URBAN GROWTH URBAN • It is derived from the Latin ’Urbs’ a term used by the Romans to a city. • spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non- agricultural activities. • Placed-based characteristic that incorporates elements of population density‚ social and economic organization‚ and the transformation of the natural environment into a built environment. • GROWTH • An increase‚ as in size‚ number‚ value‚ or strength; extension or expansion.
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Educational System between Japan and U.S. American and Japanese school structures differ in many different ways. The first‚ and most significant way‚ is that Japanese schools incorporate a national curriculum created by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Thus‚ unlike the educational system in the United States‚ in which each state determines its own curriculum‚ the federal government decides on what each school must teach‚ how to teach it‚ and even what books to teach it with. A second structural
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Tourism in the rural areas is one of the new opportunities that are being created for those dwelling there. They have the resources‚ the manpower‚ the basic skill &expertise in terms of hospitality and a down-to-earth approach that is in sharp contrast with the five star culture of tourism in city areas. The rural residents have a scope and potential to present a very pleasant and exciting change from traditional tourism which tourist are finding jaded and therefore have begun exploring new vistas
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Higher Education Online vs. Traditional Education Both online and traditional education institutions will provide the educational foundation needed to obtain college degrees and opportunities in the professional workforce. Because of personal preference for tradition‚ personal lifestyle‚ professional goals and the cost will all be determining factors between choices for most students.
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Urban Governance for sustainable development 1 URBAN GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Dr. Alka Bharat‚ Professor‚ Dept. of Architecture & Planning‚ M.A.N.I.T.‚ Bhopal – 462007‚ India. E-mail: alka_bharat@yahoo.com Ms. Chandan Chawla‚ Architect / Urban Planner.E mail: ccassociates@rediffmail.com INTRODUCTION The importance of sustainability in the urban setting cannot be over emphasized‚ as it concerns the very survival of a city. Healthy cities contribute to a healthy nation. Clean
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Rural Studies 22 (2006) 117–128 www.elsevier.com/locate/jrurstud Re-conceptualising rural resources as countryside capital: The case of rural tourism Brian Garrod Roz Wornell‚ Ray Youell Institute of Rural Sciences‚ University of Wales Aberystwyth‚ Llanbadarn Campus‚ Aberystwyth‚ SY23 3AL‚ UK Abstract Commentators tend to agree that the rural resource is becoming increasingly subject to pressures arising from an ever wider range of economic‚ social‚ political
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Country Life versus City Life Have you ever wondered how people live in ithe country versus how people live in the city? The country lifestyle and the city lifestyle have a lot of differences‚ so I saw them as work‚. Let me tell about these The first difference is work. Both of them people usually work ‚ but how they work different . To begin with‚ farmers work outside and harvest. Employee of the company work inside and work on machine. Second‚ the country has small markets and the city has
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in Sustainable Urban Systems and the development of sustainable cities and urban contexts is one of the most important challenges of humans’ future. Within the field of IE a specific branch of research is dedicated to Urban Industrial Ecology (UIE) [57]‚ but it is very difficult to exactly determine the birth of the interest in urban research by the IE scholars: Huang et al. [58] argue that a first idea of “urban symbiosis” was already present in Jacob 1961‚ while the term “urban metabolism” was
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discussing the Philippine urban poor I have used the guide questions provided by the invitation committee. I will proceed by defining the Philippine urban poor and then discuss its issues as well as my government ’s responses to these issues. Towards the end of my talk‚ I will discuss a proposed agenda of engagement in the present administration. A Close Look At the Urban Poor Situation The Philippine urban poor as officially defined by Republic Act 7279 which is also known as the Urban Development and
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Bodi English 111-008 30 October 2014 A Broken School System with no Vision In a broke society‚ education in the inner city is lacking the ability to give students the education they need‚ which includes students with low test scores. They lack the ability to read and comprehend what they learn compared to the students in the urban schools. However‚ why are inner city students struggling more than urban city students? The center of the problem in the inner city schools is their lack of funds. According
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