Summary Of City Of Joy

Life on earth depends purely on climate, changes in it will directly affect the well-being and health of the population. Society fears climate change for its possible effects, such as rising sea levels and the melting of glaciers, which will ultimately result in health consequences towards mankind and environmental catastrophes. Humanity has to rely on their government to figure out ways of how this problem can be either reversed or slowed down as well as depend on their government to provide them with recent and valid information so they are aware of the problems they are facing. Climate change is a constant problem to all, even the characters in The Netherlands Live with Water written by Jim Shepard have to experience it firsthand. They are

The collection of articles, “The Shame of the Cities” written by Lincoln Steffens, evidently reveals the history of corruption in many American cities during the 18th and 19th century. The chapter, “Pittsburg: A City Ashamed” focuses wholly on the effect Christopher Magee had on the city of Pittsburg during the time of his ruling. With the help of William Flinn, Thomas Bigelow, and E.M. Bigelow, Chris was in complete control over the city. While some of what he was doing was very helpful toward, it is undeniable that he was the cause of Pittsburgh’s extensive corruption.

In the article “On Care for Our Common Home”, the author addressed a crucial notion—climate is a common good. God provides humans good living environment, but commercial activities change our values and thoughts. The social value became established on the consumption behavior. God offers humans’ unique ability which is different from other species on our planet. Human’s natural instincts and spirits are kind and simple, but the society, activities, sexuality, the family, and social relations generate culture and civilization. With the progress, nature and culture seem hard to find the balance. Human should wield their power as well as with humble conviction to change the reality of the world. The author mentioned the issues of water and global

John Broome wrote Climate Matters with the intention of raising independent, yet well-informed ideas of how to ethically stand in a warming world. He questions what should be done both publically and privately and supports his statements through arguments that can be interpreted in whichever way makes the most sense to the reader. Broome logically organized his book so that before he asks moral questions, he reminds the reader in the opening paragraph about the sad truth of climate change. For example, he states the ice caps are melting and in just a few decades, only one polar ice cap will remain. As a result, the raising oceans will demolish many of humanities greatest cities. He adds that not only will millions of homes be destroyed along oceanic coastlines, but climate will change as droughts and floods make agriculture impossible in many? currently productive areas. The remaining ocean-adjacent? areas not directly affected by sea-level rise? will have to face difficult and unpredictable weather changes that will make food? production challenging. Broome also reminds the reader, who is most likely from a developed country, that the western lifestyle causes the greatest damage, yet the global indigenous societies, who contribute virtually nothing to greenhouse gas emissions, will be hit the hardest. I found this introductory chapter to be very powerful and the rest of the book was easy to absorb because I was constantly thinking back to these disasters which seem

The Western existence of modernization, especially technological and industrial development, economic growth, material prosperity, urbanization, and democracy, has been built upon a long line of industrial capitalism, an economic system predicated on the accelerating extraction and consumption of fossil fuels for energy (Clark & York, 2005). A major unintended consequence of the use of fossil fuels is an increase in the average temperature of the earth; known as global warming or climate change. Recognizing and responding to climate change, arguably the most challenging social problem of the modern era (Giddens, 2009), thus poses a fundamental critique of continued modernization processes around the world (Freudenburg, 2003). Climate change is a major issue that affects all life across the

Despite the fact that Wes's mother is clearly infatuated with her husband Bill, in the beginning, now, it is obvious that love no longer exists. We do know why the reasons for their unsuccessful marriage, maybe his abusive behavior. We can conclude that Joy did not want to be in an abusive relationship, hence the reason why she left her husband. The author shares this personal information about his mother to show readers the hardships that Joy (his mother) went through, and give us a peek at Joy’s personality, the woman who raised him. While reading one might wonder if Wes lived in a rough neighborhood, how was he able to turn out so successful? This form of the question is answered with information about Wes’s parents, and what kind of people

Moreover, this issue connects with human geography through issues in contemporary commercial agriculture. During a drought many crops die due to the lack of water. Thus, many farms suffer to make income because they do not have crops to sell.

Chapter 1 of experiencing cities was all about the foundations of the constantly growing metropolitan city. It includes everything from facts about how fast our cities are growing to city as a state of mind. But the section that intrigued me the most was “symbolic interactionism and the study of city life.” symbolic interactivity means that people are the ones who play an active role in their environment. In other words the area you live in is going to be determined by the way you interact with others and how you live your life. This idea was not one that shocked me but allowed me to grasp a greater understanding as to why different cities are the way they are. For example, i’m from a small town in California with little to no crime. It is a pretty affluent area and people are pretty friendly. However you drive about 30 miles and you are now in one of the most dangerous cities in america, Oakland California. Here deadly shootings are a regular basis along with many other crimes. The citizens of these towns are usually right at the or below the poverty line. So to introduce this theory to me gives me a greater understanding as to why certain cities are dangerous and some aren’t. It simply

What Charles Iceland shows is that the impacts of these droughts are profound, especially for the poor, and that many of the nations, like California, do not have proper management practices to allow for sustainable use and this lack of management puts the citizens of these nations at continued risk. Further examples are seen across the globe, and a common theme is that agricultural communities are hit hardest, and that the droughts are causing other issues, such as having an influence on military conflicts, amplifying malnourishment, and causing the increased spread of diseases (Mosbergen, 2017; “Hundreds Dying From Hunger as Severe Drought Grips Somalia” 2017; “State of Emergency in Bolivia Amid Worst Drought in 25 Years”, 2016). It is clearly evidenced from these examples, including California, that a local drought does not only impact the nation in which it occurs, as the global nature of trade allows the influences of a drought to be widespread (Koba,

[Abstract: It is now an established truth that industrialized developed countries are liable to climate change phenomenon by emitting huge amount of greenhouse gases on biosphere. This truth poses a question whether or not these large emitter countries have an obligation to assist the climate change displacers for relocation. The word ‘relocation’ has two ramifications: internal or within the country and external or across the trans-boundary. American scholar Katrina Wyman depicts climate change displacers identical to other vulnerable people that insist her to say that there may be a moral obligation to assist financially and technologically

AP Human Geography 8/25/15 City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre, France, 1985, 544 pages In Dominique Lapierre's book, City of Joy, he illustrates the struggles of every day families trying to survive in the poverty of Calcutta, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River in India, through narrating the lives of three individuals living in the slum of Calcutta, Anand Nagar (City of Joy). The streets of Calcutta come alive through the struggles of a rickshaw driver, Hasari Pal, and his family; a priest, Stephan Kovalski, trying to become accepted into the culture of Calcutta; and an American medical grad, Max Leob, responding to Kovalski's invitation to help out for a year. Their lives are interwoven with that of the slum, its filth, poverty, starvation, hopelessness, and outbursts of violence. City of Joy depicts the separation of the wealthy from the poor and also the separation of the different levels of poverty, caste divisions, and the differences of the many different religions living side by side in the

In the first few chapters Dr. Maathai ruminates over the environmental challenges that countries in Africa are up against. She talks about how droughts and floods affect countries in both western and eastern Africa. She then discusses how Natural resources are still being extracted and exploited from Countries outside of Africa. In the first Chapter Professor Maathai introduces the readers to a group of farmers in Yaoundé. She discusses how the farmer’s inefficient farming techniques

Under Broome’s perspective, climate change effects everyone, whether they are the perpetrator or the victim. For example, the United States and other developed countries that contribute to global warming, have indirectly caused harm by the means of sickness, poisoning, and even death through industrialization, heightened emissions, and consumerist practices (Broome, 2012). Unfortunately, one of Broome’s biggest downfalls in his theory is that there is no recording of these instances. There is no formal measure or paper work to track how many lives have indirectly been effected by increased global warming, which has been caused by human pollutants created intercontinentally. Broome estimates the climate change will cause great damage to not only the earth, but also human kind through floods, water scarcity, famines, and rising waters which will take over land and drown cities (Broome, 2012). Without a code of ethics, without a global

The three problems caused by climate change are, rise in sea level, varied energy demand, and water scarcity. Firstly, the impact on costal areas contributing to sea level rise has made low-lying cities vulnerable to them. Hunt and Watkiss (2011, p. 32) estimates that a 50 m raise in sea level would render Mumbai’s informal communities in severe despair. Moreover, climate change will lead to variation in energy demand. Hunt and Watkiss (2011, p. 33) explain even though winter heating will decrease due to warmer weather, cooling anticipated increasing in summer, increasing GHG

The effects of climate crises are felt all over the globe, leaving harsh impacts on society and the environment. From typhoons to hurricanes to rising sea levels to rising atmospheric temperatures, cities around the world cannot escape the effects of climate change, but they are able to combat it. They are able to help the earth instead of continuing to harm it, and the way to do this is through implementing climate change programs. Even if one city chooses not to carry out such a program, it does not mean another city should not, and many cities around the globe have already taken the steps to carry out long-term programs with lasting effects. Cities that have implemented climate-change programs with lasting effects include Copenhagen, Mexico City, and San Francisco, and they serve as prime examples for the world when it comes to combatting climate crises.