Businesses looking to expand globally have the opportunity to reduce productions costs through actions such as setting up manufacturing operations in another country where they would have access to products and or services that were previously unavailable or too expensive to purchase. Regional Integration gives businesses the means to increase revenue significantly by expanding globally. The Caribbean countries formed a regional
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| | | | | | Critically examine the role that Caribbean cruise tourism is playing in the economies and social sectors of the region. What are the economic and social costs/ benefits derived from this type of industry? What should Caribbean countries be doing to derive more benefits and mitigate social and environmental damage? | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3 SOCIAL / SOCIAL-CULTURAL IMPACTS 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 11 RECOMMENDATIONS 16 THE FUTURE OF CRUISE
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Contextual View of the Caribbean Court of Justice 4 The CSME and CCJ Connection 6 Funding and Integration 8 Two Significant Cases 9 Appendix 3 INTRODUCTION It is said that within the economic sphere‚ the Caribbean is caught between two worlds. The old world of trade preferences‚ concessional flows of financial resources to the region‚ domestic protectionism‚ state dominated‚ and over-regulated economic activity is vanishing or is already gone. The new Caribbean economy has now become
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CAPE CARIBBEAN STUDIES CARIBBEAN IDENTITY: Myth or Reality We realize that as with defining the Caribbean and the myriad problems it posed‚ thus‚ leading us to a definition consistent with that of the emerging concept of a "Wider Caribbean" - which serves a socio-economic and political agenda - we are also presented with a dilemma when we try to assert the existence of a Caribbean identity: whose identity is being overted and‚ consequentially‚ whose identity is being subverted in popular consciousness
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1. Introduction Many things have shaped the history of the Caribbean islands‚ decolonization‚ economic modernization and the globalization of tourism. When most of the islands became independent from foreign rule they needed to build up a working economy. Some of the bigger more resource rich island nations started to produce and export goods but many of the smaller island states did not have this opportunity. When tourism started to grow‚ both types of islands benefitted a lot from it‚ but it
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Urban geography Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. An urban geographer’s main role is to emphasize location and space and study the spatial processes that create patterns observed in urban areas. To do this‚ they study the site‚ evolution and growth‚ and classification of villages‚ towns and cities as well as their location and importance in relation to different regions and cities. Economic‚ political and social aspects within cities are also
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MODULE 1: CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE OVERVIEW Module 1 introduces students to the role played by geography in shaping the society and culture of the Caribbean region as well as the historical evolution of Caribbean society‚ the cultural characteristics of the Caribbean people‚ and the ways in which Caribbean society and culture influence and are influenced by societies and cultures outside the region. GENERAL OBJECTIVES On completion of this Module‚ students should: 1. Understand the factors which
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heading “Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development” at City Campus‚ University of Technology Sydney‚ Australia. Urban agriculture is probably as old as our cities‚ but never received much attention from the aspect of planning and governance till now. Urban Agriculture‚ the “integration” of farming into the urban economic and ecological system and also embedded in and interaction with the urban ecosystem such linkages includes the use of urban residents as laborers‚ use of typical urban resources
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Describe the fieldwork and research you would undertake in order to investigate why some urban areas are in need of rebranding (15 marks) Primary fieldwork consists of things like a questionnaire‚ graffiti survey‚ Environmental impact assessment‚ pedestrian and car counts etc. Secondary research is data that is collected from a variety of sources for example a census‚ the government‚ national statistics‚ city council etc. In many cities in the UK such as Birmingham and Margate that are in the
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Roberts‚ a Jamaican demographer‚ suggests that due to slavery there are five stages of demographic transition in the British Caribbean. These stages are much more suited to describing changes in the Caribbean population because it takes into consideration our historical past. The first stage has to do with the period of early enslavement in the early eighteenth century Caribbean islands gained a population due to slaves being imported from Africa by Europeans who depended on the slaves as a labour force
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