proportion of the population live in cities/urban areas. Urban growth: Increase in population size and/or physical size of the towns‚ cities and other larger urban settlements in a country or a region. Process whereby settlements grow in terms of population number and/or physical size Megacity: A giant metropolis with a population of at least 10 million Slums: A residential area that is physically and socially deteriorated and in which satisfactory family life is impossible. Squatters: Shelters with
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Urban Culture Urban industrial development combined with mass transportation and urban growth destroyed the old pedestrian city of the past. The physical expansion of the city attracted industry‚ capital‚ and people. By the early 1900s‚ the modern American city‚ with its urban mass and distinct constituencies‚ was clearly taking shape. Cities grow in three ways: through physical expansion‚ by natural increase‚ and through migration and immigration. In the late nineteenth century‚ immigration
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Rural Informatics in India – An Approach Paper 1.0 Introduction “Just as the whole universe is contained in the Self‚ so is India contained in the villages”… This has been said by none other than Mahatma Gandhi‚ the Father of our Nation and the visionary architect of India’s Rural Development Programmes. The villages epitomize the soul of India. With more than 70% of the Indian population living in rural areas‚ rural India reflects the very essence of Indian culture and tradition. No wonder
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The barriers of access to better health services by rural population have been identified as; lack of health care professional‚ cost and limited access to specific services and lack of culturally acceptable services (Hegney‚ Pearson and McCarthy‚ 1997). In most remote parts of Papua New Guinea‚ there are few qualified health professional working and limited or no medical resources available to carter for the people. It’s because there were no road links or deteriorated infrastructure because of
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elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies of Punjab‚ Sindh‚ Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Elections were held in all four provinces‚ the federal capital territory of Islamabad and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The remaining two territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan‚ constituting Pakistani Kashmir‚ were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. Pakistan is the world ’s fifth
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Urban Renewal What comes to mind when the term Urban Renewal have for people when mentioned? Turns out there are mixed feelings about this approach; many are for it meanwhile others are very much against it. This act alone can help build up cities but destroy lives in one swoop. I for one have mixed feelings when it comes to urban renewal‚ I both understand and agree with the overall mission of it but at the same time think about who suffers on the other end of this reconstruction. First
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EFFECTS OF URBAN CRIME ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Technical Paper by: Ms. Adit Padhi (aditipadhi@gmail.com) “Greater concern about terrorism places new opportunities before the design community. If protection is considered from the outset‚ design can make buildings and people safer.”1 Introduction Violent crime was the issue of the nineties‚ while terrorism has become the talk at the onset of 21st century. Understanding crime prevention design is therefore an invaluable tool in organization and
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Mar’02-May’02 Issue 31 RURAL LIVELIHOODS Kirankumar Vissa (AID Maryland) Why are they begging on the trains? When you are traveling in India‚ you are invariably forced to ask yourself‚ “What do I do when someone comes to me begging on the street or in the train?” Many say that by giving them money‚ you are only encouraging them not to work for their living - that you are encouraging them to remain poor. But‚ are the people who say this doing anything that helps remove the poverty? Should
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Industries in Pakistan Hamza Roll # 30 BBA-V Sec A Economy of Pakistan Sir Faseeh INDEX MANUFACURING SECTOR Automobile Industry Cement Industry Engineering Industry Pharmaceutical Industry Leather Industry Textile Industry Gems & Jewelry Industry Oil & Gas Industry Chemical Industry Fashion Industry Food & Beverages Industry Tobacco Industry Energy Industry Construction Industry Sugar Industry SERVICES SECTOR Financial Services Industry Aviation Industry Education Industry Telecommunication
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LOOP-H3310S MULTI RATE G.SHDSL DATA TRANSPORT Stand Alone USER’S MANUAL LOOP TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. 8F‚ NO. 8‚ HSIN ANN RD. SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK HSINCHU‚ TAIWAN Tel: Fax: +886-3-578-7696 +886-3-578-7695 About This Manual This manual is a general manual apply to all H3310S series. The different hardware configuration and operation will explain in separate sections. H3310S series provide a high-speed data link with DTE interfaces (E1‚ V.35‚ E1 plus 2 Ethernets (Bridge
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