What is the difference between an urban and rural settlement? Urban areas can include town and cities whereas Rural areas include villages. Urban areas are posh like areas‚ the urban areas are known for their advanced civic amenities‚ opportunity for education‚ facilities for transport‚ business and social interaction and overall a better life for people living in urban areas. On the other‚ the rural areas are more dependent on natural resources and events. The rural areas do not have any traffic
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of aid as a strategy for economic development. Aid is a term used for major financial and material donations given from a donor country to a recipient country. Aid can be given directly from the donor government to the recipient government (bilateral aid)‚ or go from donor to recipient through an international organization such as the World Bank (multilateral aid). It can also take the form of loans from banks to the recipient country‚ or donations managed
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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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Migration control Australia (MEDC) • Australia has a universal visa system‚ meaning that all visitors‚ temporary residents and permanent migrants to Australia must apply for a visa or a visa equivalent‚ with conditions appropriate to their stay. • The traveller’s risk profile‚ reason for travel and individual characteristics are taken into account‚ and will determine what kind of visa application process is undertaken. • As part of the visa application process‚ all applicants are checked
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Rapid urbanisation has caused a variety of problems‚ including transport congestion‚ lack of sufficient homes and living conditions‚ sanitary and health care issues‚ and crime. For all these problems‚ city planners have attempted potential solutions‚ each with varying degrees of success. Cities including London‚ Manila and Mumbai have several of the aforementioned problems‚ and have each tried their own potential solutions. This essay will discuss how successful these schemes have been in resolving
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What do you consider to be the most important factor contributing to globalisation? Globalisation is the widening‚ deepening and speeding up of global interconnection‚ and growth of the Earth. It can also be described as growth on a global or worldwide scale. For example the growth of economies‚ power within a country and also down to a company in that country. There are many factors contributing to globalisation; however there are three main sections‚ split up between political‚ economic and cultural
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their priorities of supplying armaments. Regrettably noting that 1.75 billion people are living in severe poverty and at least 80% of the humanity lives under $10 a day Recognizing that numerous countries and organizations have provided aid for LEDCs‚ namely the twenty poorest countries 1. Urges Member states to adopt policies to service the large unmet demand among poor people for financial services‚ controlled by the World Bank Group as their
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is a clear north-south divide in the world when looking at how developed countries are (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand). Another simple way of classifying countries is using the terms ‘MEDC’ and ‘LEDC’. However‚ the world has changed massively in recent years‚ and some LEDCs were growing at a fast pace. A new category was created‚ called newly industrialized countries (NIC). Five-fold division based on wealth: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rich industrializing countries e.g. UK‚ USA
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Unit 2- International economic Environment Economic Structures Developed Countries Developed countries are also called advanced countries‚ industrialized countries‚ more developed countries (MDC)‚ more economically developed countries (MEDC)‚ Global North countries‚ first world countries and post-industrial countries. While there is no official guideline for which country may be considered developed‚ different institutions have created different categories. The IMF identifies 32 advanced economies
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Proper Infrastructure and Management in Earthquake Prone Areas 2) The politics of neglected diseases Topic 1: - Major Earthquake prone zones in the world: - Japan Chile San Francisco Istanbul Tokyo Los Angeles Indonesia Recent Earthquakes: - Himachal Pradesh‚ India 2013 Kobe‚ Japan 2011 Haiti 2010 Northern Sumatra‚ Indonesia 2012 These are some of the very many earthquakes that have occurred over the past few years. These earthquakes cause a lot of damage all around the
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