The concept of “Ghost town” has been a major issue of concern and debate amongst many countries around the world in today’s society. A “ghost town” is generally referred to a town, city or village that has been abandoned. A town often becomes abandoned due to the towns down turn in economic activity, natural disasters or political issues, which include, government actions and municipal dissolution and local government fragmentation. On a global scale, a small but sizable number of cities are dying, closing down their municipal governments and returning to dependence on counties. [Anderson, 2012] These small cities were defined as ghost towns, as they were emptied of population, as industries moved on, leading to jobs being lost in which put a strain on families as they struggled to survive, giving them no other option other than to leave. However, contrastingly, within china, new urban cities have been classified as “ghost towns” because the cities are unaffordable or simply, the Chinese don’t want to live within these areas. Ghost cities in china have multiplied over the years due to the notion that the Chinese government continue to live by which is “if you build it, they will come” [Watson and Young, 2013]. However, even with this mentality in place the government is still building and residences are not “coming”, minimal or non-existent. In just 30 years, china’s economy became the world's second largest, heavily managed by government policies under a communist political party. The main priority within the communist government is to maintain China’s economic growth. To achieve this, the government have concentrated on the sector of real estate and construction. However, the rise of construction and housing prices may have cr... ... middle of paper ... ...lead to a benefit in Chinese commodities that would as a result increase within china’s stock market. By this occurring it would allow the government to open the gates to foreigners to invest directly within the Chinese markets that would lead to growth for their economy Conclusion In conclusion it is obvious to suggest that the emerging ghost town are benefiting the Chinese government and the wealthier people in society. However, it is consequently placing a strain on the poorer community as they are forced to leave their homelands to accommodate for the new development sites. The Chinese government is trying to urbanise their country at a rate faster than it should be occurring and thus this string of large, empty developments that remain speculative investments rather than real homes and communities will better the economy rather than the citizens within it.
The author talks about her living space in Shanghai, China, she shared a house with neighbors. “Though we had lived in this old three-story house in Shanghai for more than a year, I couldn’t map out the neighbors and where they resided” (Schmitt). She did not know where all her neighbors lived. Her living space was spacious and updated in the top floor of the house, but the author states “The other two floors remained as they had been during the height of Communism: cheap, basic and subdivided.”
The Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America The National Socialist Party, a Nazi group lead by Frank Collin, proposed a march, in full uniform, to be held on May 1, 1977 through the Village of Skokie near Chicago, Illinois. Skokie was the home of thousands of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Shocked by the announcement, the survivors rose in protest against the march (Downs book cover flap). The controversial march that was planned to take place right in the middle of town would clearly have caused problems. If trouble was pretty much guaranteed in Skokie on the day of the march, then should the US Supreme Court have let the Nazis keep their plan to march through Skokie?
“Here’s the grocery store and here’s Mr. Morgan’s Drugstore. Most everybody in town manages to look into those two stores once a day (5.Stage Manager.) A small town without a lot of people, that’s exactly what the line above just told us. In the Play Our Town the stage manager tells us about a small town called Grover’s Corner. According to Professor Willard “within the town’s limits: 2, 640. (23 Willard)” That’s the population of this little town. Living in a small community can have its up’s and down. Grover’s Corner doesn’t want to modernize, nor is there any privacy, but there are some good qualities like knowing who ever you fall in love with in the town has basically grown up like you, or that you know everyone in the community.
The Nelly Butler hauntings is referred to as the first recorded ghost story in American history (LiBrizzi 5), and possibly the most exciting hauntings to date as there are still many unsolved mysteries. The apparition appeared on more than 30 separate occasions to over 100 witnesses in Sullivan, Maine, just over fifteen years after the American Revolution (5-6). Although the Nelly Butler apparition is one of the most convincing ghosts of all time, it was subject to suspicions of fraud. These claims turn out to be groundless as the evidence reveals the ghost to be genuine.
With the recent technological advances, ghost hunters have been able to find more ghosts and search better than before. Embracing this new technology can provide us great insight into the world of the ghosts by showing us how strong they are, what kind of energy they use, and how they look like. Science has given ghost hunters the technology, now ghost hunters can apply it to their trade.
The Chinese Hukou system, which limits people to work and live where they have been born and officially registered, can account for being responsible for a range of inequalities that are faced by the Chinese citizens, such as income, employment, education, and welfare and health. The Hukou seems to help these inequalities widen, as it treats those with a rural hukou as second class citizens. Afridi, Li, and Ren find in their 2012 Discussion Paper that the individual status that is linked with the Hukou that citizen possesses has a significant impact on their social identity. The rural-urban divide that is seen “in China is administratively created to control spatial labor mobility and reinforced through merely decades of differential treatment of rural-urban residents” (Afridi, et al, ...
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The second scene in both medias still lack a sense of connection. In the film, China town is futuristic and has an over whelming amount of people which gives more of an illusion that society is still alive and running. The town was displayed in the film with a variety of people walking around the city and buying from food vendors. The city looked so packed that people trying to get around the city would walk without having any space for any other type of ...
Thus, the reality of places is constructed through social actions including both individual and collective efforts, through informal associations and institutions of government and the economy, rather than through the inherent qualities (Logan and Lolotch, 1987, p.45). Hence, the conclusion is well constructed. The authors effectively use 'compare and contrast' structure and 'cause and effect' structure in the chapter to build and enhance their argument. They also back up their arguments citing various researchers throughout the chapter, in almost all the sections, making their argument more persuasive. Logan and Molotch enhances the
Though China is the world's fifth-largest country in terms of area and the second largest country in Asia, it is the most populous country in the world. There is over one billion Chinese people which is 19 percent of the world's population and the population still keeps growing. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese population growth is about 6.2% and if we compared the population from 1960 with 2010, the population had grown more than 100%. While half of Chinese people live in the rural areas, the urban population is growing rapidly. In January 2012, urban population has exceeded the rural population for the first time. Now about 100 million rural people become migrant workers which move in and out the cities in search of work. This has caused many problems in China , since in the past and the present day, such as traffic jams in the city, pollution, and most importantly the shortage of food and shelter. This might affect the Chinese economic as well.
In 1950, only 13% of China’s population lived in cities (Seto, n.d.). Post 30 years, one hundred-million people moved to large cities from rural areas in China. This migration was considered the largest migration in human history. To compare this migration to western cities, the example of Shenzhen is used. For a Western city to have a population of three million to increase to ten million, it takes about a hundred years. 30-year old city, Shenzhen on the other hand made this population increase in just a decade (qtd. Caughey and Dawn). Today, over 53.7% of its population lives in cities; by 2020 it is projected that a whole 60% of the population will live in cities (Xinhuanet, 2014).
Its phenomenal success is because it developed some suitable public policies, which were the perfect fit for the situation in China. In the last few years, China has had a remarkable economic development and has come to play an increasingly significant role in our world economy.
When thinking about the good city naturally every person imagines a physical condition to be improved but the physical environment is not the only force that shapes the city. For example, city and urban society cannot be detached (Lefebvre, 1970/2003). Hence the urban society is, combined with the city, an important force in urban development.
It houses a middle class population of approximately 300 million people. A massive shift is occurring to increase marketing and increasing urban middle class populations in China. Millions of people are being encouraged to move to the cities which will springboard economic growth through domestic consumption. In addition to urbanization and consumption, the PRC is investing in programs designed to boost infrastructure, healthcare and education. This includes new transportation technology, designed to make domestic trade more accessible.
When I was younger I couldn’t imagine going to a haunted house with my Uncle Jon, Aunt Sam, and my four cousins Khristian, Jazmine, Felicity, and Lizzie who seem to not be afraid of anything when you were eight years old. I can because it happened to me. It seemed like I was the only one nervous on the drive up to the terrifying haunted house. As we got closer and I could tell this was going to be an eventful night.