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    Employment and Wages There are an estimated 274 million rural migrant workers in China, making 36% of total working population and is divided into two categories i) short distance; and ii) long-distance.[footnoteRef:1] Short-distance migrant workers live near to their dwelling regions. The majority of rural migrant workers are employed in low-paid jobs in manufacturing, construction and services. In addition to low wages, migrant workers do not have a job security and work long hours. Long distance

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    Fajardo, mayor of Medellin from 2004-2007, faced the daunting task of revitalizing Medellin. Fajardo conquered endemic violence, corruption, and inequality through extensive planning and the execution of a strategy known as “urban acupuncture”, where he targeted critical areas of the city with architectural projects that serve

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    and important. The word urban means the relationship or characteristic of a city or town. My course has talked about a lot of things about urban cities, planning of the city, race, ethnicity, housing, education, crime and global development and much more. Urban planning is a technical method that use the land, safety of the residents, and use of the environment. The urban environment includes air, water, and transportation. Urban planning is important and crucial to any urban city because it is the

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    a country club and take lessons. More often than not, urban areas lack the facilities and money to provide tennis programs for their kids. This economic deficit becomes a major challenge for impoverished kids who want to learn tennis. As a result, inner-city youth neglect even the thought of playing tennis, and become underrepresented as a part of the junior tennis community. By finding a way to give the inner-city kids of poorer, urban areas the opportunities to take part in tennis, we can expect

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    and one of the most heated debating topics is whether people should choose to live in the city or in the countryside in China. There are millions of peasants living in rural areas, but a large number of them are rushing into urban areas to get a job every year. People living in the countryside are anxious to begin their urban life, meanwhile people in cities prefer to live a peaceful life far away from town. As for me, in China, living in the city is much better than living in the countryside in that

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    Urban Security

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    those who are living in the urban centers to be assured of their security. Considering that the urban centers are the hub of the economic growth, it becomes more sensitive to consider the security situation in the area. At times it becomes very hard or even impractical for one person to influence the economic decisions of another person. However, the government agencies also have a responsibility to make sure that those who opt to move from the rural areas to the urban areas have peace and security.

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    In the developing countries, the urban population is increasing 500% while in the developed countries only 200% at the same period. In Africa, the number of people who live in cities might increase two-fold by 2010 than in 1950 (Bilham-Boult, Blades, Hancock, Keeling, and Ridout, 1999, p. 127). To conclude, these trends show that urbanization and the problems with it such as traffic jams and housing problems will focus on urban areas or cities around the globe, especially in developing

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    effects that need to be addressed in order to make an assessment of the suitability of a new place. Living in an urban center is something that is great if you are a very exploratory and smart in adapting circumstances. Urbanization occur when there is movement from rural to urban areas with major impact on the increase in urban population and caused a decline in the population in rural areas. The process of urbanization in recent years become increasingly flourishing due to the requirements of present-day

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    The world has experienced economic growth and development over the past years. As a result of this, some countries experience high growth of mega-cities and urbanization in general. Wang et al. (2009) noted that, migration of the world population into the world cities have almost doubled since 20th century. The growth of cities has been associated to high living standards and high social status of the people. Fujita (2012) in his report realized that, the booming urbanization has led to the growth

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    sustainble city of tommorrow requires extensive city planning. Urban cities in Canada are making strides to create large metropolitan areas more environmentally friendly by using the latest green technologies and strategies. With comittment and time, all Canadian cities can implemet methods that will create livable cities for future generations. Trees Planting trees in metropolitan areas offer several benefits. The greenery adds beauty to the area as the plants absorb carbon dioxide, toxins and odors.

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