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This 17 page paper looks at the way in which cities have evolved and income segregation has occurred. The writer argues that this is a side effect of capitalism with the appearance of internal migration and the negative cycle of low income levels leading to low educational standards as a result of less to invest from taxation. The paper looks in depth at the US, including a statistical analysis and then compares to the patterns with that of Korea which has industrialized and developed a capitalist economy more recently. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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File: TS14_TEincseg.rtf
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activity. The gravitational pull of industry with its provision of jobs and promise of greater facilities was a major cause of change during the Industrial revolution. Cites became crowded with
workers that would formerly have worked in the land in agricultural jobs. This created a denser population and all the disadvantages which may associated with people living in close proximity
manifested as symptoms of city life. Greater infection rates and contagion rates for disease, higher level of malnutrition when food was not available due to the remoteness and inability of
families to access food directly. Illnesses caused by pollution and a lack of economic inability to pay for treatment lead to increases in the crime rate as a
result of the desperate circumstances, especially when a surplus of labour is available for the job positions offered. This further pushed down wages and working conditions an increased the problems
of poverty. The economic development of cites can be seen in these terms. Today we assume that these problems are not the same, but the patterns have been set, much
of the housing remains the same as in former time, crowded and populated by those unable to afford anything better. Poor areas are not desirable, and therefore, the demand for
the property in this area is limited only to those that cannot afford any better. The lack of other facilities, such as hops, medical and social facilities are also a
part of the viscous cycle. The crime rates and poverty do not encourage businesses to come into the areas, and as such even fewer individuals want to move to the
areas, making it less desirable for the businesses! This leads to income segregation. This is well known. If we choose any city in
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