Urbanization, particularly in floodplains, has a direct impact on flood risk because it affects the invested values at risk, and it may also increase water levels during floods (Rijke, van Herk, Zevenbergen, & Ashley, 2012), bringing into focus the importance of spatial planning policy (Carlos...
Urban planning - Industrialization, Infrastructure, Cities: In both Europe and the United States, the surge of industry during the mid- and late 19th century was accompanied by rapid population growth, unfettered business enterprise, great speculative pr
in·fra·struc·ture (ĭn′frə-strŭk′chər) n. 1.An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. 2.The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water...
The magnitude of decline is much sharper in the case of illiterate women, women from lower castes and poorest economic classes. Considering the structure of employment, it is observed that the female employment in regular salaried jobs has increased but in the other two categories it has declined...
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They will generate 70 percent of net new jobs created by 2030, produce more than 70 percent of GDP, and stimulate a near-fourfold increase in per capita incomes across the nation. If tackled well, urbanization could add 1 to 1.5 percentage points to India's GDP growth, taking it near ...
Such a lifestyle is built upon a dual identity—the USWs tell their families that they work innocuous jobs, such as domestic work or tailoring in the garments industry. Lodge-based sex trade: About 5% of the USWs are based in motels (commonly known as lodges in India), renting out rooms...
As such, the informal sector performs a variety of roles within society, encompassing wealth, productivity and inefficiency, and exploitation and liberation. It is largely regarded as a continuum. Due to high unemployment rates and a lack of decent formal-sector jobs, many cities are characterized...
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