(Volti‚ 2009‚ p. 187). Since work and income was now dependant on the factories‚ workers need to find homes in relative proximity‚ thus leading to higher density of individuals within the urban areas surrounding the manufacturing centers. With urbanization came a need for production and transportation of food to the growing cities. In the 18th and early 19th centuries‚ this food was generally produced locally on the surrounding farmlands with only the occasional delicacy imported from a foreign
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society’s demand for urban planning and accelerating urbanization. However‚ after the 1970s‚ economic development changed the traditional family and marriage concepts‚ leading to changes in population size and structure. Hong Kong developed into an industrial city after the Second World War. Labor-intensive and export-oriented light industries developed rapidly. The economic restructuring led to population changes and sped up urbanization in Hong Kong. The economic restructuring
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Concept CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Urbanization is a dynamic socio-economic force which has considerable temporal and spatial variations (Ali & Mustaquim‚ 2007). In the developed countries of Europe and North America‚ urbanization has been a consequence of industrialization and has been associated with economic development. By contrast‚ in the developing countries of Latin America‚ Africa‚ and Asia‚ urbanization has occurred as a result of high natural urban population increase
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role in the modern world. Urbanization‚ as stated in Invitation To World Religions‚ corresponds with modernization; it is the shift of population from rural‚ agricultural living areas to urban‚ city like areas. An example of the shift of rural to urban living can be described as seasons and agricultural cycles being used to time stamp specific holidays and traditions‚ compared to todays society that specific system is rarely used. In contrast to modernization and urbanization‚ globalization allows for
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European continent and the New World.” (Spielvogel p. 593). First of all‚ one huge effect the Industrial Revolution had on today’s world would be urbanization. The creation of all of the needed factories caused a huge urbanization effect. “At the same time‚ rapid population growth in the second half of the eighteenth
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can be done about them? Nowadays‚ when almost half the world’s population live in urban areas‚ conditions for city dwellers are likely to get worse‚ that causes many problems‚ but the main problem is urbanization. Firstly‚ do you know what is this mean- urbanization? It means increasing number of inhabitants living in urban areas. And this number are always in growth because of villagers moving to the cities for more employment and better standard of living. However‚ because
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boundaries of his kingdom have weakened the intrinsic balance of nature and seized the workings of the system. There is a lot of examples that can show the harm effect of Man on nature: Urbanization: Mexico City is one of the biggest cities in the world. In fact‚ Mexico is also one of the most polluted. The urbanization and the industrialization of the city make the level of pollution one of the highest of the world. Deforestation‚ is on a human scale results in decline in biodiversity‚ and on a natural
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Hatfield-4B English II 22 April 2013 Effects of Poverty on Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is a major issue that is not discussed much. The health and wellbeing of these people in country’s such as Ghana‚ Kenya‚ Madagascar‚ Ethiopia‚ Liberia‚ etc. is drastically declining. The food supply in some places is harsh. The complexity of how some of these people live is outrageous. Africa is one of the poorest continent’s in the world. A third of sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA)
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environment and people. Our first reason why poaching is beneficial is that we think that people who poach make pretty good money. This may sound like a stupid reason but think about it‚ people who poach live in countries like India‚ South Africa‚ Madagascar‚ and Indonesia‚ what they all have in common is that most of the people there are poor or trying to survive. So the main point here is that when they kill an animal‚ they
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levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants” ("Global Warming"‚ 2013). One cause that is not mentioned in the definition of Global Warming is Urbanization. Urbanization is defined as the physical growth of urban areas as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities‚ particularly the very largest ones ("Urbanization"‚ 2013). With population increases come more buildings‚ roads‚ cars‚ and pollution. Each of these has their own effect on Global Warming. When a city
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