Headquarters in the southern part. This caused the Marines and ARVN to fight an enemy largely outnumber in an urban environment. (O’Neill‚ 2003) The Battle of Hue was the deadliest battle of Vietnam. Due to Hue City’s religious artifacts and buildings the allied forces were not allowed to use heavy artillery at the beginning of the war. This caused fierce building to building‚ block to block urban combat. Colonel Stanly S. Hughes was the allied commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. He was a veteran of
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rapid urbanization all around. He believes that the only people to blame are the real estate ‘planners’ whose only objective is to make money. 1) The poet says that the planners only sketch‚ plan and build on all spaces available. He talks about urban space being part of a major grid‚ which simply grows in dimension‚ with no regards for the past. 2) He says that their selfish plans have no uniqueness or ingenuity and are the result of certain predetermined combinations. 3) The poet further reveals
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Advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside Privacy If you like privacy‚ living in the country works well -- particularly if your home is situated in a remote area and you don’t have neighbors for miles. This also provides solitude. Less Pollution The countryside is generally quiet and peaceful -- certainly not as contaminated with toxic pollutants as the city. There isn’t as much traffic or smog or pollution from industry. Ecologically speaking‚ the advantages to living in the
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more people mean more innovation and more cooperation. Cities attract talented people which are sharpened through competition. Entrepreneurship is encouraged in cities and they allow for social and economic mobility. Glaeser reflects on Jane Jacobs’s urban theories on mixing retail and residential people together and he was not agreeing with the small-scale living style but a large-scale community. He suggests more skyscrapers and buildings that can hold more people so that they can form a huge city
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misallocation. Emerging markets however flourishing may be unfamiliar. A city-specific lens can reveal urban areas with the highest growth potential in a given market. It might be based on demographic‚ income levels and market dynamics. Knowledge of different spending patterns of such emerging-markets with regard to products can sharpen a company’s marketing focus. Leaders who give their strategies an urban dimension could find themselves positioned to allocate investments more effectively and to seize
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Urbanization. Urbanization is a megatrend currently dominant around the world and particularly in the growth markets. This trend is characterized by migration from country to town‚ rising populations in larger cities and an expansion of urban catchment areas (the area and population from which a facility or region attracts visitors or customers) accompanied by an increase in demand for buildings and improved infrastructure. Historically‚ urbanization has been closely connected with industrialization
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textile. Pakistan export still depends on row cotton. In 1947-5o Pak contribute 7.8 to GDP in 2004 it a new contribute 25.7 to GDP improve. Rural and urban population: According to the statistical report of first consensus of Pakistan in 1951 there are only 17% of west Pakistanis lived in the urban areas and 83% of Pakistanis lived in the rural areas and with the passage of time this figure improves too days estimate suggest that 40% of population has
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While the people in rural areas were tied to their ritual of the harvest season‚ Middle class urban families were more mobile since they had the money to do so. Lower class men would hang out in saloons because it was the “poor-mans social club”. Because of the congestion and disease associated in city life‚ people
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Stephanie Firescu 9/29/13 Corrado Response Paper 1 (Nineteenth century) Katie Makanya and Florence Nightingale both contrast the modern phenomenon of urban life with traditional life in the countryside. In Katie Makanya‚ Margaret McCord portrays the black South African life that Katie lives and how she has to adapt to the European culture during the years of colonization. Around the time of Katie Makanya’s childhood‚ South Africa was beginning to change rapidly due to the discovery of
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residents. This system has been effective during the colonial era where the urban areas were less populated than there are at the present moment. The Zimbabwe post-independence period has seen a large influx of people into the urban areas. The population growth in urban areas meant that most city councils and municipalities are failing to cope with the water demand. The major reason is that the rate of population increase in urban areas is by far greater than that of improving or increasing the existing
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