Why are earthquake impacts different in LEDCs and MEDCs? Any disaster either caused by humans or Mother Nature will make an impact but this depends where it hits. Obviously‚ if a disaster‚ or an earthquake in this case occurs somewhere densely populated rather an isolated area it will have a greater impact as life could be lost‚ buildings destroyed and as a result‚ high prices to pay. We will be looking at the impacts of earthquakes in Lower Economically Developed Countries and More Economically
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Examine the positive and negative effects of globalisation on people and the environment. The international monetary fund (IMF) defines globalisation as ‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services‚ freer international capital flows and more rapid wide spread diffusion of technology. Globalisation can only work if a country embraces it. The world is divided in 2 at the moment. The ‘core’ and
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Concept of Globalization Globalization means different things to different people. The three important perspectives of globalization are as follows: • To a business executive‚ globalization refers to a strategy of crossing national boundaries through globalized production and marketing networks. • To an economist‚ globalization refers to an economic interdependence between countries covering increased trade‚ technology‚ labor‚ and capital flows. • To a political scientist‚ globalization
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Role Of Discourse In Globalization We are bound to communicate using speech‚ writing and semiotic modes of communication. These modes rely on a particular circumstance that invites oral or symbolic means to impart the desired messages; and we use discourse for this purpose. Discourse refers to very specific patterns of language that tell us something about the person speaking the language‚ the culture that person is part of‚ the network of social institutions that the person caught up in‚ and even
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represent the issues of globalization and identity and the effects of these issues particularly on the youth of India‚ in two of its major cities of Bangalore and Delhi. This scope has been selected as irrespective of what age limits are taken to define the age of youth‚ majority of India’s population is young and globalization
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Factors in Globalisation The globalization of the past quarter-century has been caused by four important and interrelated factors: a new international division of labour‚ an international- ization of finance‚ a new technology system‚ and a homogenization of international consumer markets. The new international division of labour has involved three main changes. First‚ the United States has declined as an industrial producer‚ relative to the spec- tacular growth of Japan and the resurgence
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Introduction Globalization can be defined as the integration of the world economies by allowing free movement of trade‚ technology and people (Daniel et al‚ 2009). Furthermore‚ the developments in technology are perceived as a driving force of globalisation (Denton & Al-Shamali 2000). This tends to be identified and observable in every day to day activity primarily due to the emergence of internet technology. The internet is globally integrating and merging the different nations of the world. The
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Causes and Impacts of flooding in an LEDC- Bangladesh 2007 Introduction Bangladesh is located in the south of Asia. It is bordered by India to its north‚ west and east and by Burma to its south east. The Bay of Bengal is south of Bangladesh and the country lies on the fertile Bengal Delta. The map below shows the location of Bangladesh and shows the two rivers; the Brahmaputra and the river Ganges running through Bangladesh. In July and august 2007 both Bangladesh and India suffered from severe flooding
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GLOBALISATION - A SHORT HISTORY People around the globe are more connected to each other today than ever before in the history of mankind. Information and money flow more quickly than ever. Goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world. International travel is more frequent. International communication is commonplace. We live in an intensely interdependent world in which all the earth’s peoples with their immense differences of culture
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Globalisation has changed the world and its economy through-out the last 30 years (after WWII). The concept of globalisation has altered not only the economy but also society‚ by sharing limitless goods; information; technologies; materials; resources; services…etc. Trading has improved and enhanced society in each country’s economy‚ therefore the world has been continuing this‚ up ‘til now. How fast globalisation have been rising and spreading has gradually affected the environment rigorously. The
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