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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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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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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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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immigration are‚ both the immigrants and the country hosting them get to gain. Take for example the great migration of the 19th and 20th century into the United States‚ the immigrants fueled a move to urbanization bring to birth cities like Boston and New York among others (Hirschman‚ 2006). Urbanization led to increased trade and development of the nation. Another reason why immigration is a positive
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d in (Complet 1883) Ch. 9 Quick Review • What factors encouraged Industrial Growth in the late 1800s? • What role did the government have during the rise of Big Business? Why? • Why did labor unions begin to develop? Ch. 10 Immigration and Urbanization 1865- 1914 Industrial Growth in the United States creates job opportunities‚ prompting many Europeans to move to the cities of the United States in search of a better life. S1: The New Immigrants • Foreign-born population of the US nearly doubled
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The first place city Seoul (the capital) has population of 10‚022‚181(from 2008). The population of Seoul goes over more than tree times from the second place city Pusan‚ so Seoul can be seen as primate city. This kind of primate urbanization often happens in the country where the population is small‚ the land is narrow‚ and has high economic dependency toward other country. Since 20 percent out of all the population live in Seoul‚ land prices have skyrocketed and have severe environment
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alongside neighbors in settlements B) farmers living in a central space surrounded by structures C) farmers clustered along a river or road to facilitate communication amongst each other D) all of the above E) none of the above Answer: E 7) Urbanization can be analyzed by looking at the ________ and ________ of people living in cities. A) number and percentage B) number and homogeneity C) percentage and density D) density and homogeneity E) size and density Answer: A 8) The important
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The localization economy is the opposite of an urbanization economy. These economies are present in cities that are built on an industrial foundation. There are fewer large organizations present and they are not attempting to become transnational corporations‚ although they are highly skilled and have the ability to produce on a large scale. The cities where these types of economies are found are not as busy as an alpha city where an urbanization economy would strive. There are not a lot of ideas
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