Factsheet briefing on gender issues in migration and urbanisation as they relate to poverty Produced by UN Women as a supplementary briefing for the Consultative Group meeting 6 December 2011 Hanoi GENDER AND MIGRATION International context and standards: Michelle Bachelet‚ Executive Director of UN Women: “The absence of legal and social protections in many countries – and failure to implement and monitor gender-sensitive labour and migration laws where they exist – makes care workers vulnerable
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With the increase in population‚ air pollution‚ and noise‚ many people move out of crowded cities to live in surrounding areas. Suburban sprawl which focuses on low-population-density developments has become a popular method of urbanization in many countries. However‚ Massachusetts adopts a different way of urban development named smart growth which focuses on “compact‚ walkable‚ mixed use‚ and transit-oriented urban development” (Flint 21). Instead of spreading out‚ it focuses on improving existing
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AR-241 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN – lV B.Arch 2nd year (4th Semester) Contact Hours per Week Final Exam. Sessional Total Exam Duration Credit L T P D Total Mid-term External Internal 300 9 hours 10 2 - - 10 12 90 - 45+25* 115+25# * Indicates marks are to be awarded on the basis of educational tour conducted during the winter break after the previous semester. # Indicates marks to be awarded for Time Problem. OBJECTIVE
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Tutorial Assignment #1 YOUR CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT People‚ Places and Environments (GEOG/ENST 1020A‚ Fall 2013) Due Date: Monday‚ October 7th‚ 5:00pm **Submit PDF file electronically to cuLearn** Total marks: 25 marks Review material: Lecture notes and Chapter 4 of your textbook. Resource material: www.carleton.ca/fmp/‚ www.geo2.scholarsportal.info‚ and www.myfootprint.org Submit the following: • Typed answers to the assignment questions that include a header at the top of the first
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1-Mention at least three limitations of GDP when it is considered as a measure of economic performance or as a measure of human welfare -Leisure -Home production -Environmental changes 2-what are the drawback of price indexes when they are used for discounting to access the growth in living standard -Quality changes -New product -Substitution 3-what are the main part of wealth according to the world bank wealth of nation projects -Produced capital -National Capital -Intangible capital
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Why has the number of “millionaire cities” increased more rapidly in LEDC’s than MEDC’s in recent years? A millionaire city is a city with a population of over one million people. The number of millionaire cities is higher than ever before and is continuing to increase extremely fast. Recently the percentage of people living in urban areas has surpassed the number of people living in rural areas. This is due to a large proportion of people migrating to urban areas from rural areas. This is due to
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With reference to examples‚ discuss the degree to which the level od economic development in country affects planning and management in urban areas. The type of urban problems that require careful planning and management are largely decided by the economic wealth of a countryside. LEDC countries have problems with rapid urbanisation into the cities. However‚ on the other hand the problems that MEDC countries face include; suburbanisation‚ counter urbanisation. Urbanisation is the process in
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There have always been a continuous trend of people migrating from rural dwellings to urban area in search of an earning‚ better education or may be due to environmental degradation in rural areas. Even‚ political conflicts‚ wars‚ and income disparities among and within regions may also be a motivating factor which results in migration whether international or national. Whatever may be the reasons‚ migration is a very common phenomenon nowadays in most of the cities. Recent studies reveal that
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Should Country Parks be Rezoned as Built-up Areas? Do you want to live in a bigger housing unit? The living space per capita in Hong Kong is 161 square feet. People who are single in Hong Kong need to spend 30 years awaiting a public housing. Hong Kong has 24% of land was developed‚ while the residential use accounted for 7% of the total land area of Hong Kong. This means 7 million population need to accommodate in this 7% of land. Do you want to give Hong Kong economy a boost? The gross domestic
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The first chapter of planet of slums outlines Mike Davis’s concern for the ever-increasing urban population. His observation also shows that not only have the urban population increased but it has increased faster then expected. In this chapter he argues and shows great concern on the fact that the urban population around the world can and will outgrow the rural population. According to him‚ “in 1950 there were 86 cities in the world with a population of one million; today there are 400‚ and by
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