To what extent can the problems of urbanization be met by a policy of sustainable development? With increasing life expectancy‚ people have moved from rural area to urban area and cities have grown rapidly‚ which causes many problems. To solve these problems of urbanisation‚ the concept of sustainability emerged‚ which is always used by environmentalists and political planners to express their own view of how environment and economy should be administrated (Adams‚ 2001). One of the most quoted
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changes that transformed in to the modern society that we live in today. Modernization promoted a more balanced and logic worldview as tradition loses its hold and people increase their individualization. The trends that encompass modernization are urbanization‚ secularization‚ bureaucracy and developments in technology. Karl Marx had the theory the industrial revolution was a communist revolution. He agree with other theories by Tonnies and Durkheim when it came to the brake down of small communities
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try to find out its probable causes and effects with particular reference to Akatta‚ a town in Oru-East local government area of Imo state. It is the view of the researcher that early marriage continues to increase daily in spite of the awareness being created by governmental and non-governmental agents over the dangers of early marriage which posses problem to the entire society. The researcher believes that it is relevant to study the major causes and effects of early marriage in order to enlighten
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Leverage effect and tax effect. - dividends effectively are ongoing and stronger commitment compared with share buyback‚ because‚ according to Lintner managers prefer to increase dividend rather than decreasing them. On the other hand‚ share buyback does not commit the company to future pay-out. In other words‚ repurchasing reserves financial flexibility relative to dividend. In fact‚ the study of …‚ company with higher operating cashflow are likely to increase dividend‚ while company with higher
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Environmental problems Of all the global environmental problems‚ desertification is‚ perhaps‚ the most threatening for poor rural people. The most accepted definition of desertification states that it is land degradation in arid‚ semiarid‚ and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors‚ including climatic variations and human activities. Drylands cover almost 40 percent of the total land surface of the world and are inhabited by approximately 1 billion humans dispersed over more than 100
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(Also Modernization) is a concept in the sphere of social sciences that refers to process in which society goes through industrialization‚ urbanization and other social changes that completely transforms the lives of individuals. The concept of modernization comes from a view of societies as having a standard evolutionary pattern‚ as described in the social evolutionism theories. According to this each society would evolve inexorably from barbarism to ever greater levels of development and civilization
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A STUDY OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION SUCH AS Cd (II) IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT OF MUMBAI BY SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SVKM’S NMIMS (DEEMED- TO- BE UNIVERSITY) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2010 – 2013) SUBMITTED BY ABHIJITH SHISHIR MANDYA (G.R. NO. 75102100002) Project Mentor Dean‚ School of Science Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Z.R. Turel Dr. Aparna Khanna
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Title: Advantages disadvantages of globalization 1 Advantages disadvantages of globalization ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES Easier to communicate throughout the boundaries Easier to travel Cultural interchange International Trade Better and cheaper products Improvement of new technologies The cheaper products increases the purchase power The transport of the products is easier and faster Globalization creates a political and an economical union‚ which facilitates the agreement
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European society in the Middle Ages was predominately rural. The great urban centres of the Roman Empire had either decayed or remained as administrative and religious centres. The societal wealth and power rested within the countryside. The countryside began to experience economic growth in the 11th century. This economic growth would trigger a series of changes to the European societal order in the 12th century. While the majority of the population remained in the countryside‚ an influx of people
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Cornelia Nistor‚ Positive and negative effects of globalization / Annals of University of Bucharest‚ Economic and Administrative Series‚ Nr. 1 (2007) 152-163 Positive and negative effects of globalization Assoc. Prof. PhD Cornelia Nistor Faculty of Administration and Business University of Bucharest Abstract Although globalization cannot ensure worldwide stability and economical equilibrium‚ or full environmental protection‚ its positive effects mainly regarding the trading development and the
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