Examine the reasons for the change in the patterns of marriage and cohabitation in the last 40 years (24 marks) Since the 1970s there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of marriages. There has also been an increase in one parent families and in cohabitation‚ this is where you are not married but live together. However there’s the new right who disagree with the whole idea‚ they claim it as less stable and it could lead to an increase the moral breakdown of society‚ they also see a link
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Over the past forty years marriage‚ divorce and cohabitation rates have fluctuated significantly. For example‚ the number of divorces has increased from 27‚000 in 1961 to 153‚000 by 2006‚ whilst the Telegraph newspaper reported that ‘one in six people are cohabiting as marriage rates decline’. Why is this? There are multiple reasons for these varying statistics. Fewer people are marrying for numerous different reasons. There’s a lot less stigma surrounding the issue of marriage in comparison to
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An Analysis about the Disturbing Story of the Biblical Passage: 1 Corinthians 14: 33a-40 (Women to be silent in the Church) Introduction A Bible reading has been an important part of human faith and religious devotions. Passages are to be analyzed‚ interpreted and contemplated to get the real meaning and to allow certain learning to justify an issue of social situations. For countless years‚ it has been upheld that the Bible endorses anti-female favor or sentiments. On the other hand‚
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With reference to examples‚ evaluate the success or otherwise of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline (40) Such a question is extremely difficult to answer given its multifaceted nature. In order to approach this question it is necessary to outline that success is an extremely subjective conclusion as what may be a success for some people in a region might be seen as a failure for other people in that same region‚ or indeed another region‚ so assessing
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Evaluate how Plate Tectonic Theory helps our Understanding of the Distribution of Seismic and Volcanic Events (40 marks) The Plate Tectonic Theory developed in the late 1960’s‚ when people noticed how continents either side of the Atlantic Ocean seemed to almost fit together. Francis Bacon‚ an English Philosopher was aware of this as early as 1620. Topographical and geological evidence built up and allowed Alfred Wegener to publish a theory in 1912‚ suggesting that the continents were once all joined
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A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. There is a very big difference that helps prepare for a volcanic hazard and that is whether you are in a MEDC or a LEDC. In a MEDC monitoring volcanic zones and potential hazards is an option many LEDC’s don’t have. In Italy at Mt Etna they have Geochemical monitoring programs currently run by INGV which focus on the analysis of temporal changes‚ chemical changes and seismic activity. This option open
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Volcanic and Seismic events are major pieces of evidence towards proving that plate tectonics theory is valid (40 marks) The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth’s lithosphere (top layer of the Earth’s crust) is split up into rigid sections called plates that are moving relative to one another as they move on top of the underlying semi-molten mantle. These plates are either continental‚ The North American Plate‚ or oceanic‚ The Nazca Plate. Tectonic plates are powered by convection currents
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With reference to examples‚ evaluate the success or otherwise of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline. (40 marks) Urban decline can be defined as the drastic decline of a city into infirmity and disrepair. It is usually characterised by increased unemployment‚ depopulation‚ deindustrialization‚ increased crime and political disenfranchisement. Not only does it cause these problems but also it can make the area look unattractive – consequently less
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How successful has the regeneration of urban areas been given the variety of ways it has been undertaken (40 marks) Urban regeneration is defined as improving an area that has been experiencing a period of decline due to a variety of reasons‚ such as lack of employment‚ lack of investment in the CBD‚ suburbanisation etc. Ways that this can be resolved include property led regeneration‚ prestige project developments and partnership development schemes. These have all been carried out in the UK recently
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Discuss the relative importance of physical and human factors in accounting for changes to vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles (40 marks) The British Isles can be found in the Northern Hemisphere where deciduous forest is the main biome. Here physical and human factors have accounted for changes to the vegetation for many years. Human factors can include tourism‚ agriculture‚ urbanisation‚ interception and deforestation. Physical factors can be such things as natural disasters
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