incomplete but strong cultural influences are transmitted. Middle class expatriates contain many re-migrants from emigration movements one or two generations earlier. In Dubai the population is predominantly expatriates, from countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines, with only 20% of the population made up of citizens.[10] The continuing shift in expatriates has often been difficult to measure. According to UN statistics, more than 200 million people will be living outside
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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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Introduction to Environmental Science Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity (Part II) Global Scenario: In Brief Western societies are more conductive to having a smaller population due to individualistic social dynamics. Some countries have a stable population growth, while others are experiencing negative growth. Higher standards of living in European countries. Bangladesh Population Scenario The current population is 162 million. Projected to rise to 222
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Distribution of world population and location of mega-cities In 1800 only 3 percent of the worlds total population lived in cities, this figure now stands at 47 percent an increase of 44 percent over 200 years. In 1950, there were 83 cities with populations exceeding one million; New York was recognised as becoming the world’s first megacity. By the year 2007 83 millionaire cities had risen to 468. If this trend continues however the worlds urban population will double every 38 years. This is
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The term migration refers to the movement of population from one place to another. It may be of temporary or permanent type. While immigrant is a person who is entering a country from another to take up new residence. The activity of migration has take place since the beginning of human being from their first home in Eastern Africa to all over the world. Ever since civilization, humans tend to categorized immigrants into legal and illegal based on few factors which vary from one civilization to another
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and potential customers. India has the second largest population in the world with 1.2 Billion. Majority of this population is young people under 25 years-old and willing to consume. India’s rising GDP and purchasing power is bringing extra opportunities. Unilever is also benefiting from economic and political liberations which ease the commercial operations in many aspects such as taxes, distribution and production. Vast land and great population enables easy access to raw materials and low productions
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United Kingdom. The poor environment of their health care system and the low economic stability which this sector delivers to its personnel is leaving Kerala with not enough health care workers to support and provide treatment for their growing population in times of illnesses. The concepts incorporated in this article which are covered in the module include the brain drain definition about the movement of highly trained and skilled workers to more developed countries which provide them with greater
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Child Brides in India Improving Child Nutrition – The achievable imperative for global progress – UNICEF REPORT 17th-April-2013 Key fact and figures on nutrition 17th-April-2013 Trends in Divorce in India UNICEF REPORT: Water Situation in India- Situation and Prospects Khap Panchayat: Tradition v. Modernity Gender Discrimination and child abuse Child Mortality In India- UN Report 2012 Urban Mental Health in India Global Hunger Index -2011 Anemia in Urban India 10th-September-2011
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when the one-child policy was enacted, the intention was not to create this imbalance, but to control the population of a rapidly growing nation. Unfortunately the one-child policy as it stands, illustrates a cultural favoritism toward males, and degradation of women to a lower social status in which they have little control of their reproductive rights. In communist China, prior to the population boom, more people meant more manpower to create more economic prospects for the communist nation. The
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regardless of their age’. In order to keep Australia’s economic activity high, the country needs people to work longer. Australia’s aging population; specifically the over-65 age bracket is the fastest growing age group, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The number of people aged 65 and above has increased from 11.6% of the population in 1993 to 14.4% in 2013. As people are living longer, the pressure on health care, pensions and aged care are at an all-time high. With a low
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