...The difference between a city in the U.S. and a village in a third world country are night and day. Many of the advancements that we carry here in the U.S. lack in third world villages. For example, advancements of technology, luxuries, environment, and even day to day social life. One might be lead to believe that the city life is better than village life. However there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life. City life is more comfortable and offer more opportunities for people to progress. There are a lot of facilities for people in the city and they have more opportunities to establish monetary funds for themselves. Children living in the city can get a higher education, because there are better overall schools in a city as oppose to a village. When a person becomes sick there are both public and private hospitals to recieve treatment from. People in the city have better transport facilities compared to a village. In the city there is electricity, highway, communication, telecommunication, plumbing and sewage. All of these things make a comfortable and enjoyable life for people living in the city. Although living in the city has many advantages there are a few disadvantages as well. Living in the city can be very costly and overpopulated, which can leave you feeling clustered. The environment is polluted with dust, smoke, garbage and dioxide gases from factories. The crime rate is substantial as oppose to the village therefore, many thefts and...
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...Advantages and disadvantages of city life. Life in the city is not so easy as one can imagine. However, some people say that modern cities are the best thing civilization has produced. Others claim that cities are not fit for living. There are a lot of pluses and minuses of living in a city. But what are they? Firstly, in big cities there are a lot of different entertainments such as cinemas, theaters, clubs, and exhibitions. Countrymen cannot go to the museums or theaters, because many villages are situated far from cities .A further advantage of cities is a wide variety of public transport and it is very easy to get anywhere. Practically in every city there is a metro, the fastest mean of public transport, and people do not spend a lot of their time in traffic jams. As for a village there is no public transport at all and it is very difficult to get anywhere. One more advantage of city life is modern conveniences. In modern cities people have no problems with water .But in villages people face with a problem of lack of water, they cannot use running water all day long. In big cities it is very easy to take care of health, a lot of medical centers and hospitals are situated in every city, and high-qualified specialists will help people even in the most awful situation . As a rule there are no good hospitals in villages and medical services in the countries leave much to be desired. Of course, every big city has disadvantages. For example, air pollution. Every day numerous...
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...Every country is divided mainly into two areas. Rural and urban areas. By the term rural areas we mostly refer to villages and by urban areas refers to cities. A person has two choices either he or she can enjoy peaceful village life or can live a fast life in city. Villages are very different from cities, they vary in sizes which are mostly dependent upon the population size. Villages are located in the outskirts of the city. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas are commonly rural though; so are others such as forests. In villages, there are diverse people and numerous social groups can be found. In villages in countries such as Pakistan, high population of minorities can be found. The houses are made of either mud or wood depending upon the availability of the material. You can spot wide stretches of green land. These areas consist not only of trees but also cultivatable land in which you can often see farmers working on their plantations. From a hilly area you can witness all the wonders of a rural life as it is surrounded by natural beauty and greenery as the nature embraces its existence. You can see sunflower plantations, standing tall amongst the land and gazing at the sky. Benefits of rural aren’t limited to your eyes but your body also gains from it. Everything you eat is pure and naturally provided. Water from fresh streams, pure milk from the cows and best quality of fruits. You can also enjoy the pleasant and...
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...Times, p. 18 (May 31, 1993). The author of several books, including the classic Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs was describing an interaction with urban planners from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She never attended college.) Read more quotations about / on: future, people 2 Artists, whatever their medium, make selections from the abounding materials of life, and organize these selections into works that are under the control of the artist.... In relation to the inclusiveness and literally endless intricacy of life, art is arbitrary, symbolic and abstracted. That is its value and the source of its own kind of order and coherence. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ch. 19 (1961). Jacobs lived in the lively, diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan (New York City).) Read more quotations about / on: life 3 ... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of diversity. This is the point ... of it. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ch. 10 (1961). Jacobs lived in the lively, diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan (New York City).) Read more quotations about / on: city 4 There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder...
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...The City in History: Reading Guide Chapter 1 Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold 1. What does Mumford mean when he states, “human life swings between two poles: movement and settlement”? (5) 2. What role did cemeteries and shrines play here? How were they key elements in the establishment of settlements (cities)? 3. What was the third original aspect of temporary settlements? What role did it play in the formation of settlements (cities)? 4. What was lacking in paleolithic culture with regard to establishing permanent settlements? Why was this important? 5. What role did the domestication of animals play here? 6. What role did women play in early village life? 7. What tools/technologies were essential to early village life? 8. Describe the social organization, physical form, layout and features of the early village. 9. Why were containers so essential to the neolithic villager? 10. Describe the essential elements of the early village between 9000 and 4000 B.C.E. What are the essential characteristics identified by Mumford? Why were these so important? 11. What does Mumford mean when he sates, “conformity, repetition, patience were the keys to this [neolithic] culture once it had solidified”? (18) 12. Mumford states that, “the ancient Greeks thought that their own respect for custom and common law…was a unique product of their culture.” (20) Where does Mumford say the roots of such thinking...
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...Nothing is perfect in this world. Perfection lies only in God. So, town life and country life have also their own advantages and disadvantages. Things, pleasures, scenes entertainments and recreations which one finds in cities are not available in country side and vice versa. City life has its pleasures and pains, its comforts and discomforts and its charms and horrors. To these who live in villages and towns, city life has special appeal, and they desire to visit a city repeatedly. And likewise, city dwellers want to enjoy the simple pleasures if a village away from maddening complexities of city life. For those who live in the rural areas and small towns, life in a big city in surely very attractive. They are happily surprised and sometime as stupefied to find high-rise, multi-storied buildings on the two sides of broad and busy roads. The shape, size and colors of the building structures, whether they are trade centers plazas, government or private offices or residences of rich people are all enchantingly beautiful and impressive. Surely, the fashionable, comparatively newly-built areas of the big cities in other and our countries are tastefully constructed, attentively decorated and carefully maintained. To look at the sky-kissing buildings one feels like being in a city built at the order of Aladdin subbing his magic lamp. If you would know and not be known, live in a city. (Colton) A typical big city with lots of mighty shopping centers and plazas first o fall, is known...
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...1- Letter to friend about charity Dear ABC, I hope you are fine and doing well. It came to my knowledge that you have volunteered with a charity and you are working in a developing country. The time I heard this news I was so proud of you. I always knew you were different from everyone, your interests and your perspective of looking at this world was so different always. Now you have finally found your path of helping people directly. Working as a volunteer will provide you deep experience about the grass root problem pertaining in that country. You will also get to know the people, culture and possibly learn a new language. And since you belong to a developed country working in a developing country and as a volunteer will aid the people to realise that humanity exits. However my friend in this letter I will take the opportunity to advise you to take care of your health. There are many diseases you are unaware of which might affect you in this great cause. Hope to see you soon. Your friend XYZ. 2- Many national customs are no longer relevant in today’s society In the event of globalisation, where communications and technological advancements have led the world to shrink, where we can travel to the other end of the world within few hours, where information flows without barriers, customs traditions have been suffered very badly. Customs and traditions, languages and cultures depend up on people for survival. If people do not find pleasure in retainting the culture or...
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...Discussion 1 Zenith Taskin 211350345 In the first four chapters of his seminal book “The City in History”, Lewis Mumford demonstrates and outlines various vital issues that intertwine to explain the beginnings of the city and its various institutions, behaviors and social norms that exist within. The three key issues that are the most striking are the reason for the existence of cities aside from animal needs, the dominance of women in Neolithic culture and finally, the developing role of the Paleolithic hunter. Although Mumford dissects each of these issues in isolation, he ultimately demonstrates how they all come together to become part of the earliest of cities. Before cities came into existence, Mumford explains how “there was the hamlet and the shrine and the village: before the village, the camp, the cache, the cave and the cairn” (Lewis Mumford, 1961, 5). Mumford further observes ...
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...In the novel, Nectar in a Sieve, by Karmala Markandya, Ruku tells the story of her life. For most of Ruku’s married life, she is at the mercy of immediate survival needs since she has to react to forces that she cannot control. In the city, Ruku’s survival needs are met, so even when she faces the forces she can’t control, she has more options to choose from. The hut that Ruku lives in is made of weak material and monsoons often will cause several small patches that show wear. After a monsoon hits the village, Ruku would just patch up the house again with the same weak material that wore off. "It had stood up well to the sun and wind, but after the monsoon rains several small patches showed wear and it was well to get things done in good time. Nathan cut fronds from the coconut palm that grew by our hut and dried them for me, together we twisted the fibre and bound the palms, shaping them to the roof."(Markandaya 17) Monsoons bring much devastation to Ruku. Her house keeps on falling apart. Ruku does very little to improve the house and doesn’t plan to improve the condition of the house. Part of the reason for Ruku to do so is because she doesn’t know when the next monsoon is going to hit the village. After a huge monsoon hits the village, the rice that Ruku and Nathan were growing on their land were destroyed, which seriously limits the amount of food Ruku has, which forces her to think about how to best use the food in the long term. This limitation on food forces Ruku to...
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...My hometown is quite a small village about 45km from Nha trang city. It is in the middle of Vietnam. The areas in my village are surrounded by the sea. You can call it “ fishing village”. Far away from the beach, there are some beautiful islands. It will be a great place for the travellers who are interested in it. The weather is so comfortable, there are two main seasion in the year, it is dry seasion and rainy seasion. My hometown is a fishing village so the life is rather quiet and poor. It is not as noisy and developmental as the big cities. We have only a small market, gas station and a primary school because most of the young people are living, working and learning in Nhatrang City or Hochiminh City. The oldmen, women and children are the main people who live here. All of the men in my village are fishermen. They are very hard-working, friendly and kind. Everyday they get up in the early morning to go to work. They catch many kind of diffirent sea foods in the sea. Their wife will stay at home, do housework, take care of the chidren and wait for their husband. When the men come back home, their wife will get the seafood, go to the market and sell them. That’s their daily work. Their life depend on the seafood which they catch everday so it is more difficult. The main job in my hometown is fishing and The fisherman believe that the Whale will protect them when they are working in the sea. Therefore we always have a fetival for the Whale every year. We wear traditional...
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...total population lives in villages. A major part of the people is working hard to supply food to city residents but the neglect and degradation they face, is beyond any comparison. A large part of the village population is divided among the zamindars. They live as coolis, slaves or as workers with the landlords. These people move from states to states in working for the field owners. Bihar residents move to Northern India, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal for working in the field. The labor as surveyed had 70 per cent from outside and 30 per cent from the village. Out of the 70 per cent, 45 per cent are living here within their native places. These people send a major part of their earning to their families to pay back loans or for meeting the two hands. An alarming era of educated unemployment is fast approaching, particularly in Urban areas. Government policy of privatization and takeover by privates has created a problem. This will certainly bring urban poverty or it will enhance rural economic downfall. Rural population still suffers exploitation by the city or urban residents. They try to trap, bind and exploit the poor realties. The ignorance of law provides ample opportunity for exploiters to come as stock brokers, advocates and doctors to villages to trouble them. Even the sentiments for the dead relatives are exploited by priests and pundits, at the time of Puja. Light, gas fuel, petro and even the drinking water is a rare thing in a village. The ignorance of bank laws...
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...Topic: What is a City? There are various ways to define a city either it be from a historical, contemporary, administrative or economic viewpoint. For the purpose of this analysis, a city is defined as a large permanent settlement, which is usually dense and highly populated relative to rural villages and towns, and they are made up of heterogeneous people. As recently as a hundred years ago, only 2 in 10 people lived in cities, but now we have 54% of the world population living in cities or urban areas. The history of cities date back to the time hunter-gatherers roamed the earth. After a few years, this led to semi permanent settlements, and with the invention of irrigation, this led to specialization of other areas and the development of cities as settlements became permanent. As more jobs and opportunities became available in cities, people from the villages moved to the cities, and this accounts for the dense characteristic of most cities. The first cities are thought to have started around 3500BC in lower Mesopotamia after the Neolithic revolution or the agricultural revolution, as agriculture is believed to be a pre requisite for city development. Urbanism can be described as the way cities grow or develop. There are various characteristics of a city; some include population size and density, social stratification, economic production and consumption, diversity of people, urban areas, center of administration, social networks and it is central to modern life. A major characteristic...
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...The Ontelles Odyssey depicts a struggle involving the power of truth, love, courage, and perseverance of a man that has the ability to change the world and become the king. The basic theme is good versus evil. Ontelles is a mystical world that has two suns, which is very similar to Saturn. The people of Ontelles are superstitious, they read the stars. For example, the flight of birds can be interpreted as good or bad omens. In order, to prevent “surprises” the people of the village will give lip reverence to the gods. Each human child on Ontelles is required to have their village, name, and birthday burned on the back of their neck after eight days their birth. All the villages of Ontelles are required to supply sixty percent to support the...
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...Columbus: A Sight to See Like many of the people in this class, I have lived near Columbus, Ohio my entire life. I grew up near this bustling city and until just recently had forgotten to appreciate what an experience it is. "Columbus was founded on February 14, 1812" (Columbus, Ohio), and it is amazing how easily we can overlook things to that which we are accustomed. If you ask a few people from out of town or state about Columbus, they can usually tell you a handful of reasons to visit this vibrant city. People from cities all over the country come to shop at Polaris Fashion Place and Easton Town Center. Ohio athletics draw in thousands of people to the state of Ohio and Columbus specifically each year. With the cultural diversity in Columbus,...
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...___________ The Swamp Dwellers concentrates on the battle between the old and the better approaches for life in Africa. It likewise gives us a picture of the attachment that existed between the single and southern Nigerian social order. The clash between custom and innovation is moreover reflected in the play. The play mirrors the socio-customary design, the string and the sufferings of the marsh occupants and underlines the requirement for retaining new plans. The battle between homo sapiens and unfavourable drives of nature is moreover caught in the play. Soyinka presents us the picture of present day Africa where the wind of progress began blowing. The Swamp Dwellers is a nearby investigation of the plan of life in the separated villages of the African wide open and an existential investigation of the basic society who confront rigours of life without any trust or succour. Soyinka tears separated social treachery, deception and dictatorship. The Swamp Dwellers communicates the requirement for a parity between the old and the new. Soyinka is not for extreme glorification of the past. In the play we see Soyinka's campaign against tyranny, lack of concern and self hallucination. Additionally, in The Swamp Dwellers Soyinka satirises the selling out of livelihood for the fascination and control in one shape or a different one. The Swamp Dwellers reflects the life of the individuals of southern Nigeria. Their employment primarily is agro based. They weave crate, till and...
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