Rural Khmer house Despite indoor and outdoor temperatures of 36°C and up to 80% relative humidity the old rural Khmer houses are very comfortable‚ both at ground level and on the upper floor. In spite of the absence of electric or mechanical air conditioning‚ a draught-free environment appears to be attained simply by means of natural ventilation. Typically‚ rural Khmer houses are rectangular two-storey buildings‚ varying in size from four by six metres to about six by ten metres. The basic
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Urban overcrowding is not a fresh happening‚ but it has recently become an international demographic trouble. The growth of the world’s ’Megacities’ such as Tokyo‚ Jakarta‚ Sao Paulo and Cairo‚ with populations approaching 20 million‚ is one of the most marked trends of recent decades. In 1950 for instance‚ New York City was only one of its kind among the world’s cities in having more than 10 million inhabitants. By 1975 that number had grown to 15 million
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Urban and Regional Planning: For Better or For Worse? In my opinion‚ urban and regional planning are solutions to what our society is facing right now. It is not unusual to hear from specialist that both planning promotes the best quality of life for the people. What I get from the purpose they have stated is that urban planning and regional planning are just like technologies. Technologies made the lives of people easy but they can also do harm. Both urban and regional planning could turn a city
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Topic An analysis of the “Impacts of water rationing on public health”: Case study of Makokoba‚ Bulawayo Introduction Zimbabwe local governance is made up of a system of city councils and municipalities which are mandated to provide water and sanitation services and goods to their respective residents. This system has been effective during the colonial era where the urban areas were less populated than there are at the present moment. The Zimbabwe post-independence period has seen a large influx
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Drew Lippman is a man who wants to be the best in whatever he does. He is a very determined person‚ always working hard to achieve what he wants in life. Drew is currently working at the YMCA in Worcester as a customer service specialist. Drew has been working there for 5 years and enjoys his job very much. He enjoys the experiences he has had working with kids from all different backgrounds at all different ages. It is at the YMCA‚ that he gets to not only help kids stay out of trouble but experiences
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needs of the society. Reproduction of labor power as women did in the article is good enough to help the nation. Programs are effective if people do follow what the program offers for their benefits. So that good decision making can really affect the impact of the program and it follow through. In the article it says that women have part in the frame work of daily operations in the agriculture. Now a days‚ our country needs a lot of effort if we want to sustain development and industrialization. It’s
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Describe your organization‚ including your mission. In other words‚ tell us what you do. Since 1985‚ Urban Dreams has been providing Des Moines’ inner city and Central Iowa with a wide range of human service programs in a comfortable and non-threatening environment. Just as the problems that plague the inner city continue to evolve‚ Urban Dreams continues to change to meet them. Urban Dreams offers programs that are in tune to the unique issues affecting Polk County’s economically depressed areas
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School of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Implications of Urban Greening March 2013 Geotechnical Implications of Urban Greening March 2013 Report prepared by (Joshua Webb) As part of the MEng research project 2012/13 The material in this report was prepared as part of the M.Eng. course in Civil Engineering and should not be published without the permission of The University of Birmingham. The University of Birmingham accepts no responsibility for the statements made in this document
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Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain
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REFERENCE Brown‚ A.‚ Massey‚ J.‚ (2001) ‘Literature Review: the impact of major sporting events’ ‚[Online]http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/handle/2100/924/Impact%20of%20major%20sporting%20events.pdf?sequence=1 [02/05/2012]Dobson‚ N.‚ Gratton‚ C.‚ Holliday‚ S.‚ (1997) ‘The Economic Impact of Sport Events: Euro1996 and the VI FINA World Masters Swimming Championships in Sheffield’ ‚ The RegionalReview‚ 16-17Dulac‚ C.‚ and Henry‚ I.‚ (2001) ‘ Sport and Social Regulation in the
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