Increasing urban sprawl and motorization have become leading causes of environmental and social problems in recent years throughout the world‚ particularly in cities of developing countries. Urban sprawl is the disorderly expansion of urban areas‚ especially resulting from real estate development on the out skirts of a city. Motorization‚ which is linked to urban sprawl‚ can be defined as the increasing use of motor vehicles. Although motor vehicles offer some benefits such as convenience‚ their
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Jamestown "I call them my children‚" he says of the American settlements‚ "for they have been my wife‚ my hawks‚ my hounds‚ my cards‚ my dice and in total‚ my best content‚ as indifferent to my heart as my left hand to my right." from 1922 New England Trials. When a settlement is made‚ it is meant to stay forever. That’s what England intended when colonists set out in May of 1607. The colony was Jamestown‚ in honor of the king. Most of the colonists from Jamestown died. Many reasons contributed
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Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2006 BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY IN URBAN LIFE 1 GENDER EQUALITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL Monika Jaeckel and Marieke van Geldermalsen Introduction When looking at cities from a gender perspective‚ one of the main differences affecting the use of urban space is in terms of female and male care-giving roles and responsibilities. Due to the gender-specific division of labor‚ women do most of the direct care-giving
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RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Abstract The rural population constitutes a major segment in India. The livelihood strategies of this vast segment depend primarily on agriculture and allied activities. Growth in this agriculture sector has shown a declining trend during the last one decade. This has made a huge impact on the domestic production‚ employment‚ etc. These problems can be tackled‚ to a certain extent‚ by developing entrepreneurship in Rural India. This
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WANDERLUST AND THE GODDESS OF DEATH: SEARCH FOR THE LOST MOTHER IN TAYEB SALIH’S SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH Vincent Walsh Department of English Lehigh University Recent critical appraisal of Talib Salih’s richly woven‚ highly nuanced classic‚ Season of Migration to the North‚ focuses on two main areas; the second in many ways reflects the first. G.A.R. Hamilton and Patricia Geesey rely on Homi Babha’s notion of the “hybrid” to describe Mustafa Sa’eed‚ and emphasize the
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world’s social problems such as poverty‚ violence‚ pollution‚ prostitution‚ AIDS‚ drug abuse‚ and unemployment‚ some of the most widespread and unfortunate social problems‚ are more prevalent in our world’s cities and urban areas. This is true not because people that live in urban areas are less honorable‚ but cities‚ and more urbanized areas attract people who don’t meet the social norm and have and/or want to be around people that are in the same situation as they are. Artists‚ musicians
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Rural Markets – Retail Management In recent years‚ rural markets of India have acquired significance‚ as the overall growth of the Indian economy has resulted into substantial increase in the purchasing power of the rural communities. On account of green revolution‚ the rural areas are consuming a large quantity of industrial and urban manufactured products. In this context‚ a special marketing strategy‚ namely‚ rural marketing has emerged. Rural India with its traditional perception has grown
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Migrating at Nine Family Migration Paper Joan Gallagher October 4‚ 2013 It was 1956 in the town of Corbin‚ Kentucky. Three small girls‚ ages 11‚ 9‚ and 8 got into the car of their World War II Veteran‚ Uncle Charles Heathcott‚ accompanied by their 34 year old mother‚ Frances Heathcott Gallagher. They were headed west to San Jose‚ California. Their father‚ George W. Gallagher‚ joined his family later after he took care of closing out their affairs. The Gallagher family left their history
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NAME:DADEUS MOTURI MOGENI Reg:B65/4763/2013 DEP:URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING UNIT:COMMUNICTION SKILLS –CCS 001 ASSIGNMENT Find the most dominant requirements on the spouse searching section and ask three good questions. The questions should be significant and problematic which targets a gap which needs to be filled. Use one of the questions as your title. The Questions: 1. What’s your take on a good marriage relationship? 2. Where and how can you find your lifetime partner? How do you wish
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relevant for the study from the library‚ journals‚ the internet and other useful materials needed. 3.3 POPULATION The targeted population which I was Management‚ staff/ employees and customers of the Manaya Krobo Rural bank Limited‚ Akuse Branch who are also involved in playing the role as a rural bank providing services. They involved Men and Women‚ the Young and the Old who are part of the population. 3.4 SAMPLE SIZE A sample is the unit selected from the population of interest so that by studying the
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