Megacity

Have you ever thought about America as a diverse country? Being diverse is a state where there are numerous different being blending together into a single being. The topic diversity can be discussed through the vastness of ways by different people. In David Brooks’ essay, “People Like Us,” he mentions that America is not a diverse nation, but it’s a land that has various segments of people such as politics or race. So, he provides some solution to the problem of lacking diversity in the US. By…

Sao Paulo, a megacity located on the south-eastern Brazil has been facing an ongoing drought since February 2015 which has been said to be the worst drought the region has been facing in more than 80 years. Although Brazil contains 12% of world’s water, it has been suffering from a drought that has affected a large amount of people all around Sao Paulo and later Rio de Janerio followed by other regions of the country. The reason behind the drought occurring are understood from the anthropogenic…

An aspect of high school I learned over the period of four years truly fits a common used cliche: it’s what you make of it. Throughout these fours years the amount of opportunities around me were incredulous and although not all of them could be seized, I beleive I made the most of my high school career. And when I say opportunities this includes not only a time of “free” education in the classroom, but also opportunities outside the classroom and my surrounding community. Building character…

growing at an explosive rate in the developing countries. Lagos is growing quickly and it has grown from 230,000 (1950) to 13.4 million. 1) The average rate of growth has been calculated to be 7.5%. It is more than the population of Nigeria. 2) The megacities are developed in developing countries showing critical problems like bad sanitation, overcrowding, housing, transportation. The unemployed people are increasing which results in poverty. (Masson, 2001) B. The under nutrition occurs due to…

It is the American dream to one day live in the suburbs and buy a beautiful home with a white picket fence. Most people are just looking for a place you can call home where you can safely raise a family away from the hassle of the city. At least, that has always been the predominant mindset of generations past. What about the current generation and the ones to follow? Current studies show that the American dream is fading away with more and more people moving into urban communities. Many…

still effective after several decades that they can largely reflect in those newly developing cities in China. Urbanization has been a constant trend lasting for decades. In the book, Mumford lists three characteristics illustrating the growth of megacities: number, area, and population (Mumford, 1961). As cities are attracting an increasing…

In Fred Pearce article Tv as birth control, he introduces his argument by asking a simple question "what is U.S family sizes compared with those of india?. This question gives the audience a background introduction of the main idea of the article, which is the how TV helps reduce the fertility rate in under developed and developing countries. He talks about some difficulties india faces is having a lot of young women of childbearing age. Hence, Pearce purpose of this question is to state that…

With the United States being the second largest contributor of burning fossil fuels in the world, a new source of energy is overdue. About 86% of the country’s types of energy sources originate from fossil fuel consumption and other closely linked greenhouse gases. Some of these emissions include carbon dioxide, methane and other harmful gases. Without an alternate source of energy the atmosphere will continue to trap higher amounts of toxic gases and eventually won’t be capable of providing…

transformed from being a rural society to an urban society. The rapid development of cities served as both a rising and uniting factor in advanced economic, political and social life. In modern times, urbanization is rapidly growing, thus creating megacities like Wuhan, China with a population of nine million inhabitants. The shift from agrarian based societies to metropolitan based societies has and is still improving the lives of people all around the world. When the Industrial Revolution was…

In this culture, gender roles are strictly set for the men and women. Among the Igbo people, man rule ultimately. The more masculine one is, the higher they are respected among the community. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, the main character, is one of these respected men. In order to be a man however, as the narrator states, “No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man”(Achebe 53). With that being…