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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Rural Tourism and Rural Development. Introduction: Rural tourism in India: Prospects for rural tourism in India: Role in Rural development: Conclusion: Introduction: Indians believe in holidays: The country has among the largest number of public holidays in the world. Yet the most common reason for getting away is to "visit a native place." Migrant workers return to their family farms at harvest time. Others return to their villages for an annual pilgrimage. The concept of a holiday where you
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Sociology of Migration “Discuss the treatment of asylum seekers living in Direct Provision Centres in Ireland.” Last year in Ireland‚ 2011‚ the number of applications for asylum seekers was just a mere 1‚250. This has been the lowest number recorded in ten years. Between the years of 1992 and 2007‚ the total number of applications was an astonishing 76‚513. These figures demonstrate the large number of asylum seekers on a quest for refuge in Ireland. This essay will demonstrate and describe
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Iran. J. Environ. Health. Sci. Eng.‚ 2010‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 1‚ pp. 43-52 URBAN SPRAWL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES IN TEHRAN *1Gh. R. Roshan‚ 2S. Zanganeh Shahraki‚ 3D. Sauri‚ 4R. Borna 1 Faculty of Geography‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran Geography and Urban Planning Department‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran 3 Department of Geography‚ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona‚ Bellaterra‚ Spain 4 Islamic Azad University‚ Branch of Ahvaz‚ Ahvaz‚ Iran 2 Downloaded from http://journals.tums.ac.ir/ on
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Sector “Challenges in Rural Market ” “Challenges in Rural Market ” Mr. M Q Khan‚ Director (LPG Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.) Mr. M Q Khan‚ Director (LPG Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.) Reliance Industries Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd. 1 Indian Scenario Urban Population (Million)‚ 2001 House Holds (Million)‚ 2001 LPG Connections (as of 01.04.04 (Million) LPG Consumption (MMTPA) As of 01.04.04 LPG Per Capita Consumption KG (PA) Penetration 286 54 68.52 7.95 Rural 742 138 8.58 1.55 Total
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the poorest countries with a low probability of employment towards less poor and more dynamic countries where there is an opportunity to find some sort of job. Over the last few years international migration has intensified‚ with the media referring to the “regionalisation and globalisation” of migration. The major centers of attraction are the same: United States and the European Union‚ with countries in southern Europe gradually becoming immigrant receiving countries. The third major region that
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Features of Indian Rural Markets *Large and Scattered market: The rural market of India is large and scattered in the sense that it consists of over 63 crore consumers from 5‚70‚000 villages spread throughout the country. *Major income from agriculture: Nearly 60 % of the rural income is from agriculture. Hence rural prosperity is tied with agricultural prosperity. *Low standard of living: The consumer in the village area do have a low standard of living because of low literacy‚ low per capita
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Tourism A Chance for Rural Development in Cyprus? I Table of Content II List of Figures 2 1. Definition of “Rural Areas” 3 2. Cyprus’ Rural Areas 3 3. Cyprus’ Rural Areas and their tourism potential 5 4. Tourism Impacts 8 5. Conclusion 10 II Bibliography 11 II List of Figures Figure 1: Dining terrace 5 Figure 2: Pieces of the workshop 5 Figure 3: Traditional pottery oven Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert. Figure 4: Traditional pottery Fehler! Textmarke
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“megacities”. People who live far from megacities assumed that living standards and opportunities are better in megacities. Due to the fact that migrations to megacities have started and in time‚ megacities become crowded day by day. Therefore‚ megacities are disadvantageous for people because they are crowded and expensive to live. Inıtıally‚ because of migration from areas which have low economy megacities are overcrowded and the fact is a big disadvantageous for people. First‚ in megacities the number
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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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