ten years the worlds population has been increasing considerably due to certain factors in different countries. Some of these factors include birth rates‚ death rates and fertility rates. The human population jumped considerably in 100 years from 1.6 billion to 6.0 billion in the years 1900-2000. A new century (20th) meant that despite having two world wars the standards of living started to improve and peoples’ life expectancy increased. In 2002 the worlds population increased by 1.2 percent
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Responsible Consumption 11th October 2013 Responsible consumption is a key concern for the 21st century as it affects individual‚ socio-economic and environmental stability on a domestic and international scale. There is overwhelming scientific evidence to suggest that global warming is a by-product of human activity. Since the industrial revolution of the 1800s‚ there has been incremental increases in global temperatures which have been reflected through the melting of the polar ice caps
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The Effect of Nuclear Energy on Human * As we all know‚ nuclear energy is a non-renewable energy. The science of atomic radiation‚ atomic change and nuclear fission was developed from 1895 to 1945‚ much of it in the last six of those years (WMA‚ 2010). Since then human have begun expanding their research on nuclear energy and sadly during year 1939 to year 1949‚ nuclear energy was only used for creating atomic bomb by many of the countries back then such as Japan‚ Germany‚ United States of
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A. Parasuraman‚ Valarie A. ZelthamI‚ & Leonard L Berry A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research The attainment of quality in products and services has become a pivotal concern of the 1980s. While quality in tangible goods has been described and measured by marketers‚ quality in services is largely undefined and unresearched. The authors attempt to rectify this situation by reporting the insights obtained in an extensive exploratory investigation of quality
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points compared to the least educated group‚ while people over 65 show a more than 40 percentage point drop in their rates of Internet access compared to those under 25. Age really reflects generational differences‚ and thus shows what to expect in the future. Only 6 percent of differences in Internet use can be explained by demographic factors: Thus‚ once people are connected to the Net they hardly differ in how much they use it and what they use it for - except for a drop-off after age 65‚ and a faint
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POPULATION GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN INDIA Introduction The rapid population growth and economic development in country are degrading the environment through the uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization‚ expansion and intensification of agriculture‚ and the destruction of natural habitats. One of the major causes of environmental degradation in India could be attributed to rapid growth of population‚ which is adversely affecting the natural resources and environment
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Can Solar Energy be a viable alternative for electricity generation in Nepal? “The sun bathes the earth in a steady‚ enormous flow of radiant energy that far exceeds what the world requires for electricity fuel.” The last decade has been harsh enough for the people of Nepal. The power cut being hiked up to 16 hours a day in 2009 provides testimony to the fact that Nepal has been hard hit by energy crisis. Given the over-increasing population‚ along with rapid industrialization and urbanization
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The word “Population Growth” has its origin from the latin words ‘Populus’ meaning people. According to ecological term; “population is group of people of the same species occupying a particular space”. Population is subdivided further into demes or local population which is group of interbreeding organism in demes; they share a common gene pool. Population density is defined as a number of individual per unit area or per unit volume of environment. When the size of the individual is uniform the
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Thesis: The overabundance of television consumption has raised developmental concerns in youth today‚ by creating health issues‚ risky and violent behaviors‚ as well as a confusion of fantasy versus reality. One of the growing concerns on how television affects children today is the effects of food advertising on their health and fitness over the past few years. Many know that the food purpose is meant to fulfill the body’s basic nutritional needs. There are many different kinds of foods to choose
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Population decrease of African penguins Spheniscus demersus due to human disturbances The African penguin also known as the black-footed penguin‚ is an endangered species confined to the area of south-western Africa. The African penguin is placed in the genus Spheniscus which is derived from a Greek word meaning “wedge”. The species name demersus is also derived from a Greek word that means “plunging”. African penguins are highly distributed around the nutrient rich and cold waters of the Benguela
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