Urbanization Trends The world has experienced two major urban revolutions in the past‚ with the first one starting around 8000 B.C.E. and the second one starting around 1750‚ spawned by the Industrial Revolution (Macionis‚ 2011). The third urban revolution has now begun‚ however the rapid rate of urban growth is concentrated mainly in low-income nations. This trend is thought to be caused by falling death rates and migration of people moving toward inner cities in search of better jobs‚ education
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Should Rich Countries help Poor Countries Since centuries‚ the world is divided into rich and poor countries‚ referred today as developed and developing countries respectively. However since a few decades‚ along with the acceleration of technological progress‚ developed countries are witnessing rapid economic development‚ thus growing wealthier‚ while the conditions of poor countries are worsening and they are depending heavily on debts which have attained unbearable proportions. Consequently
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should rich countries help the poor countries? There is so much debate surrounding the issue of rich countries should help the poor countries. Proponents think that rich countries should help the poor countries because loaning money to developing countries aids can helping them improvement the situation from poverty and disease. Opponents‚ think that the money doesn’t go for the place where they needs and the debt is a lot of pressure for the poor countries. In my opinion‚ that rich countries should
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free trade is in the interest of the world’s poorest countries Free trade has been a much discussed topic since the 1770s‚ when Adam Smith presented his theory on trade and absolute advantages. Most sources argue that free trade will benefit the poor nations in the long run (Anderson et al. 2011; Bussolo et al. 2011; Madely 2000; Winters et al.‚ 2004). How-ever‚ the size of the benefits will vary in terms of which trade reforms are made‚ who the poor are‚ and how they support themselves (Winters
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"Oh my God look at this rich countries just sitting there and watching the poor countries suffer."Don’t you think that this rich countries should wake up and start doing something to help these poor countries such as Haiti due to the Earthquake it went through and also many other countries. One reason rich countries should help these poor countries is because if you take Haiti for example after the earthquake they had in 2010 there were many damages done to people and land because Many buildings
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people ’s organizations (POs) in my country. We are a very diverse community - to put it mildly - and we do not always agree with each other. In more recent years‚ however‚ we have grown in a lot of ways and in many instances learned to transcend our differences to take a common stand on issues and engage in strategic partnerships. Thirdly‚ in discussing the Philippine urban poor I have used the guide questions provided by the invitation committee. I will proceed by defining the Philippine urban poor
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Urbanization Trends BY: Tonya Miller SOC/120 Urbanization is the growth of the population in a given area. Some of the growth trends are fertility‚ migration‚ and mortality. In poorer countries‚ people who cannot afford to support the population‚ they migrate to the cities where they can have more opportunities. The opportunities that they might encounter are either a different occupation or a better job so they can support their families. The places that they moved away from to try
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Rich countries should help poorer countries With the development of technology and business‚ the world become smaller and smaller. Many countries in economically developed. However‚ there are still many countries are poor. These people in poor countries need help‚ and many rich countries can give a hand to the poor countries for two reasons. One is to promote the communicatin on many aspects likes culture and trade. The another one is to stimulate the development of poor countries to support people’s
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I have mixed feelings about whether rich countries should help poor countries or not. There are different reasons why I believe that they should‚ and different reasons why I believe that they should not help. Rich countries should help poor countries because if things were reversed they would want help. Opening up trade barriers so that poor countries can sell their goods is another good way to help. Rich countries could also send money to help pay off debt. People have no idea how lucky they
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Backpacker Tourism in Poor Countries While most kinds of tourism attempt to attract tourists with luxurious accommodations and comfortable facilities‚ backpacker tourism differs from other tourism. According to Longman dictionary‚ the term backpacker or independent tourist means “someone who is traveling for pleasure‚ usually with not very much money‚ and who walks or uses public transport and carries a backpack” (Adamowicz et al.‚ 2009‚ p.107). They move from one place to another rather than
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