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    is the minimum level of income or expenditure deemed necessary to achieve minimum requirements of life. Poverty in Ethiopia is more pronounced in rural areas as compared to the urban areas ( http://www.eiiff.com/economy/ethiopia/poverty.html accessed on 3 December 2017). 30.4 percent of the population in rural areas is poor whereas in urban areas it is 25.7 percent (MoFED, 2012). Ethiopia’s urban population has more than doubled in the past 20 years, from 7.3 million in 1994 to an estimated 16.7

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    While many people may assume that drug overdose is more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas, the reality is reversed. Over the last ten years, rural areas surpassed urban areas in drug-overdose occurrences. Opioid use and the use of other drugs has increased dramatically nationwide, but as of 2017, rural areas have a drug overdose death rate of 17 per 100,000 people while the urban statistic is 16.2 per 1,000 people (which is 0.8 less deaths per 100,000 people). The National Center for Biotechnology

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    but did you know rail transport started in 6th century Greece? The city of San Antonio, Texas is a fast-growing metropolitan city that has a very tremendous amount of people. It has been estimated that the city will grow by another million people in the next ten to twenty years. San Antonio’s traffic is becoming a huge issue and is quickly approaching to be one of the most congested areas in the states. The public transport in San Antonio consists of a very complex bus system, taxicabs, Trolley’s downtown

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    environment’s quality of life. I do believe that mega-urbanity affects humanity as well as the development of future and present urban life. Before starting an analysis of the metropolis, it is important to define the term “city”. Growing up I lived in a rural area but I used to take trips to the nearest city which was in Wichita, Ks. It was filled with thousands of people and it always seemed busy. It was full of people who always seemed to be going somewhere. A city, however can be understood in a few different

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    Q: What are the Best Practices for Addressing Refugee Adjustment Issues while they are Living in Transition Camps? (Krishna Prasad Subedi) Literature Review War refugees are defined in many ways. Those people who have been forced to flee his or her country due to the war, violence, persecution crime and murder they called refugee. They have a kind of fear of persecution because of religion, race, nationality, political ideology or support in particular social groups or parties. Wessels, W. K. (2014

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    Urbanization In Canada

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    Urbanization The city life often referred to as an experience like no other. The big change an individual makes when moving from a rural area to the city affects all aspect of a person life. This movement is called urbanization; “is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change. Urbanization is predominantly the process by which towns and cities form and become larger

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    Increased urbanisation in Adelaide could have a positive long term effect, though money may be spent replanning areas of Adelaide, extra money brought in by businesses big and small could boost the economy with a large cash injection. Urbanisation could increase the amount of facilities in Adelaide, bring more tourists or foreign students and may offer more places to live in and around the CBD. Many people move to big cities to get jobs that have higher paying jobs and better education as jobs in

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    Urban Sprawl Patterns

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    change in landscapes has been studied across a variety of scales in recent years due to the rapid population growth and urbanization process worldwide. Since 1950s, urban growth becomes prevalent in U.S., especially prominent in suburban and rural areas where the land use is featured by dispersed developments, single-functional, low density and auto-driven transportation (Ramalho, Hobbs, 2012). The expansion of impervious land generates a variety of urban sprawl patterns and raise many environmental

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    5 Reasons Why You Should Move To The Lower East Side The Lower East Side is now one of Manhattan’s most fashionable neighborhoods. From the most bargain clothing stores to their numerous art galleries. Not fully convinced? there's a variety of music venues, bars and restaurant. If you’re considering moving in the near future, be sure to check out this list of the 5 reasons why you should move to the Lower East Side. Art Galleries There's never a dull moment for residents within the lower east side

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    rural-to-urban migration, reclassification of rural areas as urban areas, lack of valuation of ecological services, poverty, ignorance of biophysical limitations, and use of ecologically incompatible technologies. Due to involvement of multiple data sets, latest technologies like remote sensing and GIS used to quantify LU/LC. On the basis of interpretation of remote sensing imagery, field surveys, and existing study area conditions, the study area classified into five categories, that is, Urban, Agriculture

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