Different solutions to poverty in urban areas 1. Introduction: Poverty can be defined in two ways‚ which are absolute poverty and relative poverty. In terms of absolute poverty‚ Murray (2004:2) suggests that the lack of an adequate income and cannot gain access to basic necessities to provide for basic human needs-food‚ clothing‚ warmth and shelter- are a clear indication of poverty. In a relative way‚ there was an assumption that a certain standard of living was normal‚ and that those living below
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Housing Policy Assignment NAME: KIMOSOP KEMBOI ANTHONY EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS A. Squatter Settlement and Homelessness The term squatter is defined is obtained from squat which means to live‚ build on‚ utilize‚ a property of a person without his concern and his approval or without any document of ownership like allotment letter‚ lease letter or the Title Deed. Dictionary.com defines a squatter as a person
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Eleventh lecture: “Planning a Sustainable Town Extension (Alistair Hendry‚ 08.10.2015)” Before the 1st World War‚ Finland was part of the Russian Empire. Russia on preparing his defense bastions Finnish‚ in particular‚ to secure the capital city of St. Petersburg from potential attackers. Hennala was one of those days new garrisons. Helsinki and St. Petersburg between railway connections along its location was strategically m major. Hennala construction began in 1911. The plans were drawn up by the
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1. Introduction The Republic of Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an independent country‚ which includes the islands of Malta‚ Gozo and Comino‚ covering an area of 316 square kilometres. The Republic of Malta has a population of 417‚617 (National Statistics‚ Demographic Review 2010) most of who live on the island of Malta. Appendix 1 shows that tourism in Malta started to grow in the late 1960’s with visitor numbers increasing from 47‚804 in 1965 to 334‚519 by 1975. By 1980 visitors
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Abstract Any business involves people and resources either to produce items or goods to be sold‚ or provide services to be sold (BPP‚ 2010). Through learning‚ researches and activities‚ it is clear that different organizations response to their business environment in a unique different way. The competitive market leads to structure such as oligopoly where many buyers and sellers involve in trade of similar products making average profit. The non-competitive market structures leads to monopoly with
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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: METRO MANILA GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The National Capital Region or NCR is the center of Luzon and capital region of the Philippines. The Cordillera Mountains forms its boundary on the east‚ Laguna de Bay on the southeast‚ Central Luzon on the north and Southern Tagalog region on the south. It is composed of the cities of Manila‚ Kalookan‚ Las Pinas‚ Makati‚ Mandaluyong‚ Marikina‚ Paranaque‚ Muntinlupa‚ Pasay‚ Pasig and Quezon City. Pending ratification for city hood
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“Maintain your rage and enthusiasm.” (20th Anniversary: Maintain your Rage‚ 2014) This was the simple yet heavily implicating request left by Edward Gough Whitlam as he expounded his controversial dismissal from his position as Prime Minister of Australia. Born on 11th of July‚ 1916‚ Whitlam‚ who was a member of the Australian Labour Party‚ was known as “a force to be reckoned with” (40th Anniversary Of The 1974 Joint Sitting Of Parliament‚ 2014) and was a crucial figure in developing many Government
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Sustainable Tourism in Kumarakom – A Case Study Background kumarakom is situated on the banks of the Vembanad Kayal (backwater)‚ 10 km. west of the Kottayam District Head Quarters in Kerala. Kumarakom‚ a backwater tourism hub is gaining strategic place in on the tourist map due to its natural charm and aesthetic beauty. Tourism development in Kumarakom started with the lease of KTDC land in the bird sanctuary area to Taj Kerala Resorts Limited in the 1989. Tourism has developed rapidly in the area
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apartment (3 days until rent was due‚ 2 days until landlord finds out‚ 1 day for him to finish yelling at me and kick me out of the flat). All because of my boss - god I hate him so much. He caused my life to go from being moderately good to utter sewerage. My wallet was worth ten bucks in total‚ I was about to get thrown on the street and my fridge was empty. There was nothing I could do about the first two problems‚ but I was starving - so I decided to head off to the supermarket with my last ten
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PLANNING REGULATIONS 1.0 INTRODUCTION The essence of spatial planning is to create order to development within human settlements which in turn promotes safety‚ economy and beauty. Certain controls /constraints are necessary if people have to enjoy their freedoms / rights (esp. for the weaker members or land uses). 1.1 Definitions Planning: * Basic human activity * Deciding what to do in advance of doing it * Concerned with providing the right site‚ at the right time‚ and
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