29 Palms Land: The new opportunities zone We see today that urban life has covered all possible spaces within the habitable territories. It has been a great advantage that large cities have been established‚ providing shelter and development opportunities for a good part of population (infrastructure‚ business‚ commerce‚ education‚ healthness‚ a wide range of leisures)‚ and facilities for good performance of daily activities‚ such as public services (water‚ sewers‚ electricity‚ gas‚ telephony and
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It is said that after the Civil War‚ America began to industrialize at a rapid rate. The Gilded Age had 8 different characteristics of industrialization: Improved standards of living‚ New Inventions‚Railroads‚ Laissez-faire and free enterprise‚ Urbanization‚ Immigration‚ Labor Unions‚ Indian Removal. After the Gilded Age‚ came the Progressive era‚ the progressive era was the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems of rapid industrialization introduced to America
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1 Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing painsBy Robert Kunzig Photograph by Chia Ming Chien At the time of Jack the Ripper‚ a hard time for London‚ there lived in that city a mild-mannered stenographer named Ebenezer Howard. He’s worth mentioning because he had a large and lingering impact on how we think about cities. Howard was bald‚ with a bushy‚ mouth-cloaking mustache‚ wire-rim spectacles‚ and the distracted air of a seeker. His job transcribing speeches did not fulfill him
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through China and a brief detour into Bangladesh as he captures elements representing the country’s industrial revolution. The film covers themes including the production cycle in China‚ its generation and usage of energy‚ globalization‚ and the urbanization rate in China. The documentary begins with the production cycle in China‚ represented by a factory that seems to extend infinitely and a depiction of the man power needed to operate such a company. It then goes onto the recycling process‚ which
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References: BREESES. G. (1966)‚ URBANIZATION IN NEWLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES‚ ENGLEW WOOD‚ PRENTICE HALL‚ N.J. U.S. 443. Das‚ P. (1989) “Job Research and Internal Migration”‚ The Indian Economic Journal 37 (2). 65 – 68. Dr. M. Yousaf Abbasi. (1988). 15 – 20. Gaan‚ N. (1999)‚ Environmental degradation
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Solution-Focused Therapy Solution–focused therapy (SFT)‚ unlike other forms of therapy argues that a person doesn’t have to understand any problem in order to resolve the problem and that the solution isn’t necessarily related to the problem. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief overview‚ description and rationale of Solution-focused therapy as well as an explanation of the therapeutic processes involved in SFT. This paper will also demonstrate through case example; systemic case conceptualization/hypotheses
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Running Head: SFBT Incorporating the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Model with Teen Substance Abusers in Counseling Abstract This paper serves as a tool for discussion and is divided into four parts: to begin with‚ a brief description of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy approach is provided. Then provided is a description of the history and development of this therapeutic approach including common developmental and environmental factors. Next an overview of the prevalence of teen
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a rapid process of demographic transition have all contributed to the emergence of a more integrated national urban system in China. In spite of political overtones in China’s development policies since several decades ago‚ the new patterns of urbanization reflect the need to meet the specific realities of resources‚ cultural values‚ and social heritage in the nation building process‚ which are also important parts of modernization. Modernization‚which is one of the most important issues in China
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION More than half the world ’s population lives in areas that are classified as urban. In developing countries‚ a substantial and growing proportion lives in or around metropolitan areas and large cities‚ including the zone termed the ’peri-urban interface ’‚ where their livelihoods depend to some extent on natural resources such as land for food‚ water and fuel‚ and space for living. The population pressure means that resources in such zones are often overexploited
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the family ties they once held so dear are being eroded away. However‚ poverty has greatly declined‚ schooling is available to all people‚ and knowledge sparks people’s demands for greater political rights. People begin to be held as equals and urbanization reaches even the most rural of villages. The fourth and final stage in Rostow’s Stages of Modernization is High Mass Consumption. In this stage‚ economic development driven by industrial technology steadily raises the standards of living. Mass
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