Rapid urbanization both in emerging markets and mature markets drives the breadth and number of cities across the world to grow. Opportunities and constraints that urbanization brings would affect companies’ policies and strategies. According to Burgess and Venables (2004), urbanization is one of the clearest features of the development of manufacturing and service activity. Whitbread is a hospitality company which operates hotels, coffee chain and restaurants; therefore it is inevitable that urbanization
This paper sets out and then attempts to examine and explain the contradiction in urbanization in the First and Third Worlds by comparing with the example of Africa and United States. The significance for this research is to propose critiques on the growth model of urbanization in First and Third Worlds, hence suggesting the unsuitability for either growth models to evaluate another. The paper therefore will provide the right and best fit direction for a more sustainable and suitable solution for
In earlier decades, urbanization in India was said to have a dual dimension. The first view was that the urbanization process is not unequal, but has a very stable distribution, whereas the second view, alleged that the distribution was ‘top-heavy’, with large size class towns and cities mainly driving the urbanization process, while the small and medium sized cities barely growing. Mohan etal. 1982, the advocates of the first view, showed that the idea of ‘top heavy urban structure’ in India is
development(figure), China has now become the world's second largest economy. The level of urbanization of China is highly elevated with the rural population rushing into the cities in the passing years. According to the statistics released by the national bureau of statistic(NBS), the urbanization rates of China in 1953,1964,1982,1990,200 and 2010 were 12.84%, 17.58%,20.43%, 25.84%, 35.39% and 49.68% respectively. In 2011, the urbanization rate exceeded 50% ；in 2016, it raised to 57.35% (Figure). In 2016, the urban
It is a desirable phenomenon.Migrants, in a mobile world are everywhere, moveeverywhere, contributing in manifold ways to developmenteverywhere. Migration is essential for the development andgrowth of the cities. Urbanization is the sign of developmentof any country. More than half of the world’s populationlives in urban areas. In India, about one third (31 per cent)of the population lives in urban areas. The urban populationwas enumerated at 37.7 million in 2011, which
Shuntaro Takahashi Ethiopia Process of urbanization and structural change for an effective reduction of poverty Statement of the research question Ethiopia is a country located in the eastern part of Africa which is the oldest independent country in the continent as it has never been colonized by a European power, making it a nation with rich culture and heritage. It is also the second most populous country in Africa after Nigeria, with an estimated population of almost 100 million in 2015 according
The Inevitable Downfall of Macau Hendrick de Leewuw described Macau as home to “all the riffraff of the world, the drunken shipmasters; the flotsam of the sea, the derelicts, and more shameless, beautiful, savage women than any port in the world. It is a hell” (Osnos). While this quote from Leewus’ book Cities of Sin dates back to the 1930’s, this quote represents the lifestyle that has made Macau the global attraction it is today. Macau’s history as a Portuguese colony has allowed it to retain
A study of the urbanization in India estimates that 700-900 million square meters of commercial and residential space needs to be built every year(equivalent to two Mumbai’s) to support the growing urban cities in India (13). More than 100 million households are expected
security and international influence. In fact, soft power works by using networks, developing captivating narratives, building alliances and focusing on resources that gravel one country to the other. While hard power is a push phenomenon, soft power is a pull phenomenon. There has been a sharp increase in importance of soft power realized in the recent past, as many countries has introduced the incorporation of soft power in their foreign diplomacy procedures. This is primarily because the appeal
culture. All of them have opportunities and difficulties to explain social phenomenon. All of them have in common, that popular culture developed as a result out of industrialization and urbanization; popular culture can only exist in and depends on a society with a capitalist economy. 1) In a wide definition is popular culture extensively liked and favored by many people. This is too vague and includes millions of items and phenomenon to be a meaningful definition, but it is a good starting point to understand