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    Problems Related to Population Growth Population growth is a major issue within today’s world‚ with the rapid and exponentially increasing rate of population growth causing problems with overcrowded areas affecting the business environment as well as everyday life. The world’s population is at an estimated 7 billion people (BBC‚ 2011) and ‘at today’s rate‚ population would skyrocket by 2100‚ to 27 billion from today’s 7 billion’. (Harvard Gazette‚ 2012). Sourced from

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    Problems related to the growth of china The impressive economic growth of china which is also leading to the increase in its GDP has encouraged other countries to compete with it‚ even the competing countries have to incur losses at the present. The problems below put to risk the economic growth and leadership of china. Demographics Chinas population had hit 1 billion by the end of 1070s which was controlled by Deng Xiaoping’s government by implementing one-child policy. Chinese demographers

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    Human Settlement

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    The term ’urban’‚ as opposed to rural‚ is related to towns or cities. Urban settlement is a large nucleated settlement in which the majority of the employed inhabitants are engaged in non-agricul­tural activities. Urban areas may be defined by national governments according to different criteria; for example‚ size‚ population density‚ occupation of the people‚ and type of local government. This division between urban and rural is arbitrary and that is why today most of scholars use the term ’rural-

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    Discuss the costs and benefits of economic growth. PLAN Economic growth an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time. Economic growth is measured as the increase in real GDP over a given period of time‚ usually a year. This figure is expressed as a percentage. Real GDP can be defined as an inflation-adjusted measure that reflects the value of all goods and services produced in a given year‚ expressed in base-year prices. In the long run

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    concept of settlement

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    What is a settlement? A settlement is a temporary or permanent place where people live that are economically viable. A settlement may range in size from a small number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas. Hamlets‚ villages‚ towns‚ and cities are types of settlements. A settlement exists to perform certain function that is in fact the reason for their development. The function of a settlement can be identified by looking at its shape‚ size‚ site

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    The Settlement of Iceland

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    Sailors. Many other stories even claim that the Romans and even the Irish Sailors had discovered and landed in Iceland even much earlier‚ but the proofs for the same are not available. The sole information source regarding the settlement of Iceland is the book of settlements Landnamabok‚ which was scripted in the 12th century. The book covers a comprehensive and a detailed account of the initial Iceland dwellers. As per the details covered in the book so far‚ the first setteler in the Iceland was

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    Human Settlement

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    What is Human Settlement? * The totality of the human community whether city/village with all the social‚ material‚ organizational‚ spirit and cultural elements that sustain it. * The fabric of Human settlements consists of physical elements and services to which the elements provide the material support. * It refers to cities‚ town‚ villages and other concentrations of human populations which inhabit a given segment/area of the environment. It associated with numerous and complex environmental

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    The benefits man can reap from volcanoes are‚ the land around the volcano that erupted would having fertile soil for agriculture‚ it will also have valuable minerals found in the volcanic areas‚ examples are‚ copper‚ gold‚ sliver and more. The tourism rate of the volcanic areas will increase. And‚ there will also be a source of geothermal energy in the volcanic areas. The land around the volcanic areas will have fertile soil that is good for agriculture as‚ when there is a volcano eruption‚

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    Types of Settlements

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    Types of settlements We will be looking at the three major types of settlement patterns in Jamaica. These are: 1. Urban settlements 2. Suburban settlements 3. Rural settlements What is settlement? Settlement refers to an area where people become fixed for residential purposes. Urban Settlements An urban area is characterized by high population density and vast human features in comparison to surrounding areas. Urban areas are created and further developed through the process

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    The Selkirk Settlement

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    Selkirk Settlement came true. At his own expense‚ Selkirk took the settle of many poor people of the British Isles in North America. His ideas that a migration of the poor could be beneficial for his new colony and would help him resolve the problem in strengthening the fur trade Empire. Selkirk established a small and successful settlement in Prince Edward Island as well in the Red River Valley. However‚ his colony faced competition‚ money issues‚ and many challenges. The Red River Settlement was not

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