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    What do you do when an entire country is in an economic depression? You can count on FDR’s New Deal to resolve it. FDR’s New Deal is an expression that is used to describe the number of relief‚ recovery‚ and reforms programs aimed to fight off the Great Depression. These programs are also known as the alphabet agencies due to their acronyms. With New Deal programs such as the CCC‚ FDIC‚ AAA‚ WPA‚ and Social Security‚ FDR is able to improve the lives of millions of people suffering under the depression

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    The Rivers of Bangladesh

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    Mangla port on the Pashur play an important role in our export and import sector. The rivers are also a great source of energy. Most rivers in the Northeast region are used to produce electricity. The Karnaphuli Hydroelectric project is an instant of this and it is tamed by putting a dam across it at Kaptai and 140 M. W. electricity is produced. Our rivers have a great

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    available in the long term without significantly depleting the Earth’s capital resources‚ or causing environmental damage that cannot readily be repaired by nature itself ( Lynn‚ P. 2011). Some examples of green energy are wind turbines‚ Biomass‚ Hydroelectric‚ Geothermal‚ and Solar. Wind turbines are used for creating energy by using wind. Creating energy from wind has been done for years. In ancient times they used wind power for the propels for their sailboats. But the wind power originated from Persia

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    the energy which always available for ages. Alternative sources of energy come from sun‚ wind‚ ocean and volcano on earth which is free and renewable. There is lots of renewable energy such as solar energy‚ wind energy‚ geothermal energy and hydroelectric energy. There are many benefits of alternative energy. Most of alternative energy is friendly to environment and people. They will not consume fossil fuel and cause almost no air pollution‚ so they will not harmful environment. Harnessing of

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    Alternative energy sources are renewable and are thought to be "free" energy sources. They all have lower carbon emissions‚ compared to conventional energy sources. These include Nuclear Energy‚ Wind Energy‚ Solar Energy‚ Geothermal Energy and Hydroelectric Energy sources. Combined with the use of recycling‚ the use of clean alternative energy sources such as the home use of solar power systems will help ensure man ’s survival. Solar Energy Solar energy is the generation of electricity from

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    Causes of Floods Floods are caused by many factors: heavy precipitation‚ severe winds over water‚ unusual high tides‚ tsunamis‚ or failure of dams‚ levels‚ retention ponds‚ or other structures that contained the water. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain or snow‚ some of the water is retained in ponds or soil‚ some is absorbed by grass and vegetation‚ some evaporates‚ and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff

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    Alternative Fuels This day in age‚ one of the world’s main concerns is energy. Currently‚ we rely on petroleum to run our cars‚ and household central heat‚ and electricity in our homes. Petroleum is not only limited‚ but it is also dirtying up the world’s air‚ and depleting the ozone layer as it is burned. Alternative fuels are one of the worlds most talked about issues‚ and many solutions have been brought forth‚ yet none of them have been sophisticatedly acted upon. Through the list of pros

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    modified by human intervention‚ maintains it’s natural‚ its "unmade" qualities. White emphasizes on energy because it is a useful concept that can be easily understood. He says‚ "the flow of the river is energy‚ so is the electricity that comes from the dams that block that flow. Human labor is energy; so are the calories that are stored as fat by salmon for their journey upstream." White notes

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    Is it possible to protect the environment when many countries require increasing amounts of energy to boost economic progress? According to Alan M. Eddison‚ “Modern technology owes ecology an apology.” This is definitely true as economies and technologies have developed recklessly at the expense of the environment. The world has seen huge increases in consumption of the Earth’s scarce resources ever since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s and countries‚ especially the developed countries

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    What is Sectoral Planning and Spatial Planning? When planning is done with a vision and mission to develop a particular sector only then the plan becomes a Setoral Plan. In Setoral Planning excessive concentration is given in economic activities of the metropolitan regions. In India it has benefitted the growth and development of Metro regions but failed to develop the rural and backward regions. In India 70% of the people live in rural area. To develop India the plan should be made to develop the

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