Population pyramid

In general, people want to move from rural to urban areas because there are many opportunities such as job, education and health in the cities where people migrate. This leads to the development and growth of cities. But, sometimes people have to make forced migration or they enter the country illegally. If these migrations get out of control, the city will be adversely affected such as crime rate, unemployment, air, land and water pollution. If these problems are increased, it disrupts social…

1. Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) defines life expectancy as “the average number of years a person is expected to live on the basis of current mortality rate and prevalence distribution of health states in a population”. In India, the average life expectancy which used to be around 48 in 1980 rose to 62 in 2000 and is almost 70 years in 2015. The reasons for the improvement in life expectancy are due to better availability of food, health and medical facilities. However, with…

A. Population Growth 1. General trend and population changes 1.1. Japan Within Japan there has been a steady increase of the population in both sexes. This increase has been steady until 2015 where it dipped back down to 126’573 thousand people, which is just lower than what it was in 2005 at 126’979 thousand people (United Nations, 2015). Japan has one of the few countries with a decreasing population. This is a problem for the country and needs to be solved quickly. 1…

Who calls the city home? For seventy percent of the american population the city is considered home. However, for 19.3 percent of americans rural areas are considered home. The debate between the benefits of living in the city versus rural areas can sway in any direction. Interestingly, the population living in cities only inhabit 3.5 percent of the land mass. Given the higher population densities in the city, rural areas differ dramatically. A distinct can be perceived between those who live…

Out of This Furnace Essay Out of this Furnace is a historical novel by Thomas Bell depicting three generations of a Slovakian immigrant family and their many hardships encountered in the their lifetimes, trying to adjust to life in a new country. Part one follows George Kracha, the first to come over to America, and what he goes through in trying to support himself and his family. All of what Kracha has to go through mirrors some of the real life struggles immigrants had back in 1881 and even…

Immigrants coming from other countries to America in the 1900s had a hard time becoming successful because they did not have an American culture. Also, many immigrants did not have the right skills for most jobs, and they were racially and/or culturally discriminated against so that they could not find decent places to live or jobs with fair hours and fair pay. The influx of immigrants into America in the early 1900’s brought many different cultures, but these cultures were not accepted into…

2.3.2 Case Study – The Equinox Scarborough, (Scarborough, 2009) Summary The Equinox development is a 3.14 acre site, and was originally vacant without any road access in the core of the Scarborough Centre. Scarborough Centre is primarily a business and civic district today; it is an emerging growth centre anticipating dense residential and mixed-use development. Surrounding the site include: an office building; the Scarborough Centre Rapid Transit Station; the Scarborough Town Centre Shopping…

The solution to immigration has been a promise that many people have promised to try and fix and one of those people are president Barack Obama. Others believe that there is no need to fix immigration but rather to stop it altogether, such people include Steve King who believes making illegal immigrants will bring more and more immigrants to our country. Steve King believes that the United States extending citizenship to illegal immigrants is a bad idea because it a call to other immigrants that…

The emergence of the “Mass Society” or “The People” progressed due to the decline in death rates which lead to a substantial population. This radical revolution during the mid-1800s up to the 1900s, led to supplemental growth in unified sectors in education, medical discoveries which decreased mortality rate, increased employment, mobile transportation and revolutionize environmental conditions. The following are a couple of examples that depicted in the mid-1800s to the 1900s, showing the…

Minorities on Broadway have come a long way since the late 1800s. This Broadway season, diversity is front and center whether it is on stage or in the audience. “About 80 percent of Broadway ticket-buyers are white, according to the Broadway League, but the percentages of black, Hispanic and Asian theatergoers have all risen significantly over the last decade; the League’s program to increase the Hispanic audience size, called Viva Broadway, is chaired by Mr. Miranda’s father, the political…