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    In developed and developing countries, urban centers have been an alternative center for human settlement and hence, the rate of urbanization is increasing at the turn of this century. Recent studies indicate that at the beginning of the twentieth century, only 10% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. However, currently, half of the world’s population has become urban dwellers (UNCHS, 2002). This shows that urbanization all over the world is expanding from time to time and the change has

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    New York City Advantages

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    Past the countrysides, cities pop up round and round. These urban areas are displayed with humongous skyscrapers, resonate the air with vehicles booming and people roaming streets as their daily lives. Cities diverge from every form of lifestyle and environment, such as islands, reserves, countrysides and wetlands. Cities emphasize three key features that are essential to the establishment of this aspired habitat. Across the globe, citizens select cities as their homes. Therefore, in this essay these

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    Chile Essay

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    grapes to manufacture wine. ("Chile facts and," 2007) Population Density: Urban or Rural? Urbanization trends started occurring in Chile in 1930. Migration from the rural areas and the Andes Mountains transplanted Chileans to the urban center of Santiago. “Ocean transportation and shipping were vital to the

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    “Food Desert” refers to an area in a rural or even urban region with little or no access to big grocery stores that provides affordable and fresh food for people to have a healthy diet. These areas are mostly composed of low-income households who are often Hispanics and African-Americans (Ploeg and Breneman et al). They are often “trapped” in a geographical location where only small convenient stores, which do not have sufficient supply of all common, fresh and healthy food, are available. Currently

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    residents and then appropriate urban planning. Currently there are two distinctive patterns of urban development, whether the city should increase its inner-city density or expand its size. This paper is going to discuss the benefits and disadvantages of two models from the environmental and social perspectives, and support the relatively higher feasibility of consolidation model for future prosperity and stability of Melbourne. Finally, the implementation of urban consolidation policy in Tewplestowe

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    Urbanization causes financial problems to the overwhelming majority of the people. This is because problems with money are widespread in urban areas. First of all, urbanization leads to the extreme growth of unemployment. For instance, as reported by the International Labour Organization, International unemployment rose to 210 million people in 2010 (David & Vicente 2012, p.154). According to David & Vicente (2012, p.156) vast amounts of unemployment results in human resources not being used efficiently

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    Poverty in Latin America

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    According to Lopez (2000), the poverty level in Latin America is far worse in rural areas like Mexico and the Andean countries. Government agencies, organizations and intellectuals across the world have expressed unease about the extreme amounts of poverty in Latin America (Mamalakis, 1996). The exact level of poverty in Latin America can only be projected because of the high number of people living in rural areas. This problem is only exacerbated by the number of countries in the Latin America

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    that are happing in urban and suburban areas. Alan Ehrenhalt the former editor of Governing Magazine leads us to acknowledge that there is a shift in urban and suburban areas. This revelation comes as the poorer, diverse, city dwellers opt for the cookie cutter, shanty towns at the periphery of American cities known as the suburbs. In similar fashion the suburbanites, whom are socioeconomic advantaged, are looking to migrate into the concrete jungles, of America, to live an urban lifestyle. Also, there

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    COMPARISON BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN SOCIETY QUESTION: Pakistani society is divided into 2 segments. Draw a comparison of rural and urban way of life. INTRODUCTION Pakistani society is divided into 2 parts which are called rural areas and urban areas. Rural areas are those which are not fully developed and lack basic facilities such as villages and hamlets. Urban areas are those which are fully developed and provide basic facilities as well as luxuries to the people living here such as towns and

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    unsuccessful in reducing the gap in healthcare disparities between urban and rural areas due to changes in health insurance and delivery. These changes have made access to medical care more difficult for the poor, uninsured, and underinsured. Rural areas in China are the most vulnerable because of a lack of true insurance plans and the accompanying comprehensive coverage. Approximately 800 million individuals live in rural areas, but eighty percent of the medical institutions are located in cities

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