Sentences with phrase «urban migration»

The Builders ($ 4,000 - $ 6,000) and Windows ($ 3,000 - $ 5,000) by Jacob Lawrence depict the great urban migration of the 1940s while various works by Romare Bearden take on Greek legends and folklore.

Scenario based lesson looking at rural - urban migration in China.

The old lussegubbar custom virtually disappeared with urban migration, and white - clad Lucias with their singing processions were considered a more acceptable, controlled form of celebration than the youthful carousals of the past.Stockholmproclaimed its first Lucia in 1927.

Urbanization - The conversion of land from a natural state or managed natural state (such as agriculture) to cities; a process driven by net rural - to - urban migration through which an increasing percentage of the population in any nation or region come to live in settlements that are defined as «urban centers».

Yu Gao, the China director for Landesa, a group working on land tenure issues, focused on the lack of what he called «social infrastructure» in China — mechanisms to protect the rights of those on the move in the country's great urban migration.

Ultimately as rural areas get re-vitalized through locally appropriate development initiatives, rural - urban migration which today seems inexorable, would also slow down and may even get reversed... as has happened with dozens of villages in India.

Lukashenko is seeking to curb urban migration, and is notoriously obsessed with farming, Gorst says.

Kente weaving has over the years provided jobs for thousands of citizens of the Agortime Traditional area both directly and indirectly and has therefore reduced rural urban migration especially by the youth in search of non-existing white colour jobs.

As the Chinese government gradually relaxed its control over urban migration — by loosening the restrictions of the 1958 Hukou System, which afforded social benefits only to those who could prove identification from the local province — more and more individuals have taken advantage of new economic opportunities by migrating to cities.

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, urban migration brought the art form to major city centers yet for decades capoeira was perceived as an outlawed practice.

Major topics addressed include «urban migration within the United States to globalization, to Négritude and cultural hybridity, to the modern black artist's relationship with European aesthetic traditions and experimentation with new technologies and media.»

Given the multiple drivers of migration (Black et al., 2011a and b) and the complex interactions which mediate migratory decision - making by individual or households (Raleigh, 2008; McLeman and Smit, 2006; Kniveton et al., 2011; Black et al., 2011a and b), the projection of the effects of climate change on intra-rural and rural - to - urban migration remains a major challenge.

DeFries went on to say that in tropical nations as rural to urban migration increases resource use from the countryside increases — with more processed foods and animal products being consumed due to increases in income.

The very large rural - urban migration in Bangladesh, in comparison with other least developed countries, is attributable to relatively strong push factors on the one hand, and strong pull factors on the other.

The old lussegubbar custom virtually disappeared with urban migration, and white - clad Lucias with their singing processions were considered a more acceptable, controlled form of celebration than the youthful carousals of the past.

Whilst showering praise on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for scrapping the «nuisance levy» imposed by the previous government on head porters (kayayei) and for its determination to stem the tide of rural - urban migration through the one - district - one - factory and one - village - one - dam policies, the organisation also called for a probe into the running of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

Urban migration has created cities of 20 million that are unlivable: Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Calcutta, Shanghai, and Cairo.

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier de Schutter has also pointed out that agroecology is «knowledge and labour intensive» — surely a welcome thing when seeking greater employment opportunities in rural Australia, and aiding in slowing rural - urban migration.

In the first half of the 20th century, South American cities grew rapidly due to rural - urban migration.

He said that the machine would also provide work opportunities for the unemployed youths in cocoa plantations, thereby stemming rural - urban migration of the people.

Can your insights about the scaling laws of cities help us understand the impact of population growth and urban migration?

A recent scientific paper looking at Latin America lists «similar patterns of ecosystem recovery following rural - urban migration» in Patagonia, northwest Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras and the montane deserts and Andean tundra ecosystems of Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns will lead to relative changes in agricultural production, possibly spurring rural to urban migration, or migration across borders to seek more favorable conditions.

A study published last year found that a multi-year drought contributed to food shortages, urban migration, and unemployment in the run up to the conflict.

THE NEXT WEB - Oct 27 — China's national policies, economic reform, and urban migration have created challenges for the country's one billion residents when it comes to relationships.

Pupils will define rural to urban migration and push and pull factors.

Enabled by technological development and urban migration — numbers show that 78 % of Europeans and 54 % of the total global population now live in cities, with this number expected to grow approximately 1.84 % per year by 2020 alone — the Smart City has emerged from the perfect storm of economic conditions and communication tools ushering in a new, interconnected way of living.

People inevitably remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, which heralded the dissolution of the Soviet Union — even though Tiananmen Square came first (just months earlier, in Jun - 1989), basically forcing an acceleration of China's rural - urban migration & its transition to a capitalist economy (thereby relegating communism to a mere system of political control).

-- Demographics: German population growth is broadly neutral, but is experiencing pronounced trends in favour of urban migration, smaller households & increasing floor size per capita.

One of Pakistan's most influential contemporary artists, Naiza Khan (born 1968) captures the experience of living and working in Karachi, where everyday life is affected by natural disaster, urban migration and political struggle.

A floor up is a selection of drawings, videos, and installations which continue the theme of flightless birds as a metaphor for rural - to - urban migration.

Beijing parents who belong to the urban migration in China have found an opportunity to bring their children back to the land.

Yet, even the least developed countries are affected by rapidly accelerating rural - to - urban migration.

Climate variability has been associated with rural - urban migration (Mertz et al., 2011; Parnell and Walawege, 2011).

Rural - urban migration is becoming one of the most obvious factors induced by climate change, which is profoundly changing the society as whole in Pakistan.

One is the sheer number of people — 1.3 billion and growing — and the staggering patterns of rural to urban migration.

These superlative statistics coincide with the largest scale of rural - to - urban migration in human history being experienced in China (we've talked about this phenomena previously here and here).

From 2006 to 2011, the worst drought in Syria's recorded history devastated agricultural lands and triggered a wave of rural to urban migration.

Bangladeshi cities do not only have to face difficult climate conditions, but also increasing waves of urban migration and the problems associated with that.

Herrmann, Michael and Svarin, David (2009): Environmental pressures and rural - urban migration: The case of Bangladesh.

Moreover, the rapid growth of industries in urban areas has induced rural - urban migration.

For example, drought can contribute to rural - urban migration, which, combined with population growth, increases stress on urban infrastructures and socio - economic conditions.

That the Australian Government actively engage Indigenous Australians in post Kyoto negotiations, particularly in relation to the utilisation of the Kyoto mechanisms, international investment in carbon abatement, and issues around the urban migration of both internally displaced peoples and those that will require relocation in the region.