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    catch-up on the URbanisation game?  With a ‘stark warning’‚ a recent Mckinsey report (2) suggests that "if India continues with its current unplanned urbanisation‚ it will result in a significant deterioration in the quality of life in cities and will put even today’s economic growth rate at risk. Statistics show the current performance of Indian cities in water supply quantity‚ sewage treatment‚ healthcare and public transport is quite poor."  Without getting into the problems of URbanisation in Asia

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    The response to industrialisation was both utopian and dystopian. Compare the work of two artists from the period covering the mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century‚ whose art reflects different perspectives on industrialisation. This essay will compare the paintings: The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up (1839)‚ Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844) and Snow Storm - Steam-boat off a Harbours Mouth (1842) by Joseph Mallard William Turner. (1775-1851) And

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    Account for the growth of TNCs and evaluate their impacts at the global and national scales (40 marks) A TNC (transnational corporation) is a company that operates in no less than two countries and has a global outlook. TNCs have a long history going back to the 16th Century in terms of trade such as spices‚ but it’s not until C. 1945 that companies started to form acquisitions and mergers. The one key reason why these businesses have been so successful in their area of expertise globally is because

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    The Ukrainian Famine Genocide Background In 1922‚ Ukraine assisted in founding the USSR and joined it as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkSSR). At the time‚ the leaders of the USSR became aware that the people of Ukraine greatly resented their new regime. To indirectly pacify this resentment‚ the leasers in Moscow permitted a great amount of local autonomy in the UkSSR. This was to prevent uprising and instability in their newly founded Soviet Republic. The genocide When Joseph Stalin

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    The Soviet Union’s history as an empire is fascinating through its ability to undergo rapid industrialisation after the defeat of the tsarist regime to become the second largest superpower within the Cold War. From the Bolshevik’s victory in October 1917 to the collapse in 1991‚ the existence of the regime had brought extensive suffering towards generations of citizens in the mainland and its territories through various forms of repression. With the old regime and the provisional government defeated

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    book as it provides income for the Morels as well as many major problems. This reflects the views of Lawrence who grew up in a similar situation and explains his interest in the theme of industrialisation and its impact on individuals. Lawrence‚ as a writer of the Romantic Movement great opposed industrialisation as he believed it severed the bond with nature and ruined relationships between persons. These views are evident in his writing as we can see the impact of Morel’s job as a coal miner on

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    February‚ 2005. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION Abstract The fundamental issue addressed in this paper is the extent to which Nigeria has restructured her industrial and trade systems for effective industrialisation within the on-going trade globalisation process.Basically‚ the study employs historical analysis of trade and industrial systems in Nigeria. Findings from the study reveal that the Nigerian economy has not changed its export and import structure

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    OPTIMAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES: A STEP TOWARDS MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MDGS According to Angelsen‚ et.al (1998)‚ there exist a two-way relationship between poverty and environment in the developing countries which is referred to as the Environmental-Poverty Nexus. Poverty causes environmental degradation‚ and in turn‚ the degradations in environment exacerbate poverty. As such‚ the more visible environmental problems are mostly associated with regenerative resources‚ which are in constant danger

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    which is where we pick and choose which parts of different religions we believe in. Our beliefs are not a set structure and we have personal choice in what we believe. Also‚ another reason why religion may have become privatised is because of industrialisation‚ which caused us to no

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    Stalin’s rule was disastrous in certain aspects such as industrialisation‚ collectivisation‚ the purges and the culture and social aspects of Russia at this time‚ but in the course of the hardship endured by all‚ a new and better country was formed. Through the period of Stalin’s dictatorship‚ it was not an ideal place to live‚ but his goals were substantially fulfilled for the model Russia. Industrialisation was a major enforcement that mostly brought about disastrous effects on Russia and its

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