Suppose you wanted to study the environmental impacts of a rich versus a poor country. What factors would you examine‚ and how would you compare them? There are many factors that have an effect on whether a country is rich or poor. The environment has a very significant impact on a countries wealth. People care for the environmental not only for their fear of upsetting Mother Nature but also because it has an important role in our economy. Three factors of the environment that have an effect
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The article named The Environmental Impacts of Offshore Oil Drilling by By Mary Annette Rose clearly states her position on the issue of offshore drilling .on the environment. Her argument is very clear that she disapproves of offshore drilling. She presented her original idea to the readers by countering stephen L. Baird’s article in the November 2008 issue of The Technology Teacher describes a contemporary debate about opening more U.S. land and coastal regions to oil and gas exploration and production
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2.0 Findings and Discussion 2.1 Definition The International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates defines tourism as the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited and also refers to the sector of the national economy with complex functions that unites a number of goods and services‚ offer
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IMPACTS OF POPULATIONS GROWTH Introduction Undoubtedly‚ the population growth is one of the most influential social issues in the recent years. As the earth’s population rises‚ the changes in different aspects‚ environmental‚ global economic and political‚ affect our individual life. Technology and advances in medicine have dramatically increased the average human’s life span. However‚ the important questions are that what impacts the growth of population has on you‚ how to get ready and adapt
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6.1.5 Differential Impact of Environmental Change There is a gendered impact of environmental change due to a variety of reasons like everyday dependence on forest‚ land and water resources. More than two third of women respondents said the time required for collection of fuelwood has increased leading to increased physical drudgery. The decline in soil fertility has adversely impacted food production and access to nutrition‚ this in turn has resulted increased migration of men‚ and greater dependence
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IN PRESS Tourism Management 27 (2006) 1373–1385 www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman The role of community involvement and number/type of visitors on tourism impacts: A controlled comparison of Annapurna‚ Nepal and Northwest Yunnan‚ China$ Gyan P. Nyaupanea‚Â Duarte B. Moraisb‚ Lorraine Dowlerc a Tourism Development and Management‚ School of Community Resources and Development‚ Arizona State University‚ P.O. Box 874703‚ Tempe‚ AZ 85287‚ USA b Recreation‚ Park‚ and Tourism Management‚
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financially from tourism. However‚ tourism in LEDCs needs to be carefully managed to prevent harm to the environment and disruption to local communities. Economic effects First and foremost‚ money travelling into countries through tourism can lead to the establishment of some morally questionable activity. To name a few‚ tourist hotspots in developing countries are often rife with theft problems‚ maimed beggars and prostitution. The inflaming of these issues as a result of increased tourism is an obvious
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1 | Tawang‚ famous for its Buddhist monastery‚ is situated in ……….. | | | Arunachal Pradesh | | | | Nepal | | | | Mizoram | | | | Tripura | | 2 | Which of these Tiger Reserve is not in Madhya Pradesh? | | | Kanha Tiger Reserve | | | | Ranthambore Tiger Reserve | | | | Pench Tiger Reserve | | | | Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve | | 3 | The official name of Golden Temple is ………….. | | | Guru Nanak Darbar | | | | Shri Hazur Abchalnagar
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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In earlier days meaning of tourism was basic but now a day’s scenario is totally changed now as discussed by poon (1993) interest of tourists has diverted from popular destinations to more specific and virgin locations to meet their individual needs. These tourists are more adventurous‚ more experienced‚ travel for fun‚ independent and with more cash in their accounts. Special interest tourism is new concept of tourism where there are additions in the type of tourism. Now days it is being created
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