rural areas to big cities is called urbanization. There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages‚ better housing and utilities‚ better school and hospital‚ more jobs opportunity‚ and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor. We know that most of rural areas people are farmers. There’s not much else to do anymore in the village
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Density Matters: The Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries on Florida Urban Densities Prepared by Submitted to ___ Executive Summary Urban growth boundaries (UGB) are a growth management tool adopted from early English land use traditions to categorize land use. UGB’s are boundaries that clearly delineate the limit of the urban density growth permitted and supported by the issuing municipality. Florida instituted the Growth Management Act in 1985‚ mandating local comprehensive
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academic performance of urban schools. Students in urban schools are not achieving as much as their suburban counterparts and educators have very few ways to motivate students to do better. While there are many issues beyond educator’s control‚ social and economic backgrounds are the most prevalent and keep students from reaching their true potential. When students are faced with adversity they are less motivated and less likely to move forward in their education. In urban schools this leads to
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One of the definitions of urban sprawl is the controlled expansion of urban areas. What is happening right now is NOT controlled. According to the David Suzuki Foundation over the next thirty years‚ farmland twice the size of the city of Toronto will be destroyed. National Geographic stats that only 5% of Canada is suitable farming land. Only 5%. Today urban areas consume seven thousand four hundred and forty four square kilometres‚ that’s four hundred and twenty two football fields. I’m going to
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Comparison of Urban Sociological Theories In order for an urban sociologist to discover “How urban societies work‚” theories of “urban ecology” or “political economy” are used as a guide in their research. Urban ecology refers to the importance of social structure and social organization as shaping social life in the city. Urban ecologist concerns for social order‚ social cohesion‚ community ties and social differentiation offer key insight to how societies work (Kleniewski‚ 2001). Alternatively
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Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain
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Number 1. January 2008. Rapid Urban Growth and Poverty in Dhaka City Shahadat Hossain• Abstract The paper aims to explore the nature of urban growth and poverty in Dhaka City‚ Bangladesh. It has highlighted the city of Dhaka as the urbanisation of the whole country is interlinked with the intense development of the city. The paper is based on data collected through surveys of population censuses and relevant studies. It reveals that the historical process of urban development of Dhaka City presents
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documentary on television about India on a weekly basis. Many people seem amazed at how a third world country like India can almost become an economic power or even have an economy to begin with. Many credit this to the greatness of the Free Market. Today‚ India seems to have become the call center for the world. It seems that every time one makes a call to a major company for support‚ they are greeted by someone in India‚ particularly in Mumbai or Bangalore. However‚ even with this increase of dependency
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In our current political climate‚ there are a variety of issues that face urban education‚ some of which are long-standing concerns while others are more recently acquired. One of the most influential long-term issues in urban education today is the lack of funding and support- particularly for schools that have higher instances of low-income families and students with complex needs. In these areas of extreme poverty and high needs‚ rarely are school districts in a financial situation to be able
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Short essay on Rural and Urban Communities One of the broadcasts and most revealing of all social contracts is exhibited by the differences of urban and rural life. This contrast is one of social environment. It divides community organization in two broad types-the urban and the rural. For many centuries city and country are two general types of human habitation. However‚ we must remember that rural and urban depict modes of community life‚ not simply geographical locations. The most obvious
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