanization and postindustrialization

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    Written Assignment Unit 5 Environmental Challenges Facing the American Auto Industry In order to compete globally there has been a dramatic shift in the structure and ownership of the “American” auto industry. It should be more precisely called‚ the “international” auto industry due to the fact that the American auto companies have merged with overseas companies becoming large global conglomerates. For example: Chrysler has merged with Daimler-Benz‚ Ford has merged with Volvo and General motors has

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    THE IMPACT OF RAPID URBANIZATION ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA FROM 1950 -2010 (Focus on urban developments and housing problems case study: Lagos) Urbanization according to Aluko O.E is rather subjective and can be given various interpretations. However in this concept it can be defined as the expansion of the number of people living in an urban area that depicts the rate at which people move from rural areas and populate the urban areas. Reports however‚ from the united nation show that the

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    |   | Environmental Benefits of Solar Solar Panels Produce Electricity with Zero EmissionsSolar energy generated via solar panels (also known as Photovoltaic Solar or PV solar) is one of the most sustainable ways we have of generating energy and electricity today. First and foremost solar panels produce electricity without emissions of any kind. The majority of electricity we use in the United States today is generated from burning coal. Recently there has been a lot excitement around the idea

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    The Topics of Industrialization‚ Urbanization‚ and Globalization K. Turner The topics of industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and globalization are inextricably linked. The evolution of industrialization spawned the latter two social phenomena. Industrialization played a central role in many economic developments and improved the prospects for the improvements in health and social well being. Like every story‚ we can’t seem to have the good without the bad. To establish the link between the three‚

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    phenomenon the rapid development forced to do to accommodate the total population such as urbanization. However‚ the unwell planning development was done that made our environment in trouble. The major factor of this happening because less understanding of surrounding environment and ecological aspect while planning the urbanization. One profession that closely related with designing the sustainable urbanization is landscape architects. The development of landscape urbanism theory and its implementation

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    Marriage While Still Studying: Between Benefits and Challenges [pic] Getting married at a young age is not new in our society‚ especially amongst the Malay community. The phenomenon of early marriage seems to be a trend and life style among young people today‚ especially those living in rural areas. In the early 20s of age they have begun talking about marriage. For some‚ they accept and assume this is common in the Malay community. But for others‚ they consider that this situation and phenomenon

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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

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