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    massive urbanisation with millions (160m) of people moving from rural to urban environments. However the mass industrialisation comes with a lot of pollution costs. The urbanisation is pushing up consumption per person but also increasing income per person. Population in China is suspected to reach 1 billion by 2030. The scale and pace of China’s urbanization continues at an unprecedented rate. If current trends hold‚ China’s urban population will hit the one billion mark by 2030. In 20 years‚ China’s

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    to choose a place to live‚ what will be the perfect place in your dream; the bustling city or the silent countryside? Nowadays‚ more and more people move their home to the countryside. “Although the UK is an urban society‚ more and more people are choosing to live on the edge of urban areas - with many relocating to the countryside. This is called counterurbanisation.”(http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/settlement/urbanisation_medcrev1.shtml). This condition has become an interesting

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    city still applies to most developed countries‚ like the one shown in Kearsley’s modified Burgess model (1983). The urban core is always the first place to be developed. Since urbanization

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    constant economic instability. As a result‚ / As a consequence‚ / Consequently‚ / Thus‚ / Therefore‚ / Hence‚ / For this reason‚ currency crashes occur. Because / Since / As some areas face extreme weather conditions‚ there is damage to property. Owing to / On account of / Because of / Due to the fact that some areas face extreme weather conditions‚ there is damage to property. Owing to / On account of / Because of / Due to extreme weather conditions‚ there is damage to property. Owing to /

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    Gentrification Through the Lenses Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College‚ Peter Kwong once said‚ “Living in this gentrification environment is much more difficult for residents. Actually‚ what they’re doing is killing the indigenous culture.” This process of gentrification that Kwong is referring to is defined as the purchasing and renovating of low-priced properties‚ usually by higher income individuals‚ in often deteriorated urban neighborhoods. The result is an influx of wealthier

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    Introduction Over the years‚ population growth within major cities has placed concern on the safety of children – especially within western countries. Worldwide‚ numerous things have impacted the health and wellbeing of children; “Industrialization‚ population growth‚ poverty‚ environmental degradation‚ crime and war and the continuous dumping of toxic waste in to the atmosphere‚ the waterways and the soil have all played their part ”(Gleeson‚ B. S. N. (2006). The idea of a child friendly city

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    country’s population the lives in urban as opposed to rural areas. Urbanisation first occurred in MEDCs during the industrial revolution that took place in Europe and North America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since 1950‚ urbanisation has been rapidly occurring in LEDCs and nowadays‚ the rate of urbanisation in LEDCs‚ for example‚ in South America‚ Africa and Asia‚ is greater than in MEDCs. As LEDCs are developing more people are migrating to urban areas. In Bangalore‚ India‚ for example

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    societies. The word civilization is sometimes defined as "a word that simply means ’living in cities’" (Standage 2005:25). Non-farmers gather in cities to work and to trade. Civilization is a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop urban settlements. The earliest civilizations developed after 3000 BCE‚ when the rise of agriculture allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability. Agricultural populations advanced beyond village life‚ and many people no longer had to practice

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    March 8th 2011 Topic Report 1: Experiential Branding Urban Outfitters Urban Outfitters‚ founded in 1970‚ occupies more than 130 stores throughout the United States‚ Canada‚ and Europe. They offer a "lifestyle-specific shopping experience for the educated‚ urban-minded individual" for consumers ranging in age from eighteen to thirty years old. Urban Outfitter’s main product categories include art‚ music‚ and fashion‚ each of which can be broken down in to further categories. Their fashion

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    positioned in our society. He explains the difference in the lifestyles of people living in urban cities compared to people living in rural cities. Georg Simmel believes that by living in a urban city we are forced to play a supporting role to the many things going on around us. Because of the busyness of the city we are dominated by the objectivism and we forget subjectivism. Simmel believes that as humans live in urban cities that are forced to only pay attention to the things that are essential to our

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