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    How did Industrialisation Benefit Russia? What Is Industrialisation? Industrialisation is a process of social and economic change where a human society is transformed from pre-industrial to industrial. This social and economic change is closely entwined with technological improvement‚ particularly the development of large-scale energy production. What were Stalin’s industrial policies? GOSPLAN The GOSPLAN was an organisation that was set up to control what had to be achieved. GOSPLAN

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    Some authors believe that urbanisation is a "Modern Disease". In not less than 250 words if you agree or disagree with it. In developing countries‚ people who come from rural often tend to migrate to big cities where the living conditions are probably better than their hometowns. This phenomenon called urbanisation perhaps has caused a number of serious troubles. Its two drawbacks many people could easily recognize are that not only may the traffic system be declined but the standard of living would

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    The concept of globalisation was first introduced by Adam Smith‚ the father of modern economics in the year 1776 through the book titled‚ “Wealth of the Nations”‚ and since then the globalisation has been liked yo-yo. In the days of yore‚ British‚ Chinese‚ Indians and Mughals were involved in global business. The Chinese used to sell silk to the world and buy dynamites. The British used to come to India to buy condiments and in return India used to buy ammunition. So‚ the point is that - globalisation

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    Cities: Explorations in Urban Geography How far is Urbanisation a way of life? The notion of a rural-urban dichotomy and a distinctive disparity between the utopian perception of ‘rural’ and the ‘anomie’ (Phillips and LeGates‚ 1981) of the city are ubiquitous themes throughout the urban sociological school of thought. Conflicting views between scholars concerning the reality of life in the city in addition to the correlation between ecological aspects of the city and sociological behaviour

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    Representation of Industrialisation in Dickens’ ’Hard times’ Charles Dickens uses his fictitious town in Hard Times to represent the industrialization of England at that time or close to it. Most of this representation‚ however‚ isn’t accurately described compared the way things really were during industrialization. It is important to remember throughout this paper that not only is Hard Times a work of fiction‚ it was meant to be a satire‚ a parody of ideas and ways of thinking at the time. In most

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    Rapid urbanisation has caused a variety of problems‚ including transport congestion‚ lack of sufficient homes and living conditions‚ sanitary and health care issues‚ and crime. For all these problems‚ city planners have attempted potential solutions‚ each with varying degrees of success. Cities including London‚ Manila and Mumbai have several of the aforementioned problems‚ and have each tried their own potential solutions. This essay will discuss how successful these schemes have been in resolving

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    Is Industrialisation leading to the depletion of drinking water resources? Water...Water...everywhere‚ but not a drop to drink??? How So? While seventy one percent of our planet is covered by water‚ it would seem that we could never run out of water. But did you know that of that seventy one percent water‚ ninety seven percent is salt water. Only the other three percent is fresh water‚ which is in the form of: oceans‚ glaciers

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    adequately addressed and pacified. The hold of „crony capitalism‟ must yield to capitalism with social concerns. In the present economic-cum-market dispensation‚ industrialisation ought to be a winning process of social transformation‚ intensive employment and economic development. A developing country like India cannot afford to view industrialisation as a negative phenomenon. There are areas of concern‚ like displacement of persons‚ environmental damage and alienation of working class. These concerns must

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    How has industrialisation changed the nature of the family? Industrialization is considered as one of the main reasons for the family shifting from extended to nuclear. Families began to relocate from more rural areas to more suburban areas to find work. This was mainly due to the fact that plenty of factory based work where available in the cities. This eventually led to urbanisation‚ as families began to move away from small villages and into large urban areas. After this shift every aspect

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    from subsistence to industrialisation can be said started from the introduction of new economic policies. The following paragraphs will try to analyse the variations in the pace of transitions from subsistence to industrialisation in countries in Southeast Asia. The paper will look through the aspect of new economic policy and globalisation to explain the variations in the pace of transition. All of the countries in Southeast Asia believed that the road to industrialisation began with economic

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