sector. Furthermore‚ the pattern of distribution of socio-economic infrastructure exhibits an urban rather than a rural location bias which further helps to increase rural poverty. The absence of these amenities constitute push factors facilitating the migration of rural dwellers into urban centers‚ resulting to population explosion in most urban cities in Nigeria. Consequently the existing urban services are overstrained which often times lead to total collapse. A large proportion of the population
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Annotated Bibliography Angelissa Morales | | | Grand Canyon University: UNV 502 August 20‚ 2013 Annotated Bibliography Aggression and Violence and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth (Basch‚ 2011) is this article the author explains how the issue of violence and aggressive behaviors has become a growing problem in schools and is negatively effecting the success rate of minority students. Students who acted out violently and with aggression were once looked at as a problem
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concentration of these in and near the urban areas causes severe pollution to the surroundings. The largest sources of human-created air pollution are energy generation‚ transportation‚ and industries that use a great deal of energy sources. Depending on their source and interactions with other components of the air‚ they can have different chemical compositions and health impacts. Since these pollutants are generally concentrated in and around urban areas‚ the outdoor urban pollution levels are far higher
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One of the definitions of urban sprawl is the controlled expansion of urban areas. What is happening right now is NOT controlled. According to the David Suzuki Foundation over the next thirty years‚ farmland twice the size of the city of Toronto will be destroyed. National Geographic stats that only 5% of Canada is suitable farming land. Only 5%. Today urban areas consume seven thousand four hundred and forty four square kilometres‚ that’s four hundred and twenty two football fields. I’m going to
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how many of Malaysians are really aware about healthy lifestyle? Living in different places such as urban or rural areas would be a factor on how they determine their lifestyle. People in the developed countries are more informed about living in a healthy lifestyle which make their life healthier and fitter than the people in the undeveloped countries‚ whereas people in Malaysia who live in an urban area are more aware and concern about living in a healthy way and the people who live in a rural area
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rural areas to big cities is called urbanization. There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages‚ better housing and utilities‚ better school and hospital‚ more jobs opportunity‚ and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor. We know that most of rural areas people are farmers. There’s not much else to do anymore in the village
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Decentralisation of retail and other services is killing central urban areas. Discuss with references to areas you have studied. (40 marks) The decentralisation of retail and other services has had a major impact on urban areas. Over time shopping has changed from high streets filled with different types of shops and services selling only one type of product such as electronics or food in the 1970s. To the 2000s in which we can buy anything we want all under one roof. Shopping has become a day out
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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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Urban Sprawl‚ New Urbanism A new revolution of thought has wage a war against low-density suburban growth or sprawl. But is sprawl really a problem? And could the proposed solutions do more harm than good? Sprawl typically conjures up images of strip malls and mega stores‚ traffic congestion‚ long commutes‚ lost open space‚ pollution‚ crowded schools‚ higher taxes‚ and the demise of downtown shopping areas. Activists throughout the country are fighting proposals to build new retail stores proposed
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feared the Turks would take over his capital‚ Constantinople. Alexius Comnenus wrote to Pope Urban II asking for help. In response to this letter‚ Pope Urban II spoke and spread his message in a way that influenced the Western Christians from all backgrounds. The message prompted Western Christians to take action and show support
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