Social Anxiety as a Product of Modern Society In Alain de Botton’s book Social Anxiety and the chapter “Equality, Expectation, and Envy,” Botton elaborates on some of the causes and effects of social anxiety in both the modern world and in history. Alain de Botton claims that we, as a modern western civilization, will never be contempt with what we have; and we will always strive to have more, which causes much of the status anxiety seen today. Botton explains that within the past 2000 years…
This is because more families will be able to escape the vicious poverty cycle, and are able to spend and consume more in benefit of the country’s economy. In 2010, 31.5% of the population was under the poverty line. (CIA, n.d.) Families who are unable to make ends meet due to low wages resort coming to Singapore to earn a living, and will have more money to send back to their families. Many workers are relatively satisfied about…
Every day thousands of people are leaving behind their home countries to move away for one reason or another. With each individual that enters into a new country, there are different challenges, new experiences, and new opportunities for them. Leaving behind everything a person knows can be very daunting and sometimes very difficult to assimilate to the new society. From young children into adulthood, everyone has had a desire to feel like they belong somewhere. The efforts to fit into a certain…
the total population that is living in urban centers. In India, Tamil Nadu is one of the fastest growing urbanised states compared to the other. Urbanisation is an integral part of the development process and it increases the employment opportunities for people. Because of which more people migrate to urban centres. The Percentage of migration in Tamil Nadu was 24.04 in 1991 census and it has increased to 25.36 in 2001 census. Urbanisation and migration play significant role in population…
The effectiveness of Country park and special areas in Hong Kong Hong Kong is a small international city consists of 3 parts: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. Despite being only a small place, a total of 24 country park and 22 special areas have been designated for the purposes of nature conservation. (Afcd.gov.hk, 2015) These country parks and special areas comprise hills, forest land, reservoirs and coast in all parts of Hong Kong, cover a total area of 44,300 hectares,…
EVALUATING THE FACTORS IMPACT ON RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION - A STUDY ABSTRACT: The study covers the rural villages people, who are coming from rural area to urban, there are no basic industries that will employ the development active labour force, thus prompt to the urban migration to the urban areas in search of job opportunities, business enhancement, quality education and quality medical facilities etc. The present study was an attempt to identify the factors influence on migrants in rural…
The earliest inhabitants of America were hunter gatherers who migrated from Asia between 40,000 and 25,000 B.C.E. They adapted quickly to the environment. Their population grew to about 45 million in 1492 (Christopher Columbus arrived in America) and they were situated in the valleys of the Andes. Tribes of Native Americans spread across the land, depending on nature for food and shelter. In California, the mild climate meant that tribes there had plenty to eat, unlike the extremely dry Great…
According to the 2011 census, Dalits make up 16.6% of India's population. Scheduled Castes (the official term for Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits) population in India is around 201 million. However, The total number of Dalits is probably much higher as Muslim and Christian Dalits are not included in these figures. Making up such a significant part of Indian society, the improvement of Dalits would certainly contribute a lot to the improvement of the whole society. This improvement, we say,…
Syria, Thailand, Chile, Former Yugoslavia, and may more. Moreover, many citizens from the rural areas in Sweden are moving to the urban areas which decrease the population in the rural area and increase the population in the metropolitan area. Although the birth rate is not high, the high immigration rate and the low death increase the population rapidly, Consequences After the World War II, the fertility of the soil has decreased. This decrease means…
Yaaku: 10 speakers, 1 language The Mukogodo, indigenous to the Mukogodo forest in Kenya, are one of the smallest tribes in the world consisting of only 5500 members. There language scarcer, with only Ten people speaking and only one completely fluent. The Yaaku is an example of how some languages struggle after cultural assimilation. Today the language sustains with one completely fluent speaker, an 84 year-old man, determined to save their dying language in order to preserve their culture…