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affect Global Pollution? By Mia Knudsen, 10.i What is urbanisation? Urbanisation is the process of increase of population in urban areas. As a country develops urbanisation increases due to people being attracted to the benefits of living in an urban area. These benefits include job opportunities, better standards of living, better healthcare, and better schools. 90% of the UKs population is currently living in urban areas like towns or cities. (BBC Bitesize, 2014) Along with the benefits,…

State and society :- Case answer Submission ‘Hand in Hand’ Date:- 1st November, 2015 Submitted by:- Sanjula Ahuja Q 1:- What are the institutional voids/deficiencies highlighted by the case? The voids mentioned in the case which Hih was facing and which were hampering the implementation of the 5 programs and all the development services are:- Poor infrastructure:- India’s poor infrastructure in rural areas and lack of integrated information systems to connect 12 districts was making it…

The demography of India is the youngest in the world right now. We have 65% of the population under the age of 35 years. Something which propels the growth of any nation. An ever-increasing young population with an ever-growing ambition. The coming decade will prove whether we can achieve our goals or not. That is, whether we as a country will be able to provide avenues for development. The biggest contributor to this is the creation of jobs. It is here that we see the importance of Sarkari…

Many countries suffer from dysfunctional governments. the responses of their inhabitants is to flee to other neighboring countries, or countries with better governments, to escape their problematic life. The current migrant crisis is a result of this. In Katie Hopkins’ article, featured in the Daily Mail, “Rescue Boats? I ‘d Use Gunships To Stop Illegal Migrants” She talks about migrants swarming her country, and her proposals on how her country should act on the migrants entering her country…

terms of population and land use. As a result, many villages, abaadi area and settlement are situated in periphery of City and Town are engulfed, and named as Urban Villages and Urban Villages Ext. Similarly, Lal Dora area within the city is also comes under urban villages. Primary factors for urbanization is to get employment and better living condition as compare to rural area. If we compare last fifty years population growth of Delhi, Urban village are accommodating major population…

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…

Gendered Response to Urban Poverty and Inequality A Case Study of SDI 1. Introduction Urbanisation has accelerated in the global scale, especially in the Global South, with the urban population growing rapidly due to both natural growth and rural-urban migration. The living condition and lifestyles of people are changing along with different situations in transport, housing, employment and infrastructures. However, in the process of urbanisation, people of different genders, religions and…