“INTRODUCTION” Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyze the geographic features present on the Earth ’s surface and the events (non-spatial attributes linked to the geography under study) that taking place on it. The meaning to represent digitally is to convert analog (smooth line) into a digital form. "Every object present on the Earth can be geo-referenced"‚ is the fundamental key of associating any database to GIS
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Social Mobility refers to the ability to change individual social class either by moving upwards or downwards in the stratification system (upper‚ middle and lower income group). There are four kinds of social mobility. Firstly by inter-generation‚ such as when a child surpasses his or her parents’ social class. Secondly by intra-generation‚ such as when a business success led an individual in change of social class. Thirdly would be horizontal mobility‚ moving in the same category‚ for example‚
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citizen. Yes‚ these claims are catered to the general public but what comes into question is the reality of it. Social mobility is defined as “the movement of individuals from one social position into another. Intergenerational social mobility is a measure of the extent to which parents and their children have similar or different social and economic positions in adulthood. Upward mobility
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Causes of Social Mobility 1) Geographical Causes-: The peculiar Geographical Conditions pay vital role in Social Mobility in certain country. The people migrate from the area where the geographical condition are conducive for them. The migrate to those areas or countries where the geographical conditions considered are to be good. e.g. in extreme winter the people of that area comes to plain cities. 2) Political and Economic Causes-: if there are conducive and suitable Politico-Economic
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Tracking of Motorized Tricycle in Butuan City Adviser Mr. Neil M. Lastimosa IT Students Merick Jandog Leonardo Magallanes‚ Jr. Joseph Paul Josol Ronald Chua March 2013 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an intelligent map which is a vector or raster produced graphical map which contains polygons‚ usually parcels which are linked to an intelligent relational database. Geographical Information Systems‚ are of considerable
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I.D. # 20123656 Education and Social Mobility Students who attend traditional schools have a greater opportunity for social mobility than students who attend non-traditional schools in Jamaica. Historically‚ due to our post-colonial background‚ that of the plantation society‚ education was only afforded to the white‚ upper class individuals. In order to establish and reinforce a hierarchy of power and ownership‚ wealthy capitalists ensured first-rate education for their children‚ while
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their current socioeconomic status does not play a role in their future success. According to the New York Times “Mobility is the promise that lies at the heart of the American dream”. This rags-to-riches idea has caused working and middle class Americans to have false hope‚ they do not realize the likelihood of having the rich and famous lifestyle is 1 in a 100. While a kid from a rich family has a 22 in a 100 chance of making it. In order to keep the American dream alive “they beguile us into thinking
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Provide support for mobility (HSC 2002) Outcome 1 Understand the importance of mobility 1. define mobility Mobility is defined as‚ * being able to move or be moved freely and easily * the ability to move physically * The ability to move a part of the body 2. explain how different health conditions may affect and be affected by mobility No matter an individuals age‚ level of disability or infirmity it is important that everyone maintains some level of exercise. There are a vast range
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Introduction Labor mobility is the key to understanding the dynamics of labor markets (see Friedman‚ 1968). Economies with diverse resources‚ different structures of industries and labor forces trigger labor mobility across regions. The diversity of these regional economic activities can be represented by regional unemployment rates and weighted employment growth rates: two measure of local market conditions (LMC). For example‚ seminal work of Blanchard and Katz (1992) investigates the U.S. state-level
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of functions • Coordination across different product departments • Limited view of organizational goals The above advantages and disadvantages taken from (Zararain‚ 2012) Geographic departmentalization is creating departments in the geographic areas they service. Coca-Cola is a company that operates using geographic departmentalization. They have 6 operating regions: Eurasia & Africa‚ Europe‚ Latin America‚ North America‚ Pacific and Bottling Investments – in addition to Corporate (Unknown
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