Demographic Mobilization and its Social Variables in the City of Basrah

Abdul Hassan Kadhim, Abbas; Samir Hamad, Mohammed

	Demographic Mobilization and its Social Variables in the City of Basrah
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Article 11, Volume 14, Issue 83, 2018, Pages 206-229 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Abbas Abdul Hassan Kadhim; Mohammed Samir Hamad
Abstract
The city of Basrah is just like any other city in the world. It represents a social and independent phenomenon. This system is subject to the elements of change. These elements affect one another whether they are natural or human, materialistic or spiritual. In all cases they are related to human beings because every city comprises of social communities. Accordingly, the city of Basrah contains different social groups distributed among its neighborhoods according to historical and geographical reasons. The plans of designing and distributing the social groups in the city have created various social environments according to income and educational background. This has lead to demographic mobilization among the different neighborhoods of the city which is related to other variable like obtaining a better area, construction or the family size due to marriage. This is related to the adaptation which leads the newly married people to move from one place to another. They move from an owned property to a rented one for example. One of the reasond of this mobilization is how close the place of work is. Thew deterioration of services in any neighborhood is one of the factors that lead to mobilization. These are relared to the economic level and people tend to look for a better life style.
Keywords
Demographic Mobilization; and its Social Variables; in the City of Basrah

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