Population genetics

In Tokyo, many people commute to work through public transportation whether it is on the subway or on the bus. In 2013, about 23 billion people were recorded using the railway compared to 6 billion on motor vehicles. This is a major difference that shows how many people in Japan use public railways as transport. It shows how the public transportation is working well because people are willing to use it. However, many people may not drive in Japan, but that should not mean that it is a bad choice…

areas diminishes” (Boundless, par.1). Lately, the world is experiencing the largest wave of urban growth in history, and more than half of the world’s population nowadays is living in towns and cities. It is believed that by 2030, the number of people living in cities will “swell to about 5 billion” (UNFPA, par.1). Further, the United Nation Population Fund believes that “Urbanization has the potential to usher in a new era of well-being, resource efficiency and…

A Fresh Start through the Bermuda Triangle On the 4th of November 2000.I was forced to make the biggest change of my life. I had to migrate to the US. Could you imagine how upset I was? Oh my gosh. What type of parent does that to their child? I was in denial for hours and hours. I knew this day would come, but not so fast. It’s like my life was coming to an end. In spite of how much I wanted to stay, I had to start packing. Indeed I did. My flight was set to leave the beautiful Island of…

Refugees can come from anywhere they feel like they can no longer be safe in. Refugees and Migrants have a crucial difference. A migrant is someone who is moving in search of a better life elsewhere, while a refugee is someone who has been forced to leave their country. The UNHCR defines a refugee as ‘someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence.’ In today’s society, most of the refugees come from Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia. According to…

Urbanites have many more opportunities for career and job choice due to the population and the need for certain types of industries. Since these jobs and careers are scattered throughout an urban setting, it's almost guaranteed that one's residence is close nearby. Some job fields in urban areas, like medicine, personal care, human…

Urbanisation is the process by which an increasing proportion of a national population lives in towns and cities (the ratio is an indicator to compute the level of urbanisation). In other words, more people migrate from rural to urban areas. The First World, by definition, is the capitalist industrial market economies involving counties like United States, France and the United Kingdom. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the First World was so-called ‘developed countries’ as a synonym. The…

Ana Diaz Many times we believed we know everything about a person, until we begin to ask questions which are really deep and personal, then we discover that we only knew the tip of the iceberg. I interview Ana Diaz or as we all know her “Dona Rosa”. Ana is my best friend’s grandmother and a very lovely lady. She was born and raised in San Juan a province in the south of the Dominican Republic. Ana told me many things about her life that I could have never imagined; things about her childhood,…

The United States has always gone by a federal system of government where there are two tiers: state and national. Americans have always believed this is the best way to run a nation however, it can be proven that a unitary government can work just as well if not better. There is a trend in statistics of federal and unitary governments that proves the overall health of a nation is higher in a unitary government. These factors include life expectancy, infant mortality, and access to drinking…

Australian’s Humanitarian Program and what are the main policies for that population in the Australian context. Thus, particular, the report is focused on identifying the category of visas for the displaced population and, in the last part, discusses the contributions of the forcibly displaced population to the Australia society. The forcibly displaced population in the Global International Migration context Forced displaced population is a fundamental trend of the new global international…

Life expectancy is health status indicator, or measure, that is often used to gauge the overall health of a population specifically describing the length of the lives of the inhabitants of that country (cite Stanhope p. 358). According to World Health Organization, people all around the world are living longer. In particular, Spain has a relatively high life expectancy in comparison with other countries. There are many different determinants that factor into increasing or decreasing life…