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    How does the notion of harm reveal entangled relationships between social welfare and crime control? The concept of harm is a complex one‚ The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines the term as “hurt‚ damage‚ cause harm to” (Allen‚1990‚P.539). In a physical sense harm can be defined and characterised by damage caused from a war or a natural phenomenon that inflicts considerable damage upon an individual‚ community or nation. The notion of harm has characterised humanity since the dawn of its existence

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    ................................................. 9 Slum Survey and Mapping – using GIS‚ Total station surveys‚ and GPS .......................... 10 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 10 3.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 10 3.3 Slum survey procedure ....................................

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    damage because of the extreme poverty and social and environment in stead of being centers of commerce and industry. In this article I will discuss the problem of slum clearance in Mumbai‚ India. I am interested in poor people in urban area. First I will refer about population growth which is related to urban problem. Second‚ I suggest that slum clearance is not good enough for solving the problem. Third‚ as a conclusion‚ I suggest that India government should keep providing various kinds of social services

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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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    Urbanization & Environmental Degradation Analysis By Anupam Rozario - 26 Anupam Gogoi – 27 Anupam Verma – 28 ABSTRACT Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas. Due to uncontrolled urbanization in India

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    Rapid urbanisation has caused a variety of problems‚ including transport congestion‚ lack of sufficient homes and living conditions‚ sanitary and health care issues‚ and crime. For all these problems‚ city planners have attempted potential solutions‚ each with varying degrees of success. Cities including London‚ Manila and Mumbai have several of the aforementioned problems‚ and have each tried their own potential solutions. This essay will discuss how successful these schemes have been in resolving

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    The hit-film slumdog millionaire is a well-known film about three children from the slums. Many people have watched this film‚ and although its storyline is thrilling‚ the perceptions it gives about India as a whole being poor and dirty and that everyone is a thief‚ killer or prostitute are misleading; although the slums are poor and dirty‚ not everyone in India lives in a slum. Not everyone who does live in a slum is a thief and will do anything for money‚ and many people in India are well-enough

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    Indian Institude of management ahmedabad | Sector analisys : Drinking water and sanitation in India | Social Enterpreneurship : Initiating Social Change | | Bruno LUSSATO & Antoine GERARD | 22/11/2012 | [Tapez le résumé du document ici. Il s’agit généralement d’une courte synthèse du document. Tapez le résumé du document ici. Il s’agit généralement d’une courte synthèse du document.] | Table of content Introduction: Current state of affairs  Poor quality of water is a real

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    urban exclusion in India

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    Topic : Urban Exclusion in India with Focus on Inequalities in Urban Areas Urbanisation is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. Urbanisation is also defined as the movement of people from rural to urban areas with population growth equating to urban migration. Urbanisation is closely linked to modernisation and industrialisation. Urban growth takes place as more and more people leave villages and farms to live in cities. Urbanisation is a welcome phenomenon of change

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    touching international bestselling novel turned movie‚ which depicts a story of love‚ kindness and faith in the slum of Anand Nagar. The novel features 3 main characters Stephan Kovalski (a Catholic priest)‚ Max Loeb (an American doctor)‚ and Hansari Pal (an Indian rickshaw driver). The novel goes into depth about the different trials and tribulations these 3 men face. Their lives in the slum are that of starvation‚ poverty‚ hopelessness and violence. The novel discusses each man’s journey through such

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