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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John Updike once wrote that‚ “ Cities aren’t like people; they live on and on‚ even though their reason for being where they are has gone downriver and out to sea.”. This quote is very representative of American cities because it recognizes the fact that as time progresses the mechanisms that built up the city may no longer be blatantly evident‚ but the city lives on in an adapted form as time progresses. This notion of similarities and difference between aging cities can be seen when looking at
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PMS of Filipino Youth in the Philippines Premarital Sex and Emotional Baggage [pic]I always warn students about the emotional consequences of premarital sex. Unlike the physical consequences (pregnancy‚ etc)‚ emotional consequences happen 100% of the time. They are an unavoidable part of sexual intimacy outside of God’s will. One of these consequences is emotional baggage. I’ll explain this: I’ve done some research and had some frank discussions with some of my (male) friends who engaged
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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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Relatively‚ inequality in rural areas has been less understood. Ross (2007) argued that “little is known” about the relationship between natural amenities and inequality‚ suggesting that an important research agenda regarding income distribution not only in the rural area‚ but also in communities surrounding public lands. Particularly‚ empirical studies are strongly needed to focus on gateway communities because economic restructuring has substantially increased in these areas. Although there is no directly
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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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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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