The Urban and Rural Divide 1 Imagine life in Los Angeles. Now imagine life in a neighbouring rural California town. Finally‚ picture life in Cairo‚ Egypt. Which of these last two places is more different from Los Angeles? Many people might mistakenly choose Cairo because it is in a different country. In fact‚ city dwellers all over the world tend to have similar lifestyles‚ so the biggest differences are between Los Angeles and its smaller neighbour. Urban people and rural people‚ regardless
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Rural Urban Migration Aaapka Naam kya hai? Mera Naam “Bechaara” Hai Bechara ji..aap kahan jaa rahe ho? Mein apna gaon chod ke “Seher” Jaa raha Hoon Aap apna gaon chod ke seher kyun jaa rahe ho? Sahab jii…mein he kya…mere bahaut yaar dost jaa chuke hain..or ab mein bhi jaa raha hoon Lekin Kaaran toh bataoo….Bechara Ji Sahab jii…ek kaaran ho toh bataun…lekin aap zor de rahe ho toh sunoo.. Reasons for Rural-Urban Migration • Poverty/Low Income • • • • Unemployment Wage
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1 The Rural-Urban Divide Cities take up less than two percent of the Earth’s land surface‚ but are home to almost half of theworld’s population and utilize seventy-five percent of the Earth’s resources.In 1998 47 percent of the world’spopulation lived in cities as opposed to 29 percent in 1950.Globalization is leading to increased urbanization.According to the World Bank urban areas in developing countries account for an estimated 60 - 80 percent ofGDP.Urban populations mainly have greater access
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lives. As its modern facilities‚ some people prefer living in urban rather than in rural areas. However some debate that people will harm their health when live in big city. No one is wrong and everything has its own reason. I will discuss this controversy as the following paragraphs. As I have mentioned‚ big city attracts people for its modernization including health care system‚ entertainment‚ transportation and finally economy while rural city usually lacks of those things. Firstly‚ central hospitals
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References: During the Commonwealth period‚ under the American Regime (November 15‚ 1935 – July 4‚ 1946)‚ Pacifico Alpuerto was the first elected Municipal Mayor (1935-1937). The Philippine Commonwealth Government was restored after the liberation when World War II ended on April‚ 1945. The Philippines was granted independence on July 4‚ 1946 by the Americans‚ hence the start of the Philippine Republic.
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Rural-Nonrural Differences in Educational Attainment: Results from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000 Soo-yong Byun‚ Judith L. Meece‚ and Matthew J. Irvin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April‚ 2010 Running Head: Rural-Nonrural Differences in Educational Attainment Revisited Word count: 7‚890 *This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association‚ May 3‚ 2010‚ Denver‚ CO. The analyses
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Rural Americans perceived cities as sources of vice‚ religious threats‚ and other beatings on old-style principles. The 1920s was a time within the United States in which a vast transformation happened in the country. After the war‚ many advancements were maid such as mass production‚ machinery‚ transportation‚ etc. During this time‚ there were many criticizers whom disregarded the numerous blacks in the South and the Mexican Americans and Asian Americans in the West while many others actually looked
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MODERNITY AND ITS REPRESENTATION IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY LUTGARDA L. TOLENTINO Philippines being a third world country strive for development and hunger for progress. Since the discussion in the article is not quite familiar to me‚ I just focus on its content based on what I understood. It says that we need to handle modernization properly to have a so-called progressive country. Well‚ Is modernization totally answers the problem in our society? There are many programs that our government established
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MODERN URBAN CULTURE What is urban culture? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1)‚ urban culture is any of the behavioral patterns of the various types of cities and urban areas‚ both past and present. Urban culture is basically the culture of cities. Cities around the world‚ past and present‚ have behaviors that differ from the rural areas. In today’s modern world‚ urban culture refers to a city’s sense of fashion‚ music‚ and way of life. Types of modern urban culture are skateboarding
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person thinks of the 1920s‚ they probably think of the glitz and glamour of a candle lit jazz club with women dressed to the nines in flapper attire. This was just a small part of the 20s‚ the decade saw many social and political changes that shaped the culture that is seen today. The 1920s saw the Volstead Act take effect leading to a large black market that was controlled by mobsters. As well as the right for women to vote. This decade also saw the beginning of a mass culture with consumers vying
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