Ekistics‚ scientific epistemology Description Initiated by the Greek architect Doxiades in the early fifties‚ the term "Ekistics" designated "the science for human settlements" which promoted a scientific method for architectural design and planning. It had an immense impact on many fields of architecture and planning worldwide‚ especially during the sixties. With the theoretical shifts in subsequent decades‚ Ekistics was displaced as obsolete and its aspirations remained unexplored‚ while scientific
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Although the American West existed as a land of hope and opportunity‚ the migration there proved long and arduous and would take the lives of many along the trail. The movement West was made with the intentions of traveling to a place that was less populated and attempting to start all over. However‚ if the relocation was successful‚ the new land proved fruitful and allowed the settlers to reestablish their families. The year 1848 would bring a new perception of the West and introduced the gold rush
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3-day food rations for one month‚ the Dept.of Health set up medical clinics with the Dept.of Education started holding classes on the Elementary and Second levels. As envisioned by the National Government‚ GMA‚ a former relocation area for the squatters of the Metropolitan Manila‚ will provide its residents with a more blissful life geared towards the full development and upliftment of the relocation itself. Today‚as a developed community through the untiring effort of the
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The 1930’s were a decade of great change politically‚ economically‚ and socially. The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl wore raw the nerves of the people‚ and our true strength was shown. From it arose John Steinbeck‚ a storyteller of the Okies and their hardships. His books‚ especially The Grapes of Wrath‚ are reflections of what really went on in the 1930’s. John Steinbeck did not write about what he had previously read‚ he instead wrote what he experienced through his travels with the migrant
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“MEETING NEEDS‚ MEANS AND DREAMS: THE HOME OWNERSHIP CHALLENGE IN JAMAICA.” The late Honourable Donald Buchanan‚ former Minister of Water and Housing‚ stated in the 2004 Sectoral Presentation‚ that “home ownership is a Jamaican dream. “It confers on our people a sense of self and identity and undermines the collective sense of rootlessness‚ displacement and wandering that characterize the socio-historical condition common to Africans in the Diaspora.” Home ownership is a “collective space defined
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In “The Harvest Gypsies” by John Steinbeck and “The Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange‚ the feeling of desperation is felt by many migrant farmers’ causing them to feel hopeless and helpless. Many small farmers’ from the United States lost everything of their lives because of the large drought. The farmers’ packed everything they had left and traveled with their families’ to California to find work. “The drought in the middle west has driven the agricultural populations of Oklahoma‚ Nebraska and
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Recently‚ a large assembly of immigrant laborers have settled into the community. This sudden increase of the community’s population was unintended and unplanned. Such migration to our small community has already produced troubles regarding housing and jobs. Furthermore‚ the economy status of the United States during this time is rising albeit slowly. To combat these issues of housing and jobs while regarding the current economy‚ various solutions are currently waiting approval. The influx of immigrant
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headright system awarded free land to men who paid their own passage across the Atlantic Ocean 2) Indentured servitude was a way to resolve the growing demand of labor in the colonies. In a way‚ it was similar to a short-term apprenticeship. 3) Squatters’ rights resembled the privilege of buying land from a legal owner without paying for the improvements needed to be made. 4) Slavery is a system where individuals are enforced to carry out labor for the benefit of others. 5) Peculiar institution
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Zimbabwe has been greatly affected by western imperialism. During the colonial period‚ white people controlled the then called Southern Rhodesia. They took most of the farmland and organized the agriculture economy. In 1980‚ President Mugabe encouraged squatters to invade these white farms and kill people. This caused the agricultural economy to collapse. By the mid 1990’s Zimbabwe was in a terrible ecumenic state. This only worsened when Mugabe showed no compassion to his people. He turned on the informal
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Choose four (4) of the following questions and answer them in short essay format. All questions are worth equal marks. (12.5 marks each) QUESTION 1 (12.5 marks) Discuss the key factors in the international environment that managers of emerging global organisations look to as threats to their international operations. Provide examples as appropriate. International Environment is the management of business operations conducted in more than one country and usually outside of the organisations
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