causes and effects were both similar and different‚ allowing us to make significant comparisons between the two. The Industrialization of Britain is considered to be the fundamental in examining the Industrial Revolution. This is largely due to the fact that the British were the very first ignition that sparked the Industrial Revolution through the whole world. The Industrialization began in England for many reasons. One of the obvious reasons would be their geographical advantage. For instance‚ since
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China has been exceptionally rapid since the start of its economic reform in 1978 under the influence of Deng Xiaoping. Since then its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown at an unprecedented 9.5 percent a year‚ making China’s the longest and most sustained growth experienced by any country within modern history. Such growth has been a result of various aspects‚ including a profound change within China’s economic policies‚ reform of the state-owned sector‚ and rapid growth of physical and human
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URBANIZATION – IMPACTS 1. THE CONCEPT OF URBANIZATION Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes themovement of people from rural to urban areas.Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas.The density of population in urban areas increases because of the migration of people from less industrialized regions to more industrialized
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Urbanization Trends The world has experienced two major urban revolutions in the past‚ with the first one starting around 8000 B.C.E. and the second one starting around 1750‚ spawned by the Industrial Revolution (Macionis‚ 2011). The third urban revolution has now begun‚ however the rapid rate of urban growth is concentrated mainly in low-income nations. This trend is thought to be caused by falling death rates and migration of people moving toward inner cities in search of better jobs‚ education
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NOTES PACKAGE WEEKS 2-6 JGI216H1 Urbanization Lecture 1 Notes: Global Context of Urbanization What is urban : “The reorganization of human society from being predominantly rural and agricultural to being predominantly urban and non-agricultural” (Weeks‚ J. 2008). Where do we draw the lines? political boundaries economical boundaries daily urban system regions and mega-regions Conceptual definition of Urban: “A spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non-agricultural
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1-Mention at least three limitations of GDP when it is considered as a measure of economic performance or as a measure of human welfare -Leisure -Home production -Environmental changes 2-what are the drawback of price indexes when they are used for discounting to access the growth in living standard -Quality changes -New product -Substitution 3-what are the main part of wealth according to the world bank wealth of nation projects -Produced capital -National Capital -Intangible capital
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COMMUNITIES & URBANIZATION Introduction George Murdock once said that a community is one of the two truly universal units of society organization‚ the other one being family (Schaefer‚ 461). We are all part of a community‚ and in many cases‚ we are a part of multiple ones. In chapter 20 of our textbook‚ we are looking at communities and urbanization. It discusses urbanization and how communities originate. It also looks at the different types of communities. Communities are defined as "a
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Brandi Cruz 5/12/2014 8th period World History Industrial Revolution The advantages of industrialization outweigh the disadvantages‚ because in the 19th century it was the time of the inventions and changes. The most important invention would be the steam engine. The steam engine changed peoples’ lives completely. The steam engine was originally invented by Spanish inventor Jeronimo de Ayanz Beaumont in 1606. Thomas Newcomen developed a true commercial steam engine using a piston in 1712. In
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Urbanization is caused by the migration of people from a more rural area to an area with more buildings‚ modernization‚ and opportunity of employment. This urbanization is based on the fact that urban areas tend to have a higher concentration of jobs for the more skilled laborers and professionals. Since most rural areas usually lack many employment opportunities‚ the people that make up rural populations migrate to urban areas in search of better opportunities; now developing countries go away from
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