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Comparison of two Asian Megacities...?Comparison of two Asian Mega cities This study compares two Asian mega cities ly Mumbai and Bangkok that emerged as metropolises as a result of globalization and the rise of urban Asia. Globalization opened doors to innumerous opportunities for the skilled and the unskilled labor in general. The Asian cities became capable of offering variety of economic opportunities to their people. Consequently, these cities started getting crowded and industrialization reached its peak. Substantial movement of population from rural to the urban areas became one of the major reasons of Asian urban growth. Also the internal migration brought about a rapid change with regard to the economical, social, political and demographic aspects...
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Engaged Buddhism Movement in Asia/Southeast Asia...Buddhist tradition in diverse periods of the religion’s existence. This paper is a critical examination of social engaged Buddhism movement in Asia, with focus on Shinran and Takagi Kenmyo, two of the earliest influential Buddhists, from whom Thich Nhat Hanh founded the concept of engaged Buddhism movement. Engaged Buddhism In Thich’s perspective, social and economic interdependence are some of the most fundamental elements of Buddhism. Therefore, caring for one another and taking an active role in enhancing and shaping the future of one’s country is the duty of every Buddhist in the society (Shigaraki, 63). According to Kraft, Thich was a pacifist and he strongly opposed any kind of war and conflict. During this time,...
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Asia History...Asia: The continent of Asia has conventionally been home to many cultures, religions, races and traditions. The countries Asia constitutes differ from one another significantly in terms of heritage, religion, national language, sports, literacy rates, modernity, natural resources, industrialization and the individualistic and collective needs and interests of people. When compared with respect to these factors, diversity among countries is much more profound and obvious in Asia than many other continents like Europe, Africa or America. For example, many Europeans are same in color, speak same language and enjoy similar cultural norms and values irrespective of country....
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Megacities in Asia...Megacities in Asia Megacities in Asia In Bangladesh, arsenic contamination of groundwater was first detected in 1993 and was later addressed by the government as a national disaster. Groundwater can get arsenic contamination sporadically either by industrial or natural means. The presence of arsenic complexes in soil contributes to its natural occurrence in groundwater due to the fact that it can easily be freed from the complexes. Owing to its high mobility in soil, once it is freed from the complexes, arsenic often results in the contamination of groundwater. Most of Bangladesh’s regions are made up of deltaic and alluvial sediments that contain pyrite, and they have...
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Megacities in Asia - Tokyo.... Though this was faced with frequent cases on sunshine rights, the government was able to move the communities out of the city to suburbs by buying the land in central Tokyo (Sorensen 2003, p527).
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The model used in Tokyo can be applied in other cities in Asia....
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Megacities in Asia...Megacities in Asia The phenomenon of urbanization is not new as such; in fact, it started sometimes in the late eighteenth century in England when the process of industrialization began in and around some major towns due to rapid advancement of science and technology. Initially, it was restricted to a few towns but then gradually it spread to other parts including North America and Western Europe. In the last few decades, urbanization has now become a global phenomenon that encompasses several Asian countries. Seoul in South Korea is a rapidly growing urban conglomerate for last couple of decades. The paper aims at exploring the impact of urbanization in Seoul with regards to issues such as...
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Megacities of Asia-Korea...Megacities of Asia-Korea Affiliation: What impact do you think Koreas "ubiquitousconnectivity" has on its technology industry?
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Megacities of Asia...Megacities of Asia Megacities of Asia It is vital to remember the many forms through which gender inequality can occur. First, inequality or bias between men and women cannot be overcome and confronted by any one set of wide-ranging remedy. Secondly, in due course, a country can shift from one form of gender inequality or bias to harboring other types of that inequity or bias. Sen (2001) argue that education has played a key role easing inequality or bias in East Asia. Asians have used education to enlighten the mind and also spread information. Before education, women were heavily discriminated in Asia. As Sen (2001) discusses, women...
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Megacities in Asia - City report...Asian cities: Tokyo and Seoul Tokyo: Japan Demographic statistics Tokyo is the largest in Asia in terms of populationand output. Population in the metropolitan region is highest in the world (UN). The population of the city started increasing significantly over the last half of the twentieth century due to significant developments of manufacturing industries (Rowe 2005).
The population of Tokyo city stands at 13,185,502 people according to 2011 statistics. The city is highly populated with approximately 6000 people per square kilometer. The high population of Tokyo is due to increased employment opportunities in the manufacturing industries in the city. Tokyo’s population growth has been influenced by the availability...
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Asia...Asia Contemporary global issues have a large effect on the overall relations between nations. Additionally, these relations extend to affect the way that conflicts are resolved, and any inappropriate conflict resolution method can easily lead to a worse situation and further degeneration of world peace. Overall, there are various internal politics that form the core of any international intervention of whatever kind. While in some instances it is for the betterment of the society in question, in other instances it leads to devastation and turns out to be retrogressive. Both of these instances are touched on in Arne Westad’s The Global Cold War. In Creating the Third World: The United States Confronts Revolution, the...
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