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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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    Mitigation strategies: road to sustainable cities? Introduction Society is still growing and rapidly aging‚ one person wants mobility‚ the other wants a green park in front of his house. More people‚ means more traffic density‚ more pollution‚ increasing energy consumption‚ less natural habitats‚ sinking water resources and land shortage for housing. These are some of the problems we‚ as a society‚ have nowadays. By 2050 66% of the world’s population will be urban (Powell‚ 2016). A strategic approach

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    Ground Zero

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    This event is very influential in the history of town planning whereby it generates the development of agricultural‚ transportation‚ industrial technologies and other infrastructures. Heavy urbanization in the developing world is largely a post- World War II where in this period the pace of the urbanization in the developing countries has been far more rapid than before. While some country anticipates a declining population‚ more people are pushed to move to the city center because there are more

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    Singapore: a Global City

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    specific category. With a GDP of $2.8 billion and 100% urban development‚ Singapore is a city that is impossible to leave out on the list of what constitutes a metropolis.[i] The time they spent under British rule is what initially prompted the urbanization that led to the economic miracle we see today. They eventually became independent‚ and the government took extraordinary measures to ensure proper economic growth and modernization of their new city-state. This ultimately led to incredible manufacturing

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    Rural Urban Migration

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    Rural Urban Migration Aaapka Naam kya hai? Mera Naam “Bechaara” Hai Bechara ji..aap kahan jaa rahe ho? Mein apna gaon chod ke “Seher” Jaa raha Hoon Aap apna gaon chod ke seher kyun jaa rahe ho? Sahab jii…mein he kya…mere bahaut yaar dost jaa chuke hain..or ab mein bhi jaa raha hoon Lekin Kaaran toh bataoo….Bechara Ji Sahab jii…ek kaaran ho toh bataun…lekin aap zor de rahe ho toh sunoo.. Reasons for Rural-Urban Migration • Poverty/Low Income • • • • Unemployment Wage

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    The society in the North increased do to immigration between 1800 and 1860. The population in the North started at 5 million and went up to about 31 million do with massive immigration. The immigration affects the economy do to all the jobs open. The economy has big cities from the immigration witch is good for the trade and manufacturing. Water from rivers and streams are used to make water power. Water power was used to run the factories . To the economy going up in the North the harbors and streets

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    Many urban centers have been known to be places where diverse styles of structural development are put in place through individual differences‚ desires and expression of wealth which over the time have brought about the use of series of finished construction materials. The constant increase in the rate of urban development‚ the use of materials and some of the construction style; have their contributing impact on the environment. These impacts of “growth in urban areas affects urban climate in several

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    Helena Nielsen Period 1 1/13/12 Modernization is a process of modernizing a way of life. South Africa and China both attempted to modernize for a beneficial outcome. China was successful at modernizing and benefited greatly. South Africa resisted modernization and in the end suffered from harmful effects. South Africa and China both modernized in their own way. China attempted to modernize from the struggles that were present in the country. In China‚ modernization occurred

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    Science and Technology as Engines of Economic Growth and Development Maydene A Huie Western Governors University Social Consequences of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to western civilization. Two of the most significant social consequences of the Industrial Revolution are urban crowding and worker safety. Migration of workers to urban areas‚ where factory work was available‚ was a major contributor of over-crowding in these areas.

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    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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