Appendix II Human Development Index‚ 2003 HDI Rank 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 8.000 9.000 10.000 11.000 12.000 13.000 14.000 15.000 16.000 17.000 18.000 19.000 20.000 21.000 22.000 23.000 24.000 25.000 26.000 27.000 28.000 29.000 30.000 31.000 32.000 33.000 34.000 35.000 36.000 37.000 38.000 39.000 40.000 41.000 42.000 43.000 44.000 45.000 Country Norway Iceland Australia Luxembourg Canada Sweden Switzerland Ireland Belgium United States Japan Netherlands Finland Denmark United Kingdom
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very much similar to that of the earth. A new planet 2003 UB313 has been discovered recently in our solar system. It is bigger than Pluto and farthest from the Sun. Many words used in a language may have been taken from some other language. Geography‚ for example‚ is an English word. It has its origin in Greek‚ which relates to description of the earth. It is made of two Greek words‚ ‘ge’ meaning’ ‘earth’ and ‘graphia’ meaning ‘writing’. Find out more about the earth. The earth is the third
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Progress in Human Geography http://phg.sagepub.com/ Social and ecological resilience: are they related? W. Neil Adger Prog Hum Geogr 2000 24: 347 DOI: 10.1191/030913200701540465 The online version of this article can be found at: http://phg.sagepub.com/content/24/3/347 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Progress in Human Geography can be found at: Email Alerts: http://phg.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://phg.sagepub.com/subscriptions
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Geography Rivers 1. The speed and volume of a river varies from place to place along a river’s course because of many reasons. In the upper course‚ the volume of water is low as there are few tributaries. In comparison‚ the volume of water in the middle course is higher as there are more tributaries supplying water to the main river channel. The volume of water in the lower course is the highest as the lower course has the most tributaries. However‚ many other factors will also affect the
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Geography Study Notes for Exam Landforms * Formation of Canada * Step 1: hot volcanoes were located where the North American Canadian area is located. * Step 2: erosion eroded away the tops of the volcanoes making them shorter * Step 3: more erosion literally combined the volcanoes into one mass of rocky land * Step 4: the mass of land is now a hard smooth plate‚ the Canadian Shield * Step 5: the Atlantic plate crashed into the east side of Canada and the area
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L2 May 8‚ 2013 Physical Geography Agenda: • 1.Geological Structure and Relief • 2. Climate • 3. Rivers and Lakes • 4. Biomes 1. Geological Structure and Relief * Relief: means topography‚ or landforms such as mountains‚ lowlands‚ highlands etc. * Geology: is dynamics is the reasons for relief; we have interconnection between geological structures & relief. it is the inner structures of the earth.
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Summaries Article 1 Mai‚ C.-C.‚ Peng‚ S.-K.‚ & Tabuchi‚ T. (2008). Economic geography with tariff competition. Regional Science and Urban Economics‚ 38(5)‚ 478-486. Tariff works as a tool to have government’s control over the trade .With the help of this tool a country can increase its net revenue and maintain a healthy competition in local market but high tariff repels the foreign firms sometime. Possible benefits: 1. Homegrown manufacturer’s ability to compete on price 2. Raise
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Russian geography - Regions of Russia Russia is a country about 1.8 times the size of the US occupying the vast area between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean. It has an area of 10‚ 672‚000 sq. miles (17‚075‚200 sq.km) and a population of almost 150 million people. Occupying a large territory in Europe and Asia Russia is spread over all climatic zones except tropical. It takes over 8 hours by plane to reach from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. West of the Ural mountains from the
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Physical Geography Filed Work The aim of this field work was to study the long profile and its characteristics of the River Lym. The velocity then drops at the mouth where it tends to deposit its load The velocity then drops at the mouth where it tends to deposit its load This is the general long profile of the river where the gradient decreases as you go down the river. The source is highest point of the river basin which usually is a mountain. This is the general long profile of the river
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Tourism Trends of Domestic Tourism and International Tourism Generally Increasing * Increase in overall tourist arrivals‚ Increase in revenue generated Significant Events in Singapore within last decade: 1) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak in 2003 2) Global Financial Crisis from 2007-2012 3) Global Recession 2008-2012 Reasons for Growth in Tourism Demand Factors: 1) Increase in Amt of Disposable Income 2) Increase of Leisure Time 3) Changing Lifestyle-
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