Hinoeuma – a year a fire horse. What is the character of women born in 1966?
The answer lies in an ancient superstition. The superstition is rooted in the ancient lunar-solar calendar of Chinese origin. This old calendar is still very much a part of Japanese
thinking. It is composed of two circular systems--one a decimal system of 5 "trunks" and the other is a duodecimal system of 12 "twigs." The trunks carry the names of natural
objects or elements, and the twigs carry the names of animals. Every 60 years, when the "fire" period of the first system coincides with the "horse" period of the second.
For according to the superstition, any girl born in such a year will be of harsh temperament. She will have great difficulty finding a husband. Many couples did not want babies
because of the belief that girls born in this year will be dangerous, headstrong and generally bad luck for any husband. Many Japanese decided to wait till next year. During 1965
and early 1966, they practiced rigorous birth control. And failing that, they were quite prepared to resort to abortion.
Nearest year of significant birth decrease: 2026 Events: [Link] from 2011 (demand for foreign workers in the context of national rebuilding. decontamination, storage of
contaminated soil), 2. decision from 2013 about Tokyo-based organization of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Reasons why Japan needs the foreign housekeepers:
[Link] to further advance women’s social progress (foreign workers can help Japanese women, more Japanese women could return to full-time work after baby break),
[Link] policy towards seniors (more Japanese seniors could stay in home). Nationality: FilipinoReasons:[Link] and very difficult training to pass (400 hours of training: 300 hours
were devoted to learning Japanese language and culture, with the remainder spent on actual housecleaning skills),[Link] of harassment and exploitation.
Middle east and Africa: Berbers - are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, and to a lesser extent Mauritania, northern
Mali, and northern Niger. ( central west of Africa ). The Maghreb, also known as Northwest Africa,[ is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes
Algeria, Libya, Mauritania (also considered part of West Africa), Morocco and Tunisia. Levant - Algeria, Libya, Mauritania (also considered part of West Africa), Morocco and
Tunisia. Subsaharan Africa: Nubians, Copts, Indians, Pakistani, Turks, Persians. Palm Jumeirah – dubai, artificial Island. Dubai exists from ’90, mostly Indians.
South-East Asia: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)(established 1967) to accelerate the economic. growth, social progress andcultural development in the region -
to promote regional peace and stability - to promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical,
scientific and administrative [Link] Islands: - spices such nutmeg or cloves were originally found here. MEKONG RIVER: China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Cambnodia,
Vietnam. Tonle Soab Lake: Cambodia. Monsoon Forest The trees in a monsoon forest usually shed their leaves during the dry season and come into leaf at the start of the rainy
season. Many lianas (woody vines) and epiphytes (air plants, such as orchids), bamboo, teak trees are present. Teak Tree India, Maynmar ,Thailand. Palafitte – Batak people
(Sumatra). Philipines and Thailand are the most agriculture. Chine(?). shifting cultivation, slash and burn cultivation ladang (Indonesia), rai (Laos), caïñgin (Philippines), chena (Sri
Lanka), taungya (Burma), tarai (Thailand).Gunung Mulu National Park – Borneo, [Link]-Tengger-Semeru National Park Java, Indonesia. Problems in Bangkok: -
pollutions of environment, - intensifying of traffic congestion, - influx of illegal migrants UN-HABITAT defines a slum household as a group of individuals living under the same
roof in an urban area who lack one or more of the following: 1. Durable housing of a permanent nature that protects against extreme climate conditions. 2. Sufficient living space
which means not more than three people sharing the same room. 3. Easy access to safe water in sufficient amounts at an affordable price. 4. Access to adequate sanitation in the
form of a private or public toilet shared by a reasonable number of people. 5. Security of tenure that prevents forced evictions Africa south of the Sahara: Urbanization: 40% of
the population lives in cities (2017). UN-Habitat, as much as 55% of sub-Saharan Africa's urban population lives in slums. Hausa – farmers. Fulbe – herders. Land grabbing is a
new phenomenon involving the lease or purchase of land in less developed countries by multinationals and foreign governments. According to the FAO, land grabbing is defined
as such transactions in which at least 1000 ha of land are sold at a time. [Link] a growing population and rising food prices, many countries are looking
for new land for cultivation. [Link] increase in demand for biofuels, intensified by legal regulations aimed at reducing the consumption of fossil fuels [Link] processes
leading to trade liberalization and capital flows facilitate large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors.(.The purchased land is most often used for monoculture food or
biofuels crops (maize, oil palm, soybean, jatropha for the production of biodiesel and sugar cane for the production of bioethanol). The lease period depends on the terms of the
contract and is usually between 25 and 99 years.).from 34 to 80 million hectares of land in Africa were acquired in this way. America Florida- American state (170 th square
kilometres). - the 4-th most populous (21 mln). - the 8-th most densely. - Jacksonville (the largest city). - Miami (the largest metropolitan area). Miami: 413 th. citizens – 42.
biggest city in US • metropolitan region - 5,5 millions of citizens – 7. the most populous and 5. – the biggest metropolitan region, -the cleanest city in the US. Dodge island .
Florida Keys: Archipelago of about 1700 coral islands and other islands, which create „chain” - the chain has the length of 240 kilometres from south-east to the end of Florida to
Dry Tortugas Islands. - Total surface of land area is 355,6 squar kilometres. - Florida Keys is inhabited by 80 thousands people. - Population density is 224 persons per square
kilometre. - the division of citizens in not adequate. - the biggest city - Key West has a population of 32% of archipelago citizens. - almost all archipelago is in Monroe division –
with Key West major city, only 5% of archipelago belongs to Miami-Dade administration. Kennedy Space center Localization: Merritt Island. Near miami. Evegrades national park:
UNESCO 1975 Localization: South of Florida State. • 3-rd the biggest National Park in US after Death Valley and Yellowstone. • Establish in 1947. Galapagos islands: Isabela, Santa
cruz, San Cristobal, Floreana. Latin America The Latin American and the Caribbean region is one of the most urbanized in the world although it is also one of the least populated
in relation to its territory. (80% live in urban areas) In Latin America and the Caribbean, urbanization was very fast between 1950 and 1990. Urban Primacy Index – was
determined as the ratio of the population of the second, the second and third or even second, third and fourth of the city to the population of the largest city, taken as 100.
Monocephalic urban structure – large city taking most common funcions of the capital. ( Monteviendo ) . Bicaphalic urban structure – two cities have adventage over other
centres: ( Soa Paulo and Rio over Belo Horizonte ) . Consequences for the Social Contract in Latin America • The physical fragmentation processes have thus had a serious
impact on the quality and the understanding of urban life. • Inhabitants of gated communities change their lifestyle rapidly and the access- restricted areas accommodate their
daily demands. • Public spaces lose their basic role as points of interaction between different classes,
as each class develops its own homogeneous space. • The growing size of these spaces and their integration of complex urban functions further accentuate this tendency.
• Consequently, inhabitants live in bubbles which are detched from the local political and social environment. • Yet, neither the Latin American media (press and broadcasting),
nor politicians, urban planners, or architects have interpreted the gates as a severe problem for society in the past two decades. •In the last couple of decades, the internal
structure of cities has changed rather markedly throughout Latin America. • Concomitantly multi-level and multi-actor policy processes have unfolded in Latin America during the
1980s and 1990s. • Authorities at urban levels have been faced with new challenges and new ideas about privatisation of public space, enclosure, and new social ghettos. • The
urban community – once seen as a unique and, from a governance point of view, unified organism – is now divided in different spaces with different underlying norms,
structures, and control. • Urban governance involves actors at different scales, following their respective interests and objectives.