In his article‚ “Things Fall Apart Again: Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa”‚ J. Barry Riddell writes about how the IMF imposes “conditionalities” that affect the people living there and also the natural geography there. He takes a critical approach to the actions of the IMF and claims that they are having a negative impact to the region. His article also highlights the larger issues of how the developed world has imposed a system on the developing world that is meant to force
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|Less Developed Country |More Developed Country | | |Haiti |Japan | |Geography—natural resources‚ and so forth |Haiti is has a cresent shape with two | | | |peninsulas which forn the Gulf of Gonave‚ |
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The Five Themes of Geography in Jacksboro‚ TN Gabrielle Brown GEOG 200_B01 Liberty University Looking out from the Sugar Shack Café in Jacksboro Tennessee‚ there is so much more to this little town than meets the eye. For some people all they see is a mountain top and a Wal-Mart. For others they see an area that they call home. From my current location here at the Sugar Shack Café‚ I can see Highway 25W‚ a stop light‚ several businesses (Wal-Mart‚ McDonalds‚ Dollar Tree‚ Shoe-Show
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Geography Study Notes Chapter 9: The Changing Nature of the World • Every person in the world is part of the global village • Globalisation brings people together from all over the world through the free flow of goods‚ services‚ money and information. • The physical size of the world has not changed‚ but due to globalisation the world has “become a smaller place”. • Globalisation is the breakdown of barriers that has allowed for changes in the way we trade and communicate. • People
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Geographies of social difference WESTIES‚ SURFIES AND BOGANS: SPACE AND STIGMA IN THE MEDIA DR DALLAS ROGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY LECTURE OVERVIEW 1. Textbook reading: • • Post-structuralist thought Analysing geographies of difference 2. Stigma‚ the media and place attachment: • • • Territorial stigma Place attachment Place defending 3. Case studies: • • • Housos The Shire The Bra Boys d.rogers@uws.edu.au EXPLANATIONS CONCERNED WITH DIFFERENCE
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Clusters and the new economics of competition Harvard Business Review; Boston; Nov/Dec 1998; Michael E. Porter; Volume: 76 Issue: 6 Start Page: 77-90 ISSN: 00178012 Abstract: Today’s economic map of the world is dominated by what are called clusters: critical masses - in one place - of unusual competitive success in particular fields. Clusters are not unique‚ however; they are highly typical - and therein lies a paradox: the enduring competitive advantages in a global economy
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Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N‚ 122 00 E Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total: 300‚000 sq km land: 298‚170 sq km water: 1‚830 sq km Area - comparative: slightly larger than Arizona Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 36‚289 km Geography - note: the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7‚107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia’s main water bodies: the South China Sea‚ Philippine Sea‚ Sulu Sea‚ Celebes Sea‚ and Luzon Strait Population: 96‚061‚680
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Egypt and Israel are countries with similar geography and topography‚ and history of diplomacy and trade. The land area of modern Egypt spans across North Eastern Africa. Israel‚ in contrast‚ is a small country‚ lying on the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is only about the size of Massachusetts. Both countries are prime examples of successful commerce and economy in the Middle East. Throughout history‚ several geographic factors have contributed to the cultural and economic development
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URBAN GEOGRAPHY TERMS Action space—The geographical area that contains the space an indivdual interacts with on a daily basis. Annexation—the process of legally adding land area to a city. Beaux arts—This movement within city planning and urban design that stressed the marriage of older‚ classical forms with newer‚ industrial ones. Common characteristics of this period include wide thoroughfares‚ spacious parks‚ and civic monuments that stressed progress‚ freedom‚ and national unity. City
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