What do you understand by ‘sustainable development’? How far has it progressed in your region? Key words: ‘What …?’; ‘you understand’; ‘sustainable development’; ‘progressed’; ‘your’. • the term ‘sustainable development’ was popularised by the World Commission on Environment and Development in the late 1980s • it is a systematic approach to achieving human development that still sustains the resources of our planet – there are signs that wealthier countries are consuming Earth’s resources
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Safe and fast travel is what the commuters expect from our public transport system. It is supposed to be the cheapest and best option. But for the students of Kristu Jayanti College and the other neighbouring colleges‚ that is not the case. The number of BMTC buses operating from Hennur main road to Kothanur is found to be highly insufficient during the morning peak hours. The students commuting in this route find it very difficult to reach their college safely in the right time. They are of the
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PEOPLE ENTERING THE CITY SHOULD USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT 1. INTRODUCTION Public transport also known as public transit or mass transit is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public. Public transport include buses‚ trains‚ ’rapid transit’ like commuter and ferries. Other than that‚ it also includes taxicab and car pooling which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement. Most public transport runs to a scheduled timetable with the most
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to use public transportation and not their cars‚ and so it‚ decreases vehicular congestion. For this reason‚ some of the public transportation‚ more commonly used‚ are buses and trains. On the other hand‚ a private car is a very expensive type of transport because it must have a strict maintenance such‚ as gas‚ parts‚ oil‚ and a mechanical upkeep. All this leads to excessive monetary expenditure. In this aspect of cost‚ public transportation is more convenient. Second‚ time used in these two types
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Urban Transport in Indian Cities A peak of rush hour commuters at Churchgate‚ a terminus for one of Mumbai’s main suburban train lines contributing to the nearly 6.5 million people feeding in and out of the city daily. Urban travel in Indian cities predominantly happens through walking‚ cycling and public transport‚ including intermediate public transport (IPT). Despite high growth rates of motorised two wheelers and cars in the last two decades (15 per cent and 10 per cent per annum respectively)
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1th January’2014: With boom in infrastructural activities‚ there is a great demand of building machineries that are designed to perform multi-tasks and built in with latest technological advancements. Therefore‚ Subhash Transport Corporation is here to deliver flawless services in delivering high quality machinery for varied industrial applications. They also provide rental and sales services for these quality products at cost effective rates. To know more about this company and their online
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REPORT ON TRANSPORT AND PARKING BY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH 1. Title A survey of Transport and parking at MIT. 2. Term of reference This report is written by Susan White‚ for the purpose of investigating the type of transport used by students and car parking issues at MIT. 3. Introduction The purpose of the survey was to discover the different means of transport used by Non English Speaking Background students (NESB) covering
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against car use and mark them with a cross. …………………………………………………………………………. Not restricted by schedules as you are with public transport. Comfortable (spacious‚ cool‚ CD’s etc) They cause air pollution (eg. exhaust emissions contribute to global warming.) Roads deface the natural landscape and destroy/disturb wildlife habitats. Fast‚ less time-consuming than public transport. Car parks take up valuable space in city centres (could be used for public gardens instead?) Fairly cheap to run? Car accidents
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Mode Choice Survey You can enter some introduction text here! Personal Information 1* Your age: * 15-20 * 21-30 * 31-50 * 51 or above 2 Your gender: * Male * Female remove answer 3* Which city do you currently reside in? 4* If you are a resident of Delhi‚ which part of Delhi do you reside in? * North Delhi * East Delhi * South Delhi * West Delhi * Central Delhi 5 Occupation:
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FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE WOMEN EDUCATION IN NIGERIA BY IHEANYI N. OKWAKPAM Department of Adult and Continuing Education‚ Faculty of Education‚ University of Calabar‚ Cross River State‚ Nigeria. Email:iokwakpam@yahoo.com Abstract This paper attempts to establish the factors that affect sustainable women education in Nigeria. The paper found out that non-participation of women in education programmes was as a result of some limiting factors and proffers solutions to such. Introduction It is
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