More than half of the world’s population lives in cities‚ a trend that is rapidly accelerating‚ especially in developing countries. In the USA‚ urban areas are merging into huge megalopitan areas‚ especially along interstate highways. Cities require and use large quantities of energy and materials‚ metabolizing them and generating large quantities of waste products and pollutants‚ resulting in unsustainable environments that adversely affect ecological integrity and diversity
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Jane is 12 years old and my son is 16‚ turning 17 in 2 weeks. My childrens father ‚ Jason‚ had died due to cancer 5 years ago. My son and I both have jobs. I work as a bartender at our towns bar. My son helps with farming and ranching. My daughter ‚ Jane‚ helps clean around the house. Ethan and Jane both go to the towns school. Ethan‚ in 11th grade and Jane‚ in 8th. My son had just went to work‚ while the cattle industry was growing in the West‚ railroads were vying for right of way agreements elsewhere
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not an industry to last long. A mere thirty years later and the industry was starting to transfer over to limestone quarrying. Work on the canal‚ in the coal mines‚ and in the quarries attracted many citizens and it only helped some of today’s major towns become what they are
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libraries and reading rooms for public use. Such arrangements do not exist in small towns or in the country. Cities also provide ample medical facilities. In every city‚ there are good hospitals in which the poor get free medicines and treatment. Many well-qualified private doctors are available serve the sick and the suffering. Lack of such medical arrangement is a drawback of the country. Usually in a small town or small country there may be only one doctor’s office and the hospital doesn’t cover
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enjoy but don’t actually necessarily need. The next few paragraphs will talk about comparison of our culture and Africa’s culture. The culture in Kenya is only advancing in certain parts‚ mainly the bigger cities. There are also many very remote towns and villages that still have some of the native people left in them. Since there are so many different tribes they have lots of native languages. In America Spanish is one of the only other languages spoken. Some of the different tribes in Africa
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Julie Carnes Culture Shock SOC 120 University of Phoenix If I were visiting the villages of the Yanomamo I would need to prepare myself in more ways than one. Since culture shock affects you emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally you would need to prepare yourself for what you were about to experience. Since culture shock can either happen right away or after being some place different for a few days‚ it’s important to plan ahead. If I were planning a trip to Venezuela or Brazil‚ where the
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The lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ takes place in a flourishing small town‚ that has a tradition of a lottery once a year. The lottery has been practiced for as long as the citizens could remember‚ they do not remember why or how it came to be‚ but that it is tradition. Shirley Jackson uses symbolism in actions‚ names‚ and objects to tell the underlying meaning of the lottery. The lottery begins with what seems like the most innocent of actions‚ children playing‚ but foreshadows the evil and satanic
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ailorA tailor sews clothes. He is found in every village and town. No civilized person can do without him. He is a very important member of our society. He earns his living by hard working. He knows no holiday. A tailor depends upon his tools. He requires a few tools. They are- a pair of scissors‚ a sewing machine‚ a measuring tape‚ a sharp needle‚ a thimble on his middle finger‚ some thread reels and balls‚ and an iron press. He puts on thimble on his middle finger to protect it from needle pricks
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Author :- Spiro Kostof Title of the book :- "The City Shaped" Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History. Other Contributors :- Drawings by Richard Tobias Bibliographical references and index :- Cities and towns - History ‚ Cities and towns - Growth Version :- 1 Publishers name :- Bulfinch Press Published date :- May 4‚ 1991 Spiro Kostof (1936-1991) was a professor of Architectural History at the University of California at Berkley‚ and also taught at M.I.T.‚ and at Yale‚ Columbia‚ and Rice
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than half of all Indians will live in urban areas‚ as per United Nation’s World Urbanisation Prospects‚ a big shift from now‚ when just about one-third of the population does so. This would mean tens of millions migrating from the villages and into towns and cities each year‚ with profound impacts on every aspect of our life including the social‚ cultural‚ political‚ economic and ecological. This phenomenon is not new – the mass urbanization and the gradual decline of the rural areas has been repeated
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