STATS: SSA owed 3 billion in 1962z 142 bill after 20 yrs‚ and now 235 billion. Paris club of government creditors: raised lending from 424 mill to 2.9 bill. Chapter one: - Human population increases exponentially while food production only increases arithmetic ally -one of two corrections to population growth: Raise food prices so that couples delay marriage and number of children in family Positives checks such as famine‚ disease and war. American economist Julian Simon: limits to population
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Geo 255 Tue Key focus: container Tension between mobility and fixity Containers 20 feet or 40 feet long : standard size for easy movement standard size ensures that containers are “intermodal” switch them among ship‚ road. Move via shipping‚ rail‚ and road networks Bulit Over 8000 container ships 12.5 million TEUs (20 foot equivalent units) Annual global trade estimated at 150 million TEUs “Invented” in 1956 The largest container ships 1995-1998 4‚000 to 8000 TEUs
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GEO REVISION LAST YEAR Includes: Volcanoes Earthquakes Rocks Mining Weathering VOLCANOES Litos: Rock Structure of the earth Core (magma 6000c) Mantle (magma 3000c) Crust Magma in the mantle moves because the upper mantle contains heavy magma‚ which is less hot‚ it goes downwards and the lower mantle contains light magma because it is very hot and goes upwards so it moves in a circle‚ which is called CONVECTION CELL. Plates on the crust are not statistic because they are so
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Michael Reich Dr. Samers GEO 255-004 12/6/2011 United Arab Emirates: The sky is the limit There have been enormous changes in world trade systems since the end of World War II. Advances in both technology and education allow countries to continually shape their economic structural plans. World economy seems to become more closely interconnected as each new report or census is published. “National economic systems have gradually‚ but inexorably‚ invaded one another’s territory and have become
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The world modernizes every day. From Japans high tech city of Tokyo to political indifferences of the United States of America causing the Government to go on lockdown. Mankind is rapidly changing and these rapid changes came from the products of mankind’s thoughts. “A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks‚ he becomes.” –Mahatma Gandhi. Before any action is made‚ one person thought about it first. Looking back at history‚ most of the significant movements were caused by one person’s
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1. What are the relationships among Earth’s mantle‚ crust‚ astheno sphere‚ and lithosphere? The lithosphere is basically the strong outer shell of earth. It is roughly 100km thick depending on its age‚ and is broken into plates‚ known as the tectonic plates. Within the lithosphere is the crust as a portion of the upper mantle. The crust is the outer most portion of the earth and takes up less than 1% than the total volume of the earth. It is commonly compared to the skin of an apple‚ whereas
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GEO STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN Geo strategic means the importance of a country or a region as by virtue of its geographical location. Geo political is defined as‚ stressing the influence of geographic factors on the state power‚ international conduct and advantages it derives from its location. Stephen Cohn describes this importance “While history has been unkind to Pakistan‚ its geography has been its greatest benefit. It has resource rich area in the north-west‚ people rich in the north-east
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22 January 2014 GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 1 Shafiq -Ur-Rehman Lecturer Of I.R WHAT IS GEO-STRATEGY? GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF PAKISTAN GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 1. PROXIMITY OF GREAT POWERS 2. GATEWAY TO CENTRAL ASIA 3. SIGNIFICANCE AS A TRANSIT ECONOMY 4. IMPORTANT LINK IN THE CHAIN OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES 5. ONLY MUSLIM COUNTRY WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITY 6. CHINA’S LINK TO THE MIDDLE EAST 7. REDUCE INDIAN
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Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices Essay Assignment A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolome de las Casas Las Casas’ account depicts the terrible and inhumane actions that the Spaniards inflicted upon the indigenous people. He made it very clear that the indigenous people were far from deserving of this torturous treatment. He describes them as “among the purest‚ the most innocent‚ and the most intelligent.” (p.9) Las Casas points out that other Spaniards had similar
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Geography SBA Field Trip Worksheet School: Gaynstead High School Topic: Peasant Farming Study Area: Lyssons‚ St. Thomas Grade: 10 Date: Wednesday June 4‚ 2008 An examination of two peasant farming activities will be conducted in the study area. Materials required: • SBA strategy sheet • Note book/ pad • Clipboard • Measuring tape • Camera • Clinometer or protractor • Meter ruler Students will form groups of four and conduct data collection
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