Male unemployment in Kafr El Dawar town A geographical study using Geographic information systems

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مدرس بقسم الجغرافية - کلية الآداب - جامعة دمنهور

Abstract

      The research aims to study one of the social problems from the geographical side, through social area analysis, which is a recent trend in the geography of cities, by studying the demographic and social characteristics of the unemployed males as a step toward solving that problem, and then directing programs and policies aimed at solving the problem. The unemployment. The study used the descriptive analytical approach as the main approach, with the use of several approaches, namely the objective approach, the applied approach, and the behavioral approach. The field work represented the main pillar for completing the study and the study concluded with several results, including:
The study ended with several results, the most important of which are: 

The strong correlation between unemployment rates and population growth
The lack of work suitable for a university qualification in particular is the reason for the unemployment of nearly a quarter of the city’s study sample.
-The largest percentage of the unemployed is concentrated within the category of the newly unemployed.
The single category of unemployed males represented nearly two-thirds.

 

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