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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Lagos is the largest city of Nigeria‚ and it is known for its corruption‚ poverty and crime. The rate of urban growth is increasing rapidly mainly due to natural increase and in-migration. In 1959‚ the population was around 300‚000 and increased to 13.4 million in 2004. By 2050‚ it is predicted that the population of Lagos will reach 24.4 million people‚ placing it within the top 5 largest cities in the world. Lagos was a British colony from 1862 to 1906‚ in which the development into a commercial
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Tourism Trends of Domestic Tourism and International Tourism Generally Increasing * Increase in overall tourist arrivals‚ Increase in revenue generated Significant Events in Singapore within last decade: 1) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak in 2003 2) Global Financial Crisis from 2007-2012 3) Global Recession 2008-2012 Reasons for Growth in Tourism Demand Factors: 1) Increase in Amt of Disposable Income 2) Increase of Leisure Time 3) Changing Lifestyle-
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1. Why is Mappleton threatened by coastal erosion? The plain of Holderness did not exist before the Ice Age. It was once a wide bay backed by chalk cliffs running from Flamborough Head to Hessle‚ west of the city of Hull. Today Holderness is made up of glacial tills – sands and clays deposited by ice sheets during the Ice Age (Figure 4). The tills are soft and unstable and have little resistance to erosion. The low cliffs repeatedly slump down along rotational slip planes‚ lubricated by water which
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CH 9 WATER RESOURCES • The Colorado river basin o Droughts o Too many people o Too much agriculture o Planning still “supply” focused. Not accounting for depleting resource THE HYDROLIGIC CYCLE-- Water never stops going Surface water • Precipitation reaching the earths surface follows two basic pathways o Flows overhead o Soaks into the soil • Along the way interpection occurs when precipitation hits plants or other ground cover o Drains across plant leaves and down the stems
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A. One significant physical geographic factor that contributed to the development of Mesopotamia was the location of‚ and access to‚ the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers‚ as well as their tributaries. Located in a region known as the “Fertile Crescent”‚ Mesopotamia was able to utilize these rivers for transportation and irrigation of crops. As a result of flooding by the Euphrates‚ large silt deposits provided rich soil and promoted the cultivation of emmer‚ barley‚ beans‚ olives‚ grapes and flax. In
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Afghan Militia Bases * Classify the Dispute and Shape * The Taliban are Muslim fundamentalists‚ with a strict interpretation of Sharia law and a notorious treatment of women. * Afghanistan is a land locked nation-state in a compact shape. * It shares a border with Pakistan. * Pakistan is an elongated state. * The border between the two states is elongated. * Pakistan and Afghanistan are separated by a desert. * These attributes allow the conflict to continue
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High School Management of Business Complete the following CAPE past paper questions: Question 1 Weber conceptualized that organizations would be managed on an impersonal‚ rational basis. Weber called this form of organization a bureaucracy. a. Outline FO UR characteristics of a bureaucracy as specified by Weber. (8 marks) b. Discuss FOUR implications of “Weber’s bureaucracy” on today’s business organization. ( 17 marks) Question 2 (a) Define EACH of the management functions: planning‚ organizing
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Geography “geo” the earth “graphy” to describe 5 Key Themes of Geography 1. Location – specific location‚ where? 2. Place – unique properties of a place‚ no two places on earth are alike 3. Movement – communication‚ circulation‚ migration‚ and diffusion across the Earth’s surface 4. Region – an area defined by uniform characteristics 5. Human-Earth Relationships – human interaction with an environment; resource exploitation‚ environmental pollution‚ hazard perception
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The author of The Geography of Genius‚ Eric Weiner‚ communicates the idea that geniuses are in fact by-products of their culture‚ rather than cocktails of extraordinary genetics. Furthermore‚ Weiner believes that there is a close connection to the geniuses’ setting and its innovations. An excellent example is Vienna’s musical golden age‚ in which masterful composers such as Mozart and Beethoven flourished. Weiner perfectly captures the essence of what made the talented composers into the Viennese
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