ever, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This rapid urbanization trend is fueled by globalization and should concern all of us because it will continue to effect the way we live for many years to come. In order to survive in the globalizing world we need to become educated of the global economy and figure out how to benefit from it. With this in mind we first need to understand how the globalizing economy impacts cities and rural places worldwide. Many cites around the globe
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HAWKERS AND THE URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: A STUDY OF STREET VENDING IN SEVEN CITIES Prepared by Sharit K. Bhowmik for National Alliance of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Section I: Introduction This report is based on a study of hawkers and street vendors conducted in seven cities in India. It was initiated by the National Alliance of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and as such it is not merely an academic exercise in understanding the problems of this section of the work force. The purpose of this
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SO303RA: Urban Sociology Phone: | | E-mail: || Instructor: | | Abstract Using a revised version of John J. Macionis and Vincent N. Parrillo’s Cities and Urban life, the social distance scale, this research examines social distance toward other ethnic groups and all races residing in an increasingly suburban world. Analyses indicate that blacks & whites report closer social distance to each other than to any other racial or ethnic group. Blacks express greater social
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planet we have so far shown little regard for the environment that sustains us. The use and misuse of our land creates devastating results for entire species of plant and animal life. One main aspect of this challenge is that of urbanization. As our cities become larger and our population grows we are faced with the challenge of having adequate living space for the human population while maintaining a balance of the natural habitat for wildlife. With the growing number of humans inhabiting the planet
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Ralph Relvin A. Cabello Sir Malabanan I’m so lucky that I’m living in a rural area, because in urban areas the air is very polluted and when it rains there will be flood that takes long time to disperse. In rural areas there is lesser temptation for the people to commit crimes, because the competition to get job in here is lesser than the urban. There are still job that can be found here even if at low salary. If I will study there at the urban area I think I will find it hard for me to
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Life in the city is full of activity. Early in the morning hundreds of people rush out of their homes in the manner ants do when their nest is broken. Soon the streets are full of traffic. Shops and offices open, students flock to their schools and the day's work begins. The city now throb with activity, and it is full of noise. Hundreds of sight-seers, tourists and others visit many places of interest in the city while businessmen from various parts of the world arrive to transact business. Then
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make fires by rubbing two stones together. They survived by hunting wild animals and gathering of vegetables without cultivation and care of man. Development of Industrial Societies The industrial revolution of the 18th century gave birth to the cities that began to grow rapidly. Automations and computers characterized advanced industrial sieties. Features of Rural and Urban Community RURAL COMMUNITY | URBAN COMMUNITY | 1. Relatively small population | 1. Population densities are high |
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dependency on coal import. Grid parity is happening and we could all witness it over decades, years and months and it will happen in future as well. But it can happen faster if we desire to do so. As we know, need for power is not restricted to cities and towns. The extent of crisis is really visible in small towns and villages, irrespective of peak demand like functions. As per some survey, count of telecom towers in India is likely to go up from 3.6 lakh to 7 lakh in next 8-10 years. This expansion
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THE WORLD’S CITIES 2008/2009 Case Study Woman-headed households suffer disproportionately from inadequate housing s Turkish women taking a lunch break in Ankara ©Kobby Dagan/iStockphoto A recent report released by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions notes that while previous studies found that women who migrate to cities do so to join family members – mostly husbands – in the city, this trend appears to be changing: an increasing number of women are migrating to cities on their own
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which one finds in cities are not available in country side and vice versa. City life has its pleasures and pains, its comforts and discomforts and its charms and horrors. To these who live in villages and towns, city life has special appeal, and they desire to visit a city repeatedly. And likewise, city dwellers want to enjoy the simple pleasures if a village away from maddening complexities of city life. For those who live in the rural areas and small towns, life in a big city in surely very
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