In the 1930 large areas of Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Colorado were hit by one of the worst dust storms in America’s history.The dust storm destroyed the land and most of the population‚ almost everyone packed up and moved west. From the 1900 to 1930 families built farms in an area of mostly grassland so crops were hard to grow. In 1931 a drought spread across the middle of the nation‚ they were already suffering from the stock market crash of 1929 and the great depression. From 1931
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HSC Unit 1: Pompeii and Herculaneum By the end of this unit‚ you will know about: • The early stages of occupation of P and H • A historical overview of P and H before the eruption • The physical environment (setting‚ natural features‚ resources) of P and H • Plans and streetscapes of both cities • What kind of sources are available (written and archeological) on P and H • The limitations and reliability of the sources‚ and how
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The population of the metropolis increases because people from rural areas and overseas migrate to the urban areas in large numbers‚ averaging 7.6 per cent per year (United Nations Population Division‚ 2001). Increasing of population in many big cities may causes serious problems even in advanced countries. Seoul‚ the capital city of South Korea‚ which more than 11 millions of population‚ has grown rapidly into a metropolis since the end of Korean War (Kim‚ 2005). Over population in Seoul creates
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which we often put our attention to. On the other hand‚ we dont pay attention to the squatters living in dirty corners of our nation. This for me is a big and universal problem poverty. Poverty can be seen anywhere in the Philippines. The squatters live anywhere possible by the rails‚ riverside‚ under the bridge or even on sidewalks. We see them often but we dont pay attention to their numbers. These squatters were actually descendants of people affected by the war and descendants of province people
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How the Australian Gold rush changed Australia The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the way Australia would look at its self and how other nations and people would look at it. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined recorded white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of these where convicts‚ slaved and war captives who had been inhabiting Australia for the past 70 years. But the gold rush completely changed the small country Australia the convicts where
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Urbanization Everywhere‚ at any given point in time‚ individuals or groups tend to move from their usual villages and farms located in the countryside‚ to take up residence in cities. One may be wondering‚ what is the reason for such movement. Well‚ all this is summed up in the term Urbanization. According to Norrel London and Mike Senior (2009)‚ Urbanization is “the process by which in increasing proportion of the total population lives in towns.” Susan Mayhew (2009) also defines Urbanization
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Why‚ one wonders‚ Chandigarh -that distinguished itself to be ’the City Beautiful’ because of the masterly urban planning & designing‚ is not becoming such‚ as a whole with the passage of time? A clean canvass for the layout of Chandigarh was facilitated by uprooting many villages which became reality because of the psyche of the countrymen then for the larger interest of building a city of tomorrow. The master architect and planner prepared the master plan of the proposed capital with network
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plant life in less than one percent of the world’s land area (71 interesting facts about Peru). Roughly one-third of the entire Peruvian population lives in the capital‚ Lima resulting in overpopulation and poverty. Over half live in urban squatter settlements often occupied without lease or rent. They are known as pueblo’s jóvens or young towns. In America they might be close to Hooverville’s. This happens when uninhabited land is selected and invaded by a group of settlers some even overnight.
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Urbanization in Bangladesh" Extent and Reasons of the relatively recent phenomenon of Urbanization in Bangladesh by Francis Atul Sarker I. INTRODUCTION: Urbanization generally refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and suburbs of cities. Historically‚ it has been closely connected with industrialization. Urbanization initiates industrialization-led economic growth and transition from agricultural-based income and employment
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11th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) EDSA Shangri-La Hotel October 4-5‚ 2010 ESTIMATING INFORMAL SETTLERS IN THE PHILIPPINES In the Housing Backlog Study commissioned by the HUDCC‚ the Consultants prepared the estimates of Informal Settlers in the Philippines. According to the Spatial Statistics of Informal Settlers in the Philippines component of the Study‚ informal settler families reached an estimated 550‚771 households as of August 1‚ 2007. This is based on the extrapolation made using
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