The first chapter of planet of slums outlines Mike Davis’s concern for the ever-increasing urban population. His observation also shows that not only have the urban population increased but it has increased faster then expected. In this chapter he argues and shows great concern on the fact that the urban population around the world can and will outgrow the rural population. According to him‚ “in 1950 there were 86 cities in the world with a population of one million; today there are 400‚ and by
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Ap Human Geography Ryan Tillery August 30‚ 2016 B2 Planet of Slums essay During my summer vacation I was visiting New York City on one hot‚ humid day. As I was making my way to my destination I had to get on a train. This being my first time in New York City I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to experience. I was in a jammed packed train‚ so crowded I couldn’t even lift my arms all the way up without awkwardly touching someone. It felt like it was a hundred plus
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-1- THE KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED INTRODUCTION History Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited (KESC)‚ (formerly Karachi Electric Supply Corporation) is one of the city’s largest employers: around 17‚000 people currently work for the company. It is also one of the oldest companies in Karachi and was established in the city even before the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Incorporated in September 13‚ 1913‚ under the Indian Companies Act of 1882‚ the company was nationalized in 1952
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process‚ our capital market has not only been making great strides but also adapting itself to new procedures‚ practices and patterns. In the prevailing environment in the country‚ investment through stock market has assumed greater importance. The Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most adaptable Exchange of the country. With the fast and vast changes in the regulatory framework and procedures governing the capital market coupled with rising volatility‚ it is felt that the investors‚ who are
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city‚ there are about 102 slums and 66 squatters. Nearly 20 percent of the total population is currently living in these slums and squatters. The number of slums is almost twice (106) the number of squatters (66). The major slum areas are Rupsha‚ Khalishpur and Sonadanga area. The two slums in Khulna city are selected for study areas such as Rupsha Ferighat of Rupsha‚ and Shekpara basti in Shekpara. The background concentrated around the general information of the study area‚ demographic characteristics
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On the surface‚ Ken Jackson and C.P. Ellis led remarkably similar lives. As Studs Terkel records their stories‚ it is noted that both are born into low-income families with alcoholic fathers‚ neither one cared for school‚ and both got into their own sorts of trouble‚ for Jackson gangs and prison‚ for Ellis the Klan. And both men end up in relatively similar places too‚ Jackson works with at-risk youth‚ Ellis with unions and workers‚ with the intention of bettering their communities and stopping
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Başak Erel 108611006 Berke Baş Multiply-city; Representations of Urban Experience Slums During the Urbanization Process of Turkey The word ‘slum’ was firstly mentioned by a writer called James Hardy Vaux‚ in his book ‘Vocabulary of the Flash Language’ which was published in 1812[1]. At those times ‘slum’ was also a synonym of illegal commerce. Today‚ ‘slum’ is used to describe the residential areas of a huge amount of people of the world. According to the UN-Habitat report released in October
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the capital of Ghana alone harbours about 25 slums as recorded by the UN Committee on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights. This number adds up to a total of 80 per cent of the total inhabitants of the capital city. Shelter and water forms part of the basic needs of human but it is the most deficiency when it comes to slum settlements which are a sign of underdevelopment. This precipitates the need for modernization that leads to the upgrade of slums hence development. Over the centuries the definition
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CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION Nutrition is a multidisciplinary subject. It is the provision necessary to support life of all living organism. It is a focal point for health and well-being. It is a special significance concern in countries with disadvantages in socioeconomic and hygienic standards. The problems of poverty‚ safe drinking water‚ environmental hygiene and poor literacy contribute to the problems of nutrition and public health. Many common health problems can be prevented with a healthy diet
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At the center of Roberts’ account is the First World War. Roberts’ argues that before the war‚ most of the slum dwellers were part of an undermass. Men and women who had unskilled work‚ if they had any work at all‚ whose lives were marked by poverty and the constant quest for money to buy food or pay the rent. He dismisses those who look back on the period as some sort of golden age‚ arguing instead that the grinding poverty held little rosiness for most of Salford’s population. Their lives were
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