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    Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was

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    The urbanization of any ancient city has the best advantage of being seen through our modern day eyes. Looking at the evidence recovered from various sites definitely poses some problems for scholars in trying to place it in the context of the time-line of that city; yet these scholars have the knowledge of the end result of our modern-day societies. Archaeologists and classics scholars know historical trends of human socialization and urbanization for hundreds of years in societies unrelated to

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    From 1880 to 1925 racial issues and regulations‚ as well as unskilled labor were high tensions initiating from the immigration of the East. Citizens were becoming aggravated with immigrants who threatened their jobs as well as feeling like they were being taken over by them. In order to control it‚ many laws were passed and strict rules making it hard for immigrants to enter America. Many things were caused from these tensions beginning with events as the industrial revolution to something as large

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    Industrialization and Urbanization began late 18th century and early 1900s. It was a time of mass production. Those in the elite-class and middle-class had amusement parks‚ bikes and tennis‚ spectator sports‚ baseball‚ and so much more. Industrialization and Urbanization lead to difficulties for everyone especially those in the working class. Industrialization lead to huge disparity of wealth and class in the United States and Urbanization lead to massive problems that were almost and still somewhat

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    Industrialization had a great impact on the United States. The Industrialization in the United States helped to attract many more immigrants to the country. The west made it possible to have more farming land. Urbanization created new technology. The United States was considered a new start and had many opportunities for anyone. This attracted immigrants to move to the United States. One of the most persuasive things for the immigrants to move to the United States was that the many different jobs

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    revolution people used to live in remote areas where living was cheap and affordable. Due to less roads and inconvenient transportation system most of the people were farmers and used to grow their own food. As a result of Industrialization and urbanization‚ families got themselves free from their traditional ties to the land and migrated to cities for a better life. Railroad brought together remote parts of the country. A huge number of immigrants came to America in waves from Europe‚ Africa and

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    Urbanization is a force of change that has had‚ and continues to have wide-reaching implications. The social shifts linked to urbanization—rural flight‚ industrialization‚ and modernization—have all significantly changed the way we live our lives. By the nineteenth century‚ the Industrial Revolution was in full swing; with rapid industrialization‚ rapid urbanization also began to occur. By 1854‚ Victorian London‚ riding on the winds of the Industrial Revolution‚ grew into the biggest city the world

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    Urbanization in India and issues involved It is more than half of a century that India became independent. The country has evolved and emerged a lot from pre independence to post independence era. At the time of independence‚ the country was poverty stricken‚ impoverished and a rural agrarian society. In 1947‚ only 15 per cent of the population in cities and towns were classified under urban areas. The rapid development and economic growth helped the country achieve the status of emerged nations

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    THE IMPACT OF RAPID URBANIZATION ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA FROM 1950 -2010 (Focus on urban developments and housing problems case study: Lagos) Urbanization according to Aluko O.E is rather subjective and can be given various interpretations. However in this concept it can be defined as the expansion of the number of people living in an urban area that depicts the rate at which people move from rural areas and populate the urban areas. Reports however‚ from the united nation show that the

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    phenomenon the rapid development forced to do to accommodate the total population such as urbanization. However‚ the unwell planning development was done that made our environment in trouble. The major factor of this happening because less understanding of surrounding environment and ecological aspect while planning the urbanization. One profession that closely related with designing the sustainable urbanization is landscape architects. The development of landscape urbanism theory and its implementation

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