For my paper I chose to examine the policy of prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s and 1930’s and how it relates to current prohibitionist practices around the present day “War on Drugs”. There are significant parallels between the “Noble Experiment” of alcohol prohibition and modern day drug prohibition. Just as alcohol prohibition empowered organized crime and gave rise to a violent culture of mafia families and gangsters‚ today drug prohibition empowers ruthless international criminal cartels
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Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process
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Role of Government in Mixed Economies Such As Australia What role do governments have in modern mixed economies such as Australia? Using appropriate indicators (macro economic aggregates) outline the present state of the economy. In what ways is the Commonwealth government using fiscal and monetary policies to influence the Australian economy? What are the main features of the government’s micro economic policy? Why is the government concerned about microeconomic reform? Synopsis: The role of
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URBAN DESIGN AND CONSERVATION 1. Urban Design The term “urban design” may have been coined in the mid-1950s but 20 years later it was still largely unused outside a small circle of people concerned with the four-dimensional development of precincts of cities. It has a wide‚ almost boundary-less definition with different connotations depending on professional discipline or the particular context within which the urban environment is being assessed. It is the process of making or shaping physical
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The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public‚ personal transportation redefined the city as it was known. It is the automobile and the movement to the suburbs that has public transportation struggling to make money today.<br><br>The very first transportation
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Abstract- The main concern of the present day Defence industries is to produce high grade quality products corresponding to world class standards. They are dependent on many small industries .So the high standards can be achieved by providing services by MSME which are ecologically superior and economically viable. The efforts must be made to enhance the efficiency‚ minimizing waste and optimum use of resources. This paper presents an approach for the small defence industries to produce zero defect products
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What is Urban renewal? Discuss the issues and strategies of urban renewal of a state capital. Urban renewal is a program of land re-development in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. It can be envisaged as the physical and infrastructural changes in land use‚ built environment or intensity of the use of land or building that could be considered as inevitable outcome of the action from economic‚ social‚ political‚ technical and environmental forces acting upon urban areas at different
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN LEH DISTRICT DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE‚ LEH GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND District Disaster Management Plan for Leh 1 FOREWORD I have great pleasure to release the Leh District’s Disaster Management Plan 2011-12. It is for the first time a full fledged Disaster Management Plan is prepared for Leh. It is the commitment of the District Administration to effectively deal with disaster in future so that loss of life and property is minimized to very minimum. The
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today without inventions from the 1940’s. Color TV‚ LEGOs‚ Microwaves and many other things that mankind uses today were invented in the 1940’s. Some of these things had great effects on mankind‚ some of them not. There were a lot of things that were invented in the 1940’s‚ the Jeep‚ Duct Tape‚ and Silly Putty are a few examples. These things have changed the world in many ways.
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The 1950’s dealt with threats from the USSR and Communism which scared many people in the United States and soon became a full-fledged paranoia. There was fear of falling behind the advances of the Communist countries‚ especially among the Soviet Union‚ creating the Red Scare. As the Cold War with the USSR escalated‚ Americans increased their suspicions of Communist influences. Due to this‚ a special committee was formed in order to investigate Communists in America known as HUAC (The House Un-American
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