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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were a team of rural development specialists‚ how do you address the issues and what kind of intervention should be provided? 3) Please provide your key recommendation to policy and decision makers for them to include in the policy frameworks. Cambodian Poverty Cambodia’s census conducted in 2008 recorded a population of 13‚395‚682 (6‚516‚054 males and 6‚879‚628 females). The annual population growth rate declined from 2.49% in 1998 to 1.54% in 2008. 80.5% of Cambodians live in rural areas. The average
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point in standing against oppression came in the case of Brown vs. Board. Brown vs. Board of Education is commonly mistaken as a single case‚ when it was really a combination of five cases; all dealing with segregation in schools. In Kansas was the Brown vs. Board case. It argued over the eighteen schools for whites and the only four available for blacks. The decision was unanimous that segregation was wrong. Delaware ’s case was Belton vs. Gebhart where kids were forced to ride a bus for an hour and
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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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Thesis Statement: Online education provides students with flexible schedules and the ability to work at their own pace‚ while a traditional education provides students with the ability to interact with teachers and peer while learning. I. When choosing to make the choice to return to school‚ and further educations levels it can be quiet a difficult decision to make. Whether the choice is to enroll in an online program or the traditional education style‚ students must be dedicated and make the
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Home Schooling vs. Public Education Precious Curtis Communication 155 Wanda Evans 2/12/12 Home Schooling vs. Public Education Are you disappointed with the public school system? Have you ever questioned if home schooling your children was a better alternative? If so‚ I may have the answer you are looking for. In a statistic performed
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CONTRIBUTION OF ICT IN RURAL SECTOR: Various initiatives in the recent past portrayed the significant role that the I.C.T plays in the realm of rural development. Several projects have reduced the costs‚ and it also has increased transparency. A large number of rural e-Governance applications‚ developed as pilot projects were aimed at offering easy access to citizen services and improved processing of government to citizen transactions. This paper presents a brief review of the innovative
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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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South have‚ and how this case was decided. For instance‚ all African American children can finally go to a school in which they are treated equally‚ and receive the best education necessary in developing their futures. Before the Brown vs Education was decided many schools were segregated‚ and one race did not receive the best education as the other. Furthermore‚ if you would look at this case today it formally expresses strategies that can be used on other issues which many minorities face in today’s
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