water‚ electricity‚ sanitation and other basic services.[4] The rising phenomenon of slum tourism has western tourists paying to take guided tours of slums. This tourism niche is operating in almost all major slums around the world‚ including in Mumbai‚ Rio de Janeiro‚ Kibera‚ and Jakarta.[5] THE BIRTH OF SLUMS Historically‚ slums have grown in Bombay as a response to a growth of population far beyond the capacity of existing housing. Migrants are normally drawn to the city by the huge disparity
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The Pakistan flood of 2010 happened on Monday the 26th July 2010 in the villages Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‚ Punjab‚ Sindh‚ Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. Causes The heavy rains were caused by a monsoon depression (also called a monsoon low) that formed over the Bay of Bengal on July 24‚ crossed over India‚ and reached Pakistan on July 27 Climate change – There was unusually heavy monsoon rains which caused widespread flooding in Pakistan‚ whilst coinciding in Russia unusually high temperatures
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Effects of World War II WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR II UPON THE MAJOR WORLD POWERS; UPON GERMANY‚ JAPAN‚ ENGLAND‚ FRANCE‚ THE SOVIET UNION‚ AND THE UNITED STATES? --UPON THE NON-EUROPEAN WORLD? --UPON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? --UPON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS? Germany was totally defeated‚ and the Nazi regime brought down. Its leaders were tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg‚ the former site of Nazi propaganda triumphs. Hitler escaped trial and execution by committing
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cultures are familiar with the story of the flood found in Genesis. It is a very important and interesting story to many Catholics. The main message of the story is God is angry with all the sin in the world‚ so he decides to start over by sending a flood to wipe out mankind and restart with Noah and his family. Not everyone might be as familiar with the Mesopotamian story of the flood found in Gilgamesh. One would likely assume the story of the flood would have many difference considering the
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This is an area around the river that is covered when the river floods. It is a fertile area because of the alluvium (fine layers of clay‚ silt and other sediments that are deposited when the river floods) which makes it a good place for agriculture. In fact‚ if the alluvium is stable enough to support vegetation‚ salt marches may form. A build-up of alluvium can create levees‚ another
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------------------------------------------------- Shopping mall A shopping mall‚ shopping centre‚ shopping arcade‚ shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers‚ with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit‚ along with a parking area — a modern‚ indoor version of the traditional marketplace. Modern "car-friendly" strip malls developed from the 1920s‚ and shopping malls corresponded with the rise
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The yearly Nile flood happened due to heavy summer rains far away to the south in the highlands that typically occurred around September. Rivers from these areasflowed into the Nile. Each year‚ the floodwaters deposited new fertile silt into natural basins. Farmers did not have to add fertilizer to the soil. After the water soaked into the earth in the late fall‚ farmers cast seeds onto the rich soil and turned it over with wooden plows pulled by oxen. Nature did the rest until it was time to harvest
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related issues. Mumbai is one of the most populated cities in the world. In numbers‚ Mumbai is roughly one percent of the Indian market. Residents of Mumbai face many problems on a daily basis such as housing‚ costly health facilities‚ scarcity of open space‚ water supply‚ crowded public transport (local trains as well as busses) and heavy traffic on roads – especially during rush hours. The main contributing factor to these problems is the growing population. Figure 1: The Streets of Mumbai "We are the
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The Flood hits Shurrupak...The reason why is even more shocking! Somya Thakur Hour:2 Last week a flood took place in the the city of Shurrupak‚ a man named Utnapishtim managed to build a boat that lasted seven days and saved the lives of many people and animals. Sources tell us that the gods were the leading cause of this flood‚specifically Enlil. We asked Enlil the reasoning behind the flood‚ his official statement was‚ “The uproar of mankind was intolerable‚therefore‚ I decided to exterminate
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The 2008 Mumbai attacks (often referred to as November 26 or 26/11) were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai‚ India’s largest city‚ by terrorists[5][6] who invaded from Pakistani seawaters.[7] The attacks‚ which drew widespread global condemnation‚ began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November‚ killing 164 people and wounding at least 308.[2][8] Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus‚ the Oberoi Trident‚[9] the Taj
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