Kunal Kothari Brazilian Film and Lit Professor Nascimento August 8‚ 2012 Final Exam 1b) The Slum: The Slum‚ which was written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao‚ its inhabitants‚ and the people who live close by to this slum. The book takes place in this slum where there are many people with different backgrounds and ethnicities who live there‚ and they all have their own stories to tell. Throughout this story the author‚ Azevedo‚ presents the audience with
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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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Kibera Case Study:- [pic] Kibera is a slum divsion in the City of Nairobi‚ Kenya. It is located 5 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest in Africa. A 2009 population and housing survey reported that Kibera’s population as 170‚070. It is hard to acccurately compute the population due to the fact that the slum hasnt been officially reconised by the Kenyan government. Furthermore because it is a slum‚ residents may not be able to read or write
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reality – a city landscape dominated by massive‚ sprawling slums – some of the biggest in the world. According to the city housing authority‚ eight million out of the twelve million people in Mumbai live in the slums. And Mumbai is not alone. Slums are a global problem. They are home to one billion people – one in six of the world’s population. UN-Habitat predicts that by 2030‚ one in every three people in the world could be living in a slum. Mumbai is expensive‚ and even the middle classes have
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The Slums of Manila: Cutting-Edge Poverty? Because of the industrial revolution‚ the invention of the automobile‚ and the consequent development of freeways‚ cities worldwide have expanded into the countryside. As though it were a conspiracy of the automobile and fuel industry‚ the government‚ and private developers‚ suburbanization even now continues to damage the city. It has not only affected the physical fabric‚ but has also significantly affected the lives of its people. Most importantly
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the New World. Aluísio Azevedo depicts the conflict and synergism of the mixing of these two worlds in The Slum. The Slum is the story of a neighborhood where members of both worlds collide‚ forced to interact with one another and it becomes a microcosm of the entire country. The characters in this community each represent a facet of the two worlds. By looking at each character and the slum itself‚ it is possible to decipher Brazil. To gain status in Brazil there is a need to create the right impression
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Slums of Two Different sides of the World There are many similarities between Meirelles’s City of God‚ released in 2003 in Brazil and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire‚ released in 2008 in the United Kingdom‚ at the most the two films being comparable of main characters. These similarities are two different by two different sides of the world and how the main characters get out of the slums. These both films have a positive outcomes but have had rough upcoming to get out of the ghetto. The first
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SERVER: 1. A person or thing that provides a service or commodity‚ in particular. 2. A computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network. 3. A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. There are many different types of servers. For example: * File server: a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files. Any user on the network can store files on the server. * Print server: a computer that manages one or
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A shanty in Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai costs Rs10 million Dubai developer had set up a JV in 2007 to bid for redevelopment of Dharavi By * Parag Deulgaonkar Published Thursday‚ July 11‚ 2013 A 450-square feet shanty in Dharavi‚ Mumbai‚ one of Asia’s largest slums‚ has been put for sale for Rs10 million (Dh625‚000) or Rs22‚222 per square feet. The property has been listed on magicbricks.com with the real estate agent revealing that the shanty is furnished and has a toilet. However
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INTRODUCTION TO KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is the largest and most liquid stock exchange in Pakistan. It was established on September 18‚ 1947 and was incorporated on March 10‚ 1949. It is the premiere stock exchange of the country. Only five companies were at first listed with a total paid-up capital of 37 million rupees. The first index introduced in KSE was based on fifty companies and was called KSE 50 index. Trading used to be carried out on open out-cry system.
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