Has ICT had a greater impact than steam power? ICT and steam power are both General Purpose Technologies (GPTs); technologies which are pervasive‚ has multiple complementarities and a wide range of productivity effects which affects an entire economy. There are three main groups of beneficiaries: firms‚ workers and customers. The first steam engine was invented in the 1769 however there was a lag from when it was produced to when it was widely used. This was because the steam engine was initially
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Since the start of the 20th century rapid development has occurred within globalisation with large-scale purchase and sale of goods. In many ways the effects that have been felt from globalisation have been positive. Often globalisation means for LEDCs an influx of chances at jobs and improving their own skill set through the inward investment from TNCs (OECD‚ 2007). International trade is the exchange of goods and services across the world’s borders and is concerned with its freer movement. One
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Analyse the factors that causes differences in the hazards posed by volcanoes around the world (40 marks) A hazard can be define as something which poses a level of threat the life‚ health‚ property or environment‚ a volcano can compromise all these things through the many hazards volcanoes presents. Such as lahars‚ flash flooding‚ landslides‚ pyroclastic flows‚ ash clouds and many others. There are factors which can influence the severity of the hazard and cause differences in them and can be classified
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In 1970‚ the population Pyramid shows that Oman was LEDC (low economically developed country) due to the high birthrate and low deathrate (triangular pyramid). There are number of reasons for high birthrate at that time. First of all‚ the religious reasons have affected the country to have high birthrate. The Omani culture at that time used to have many children for families so they have a great prestige and standing in society. Secondly‚ because Oman was not very developed at that time‚ the country
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The "Brandt Line"‚ created by Willy Brandt in the 1980s‚ is a visual representation of developing and developed countries in the north and south side of the world. Since the original Brandt line just represents the economy of a state‚ this essay’s objective will be to recreate a new Brandt line‚ with updated data‚ using other two different developing indicators.1 For this reason‚ the new self-made Brandt line will show the current situation of the northern and southern art of the world by using
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Dante’s Peak Film review Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) is a volcano expert whose interest became more than just a mere job after he lost the his fiancé during a volcano eruption in Columbia. When he is sent to investigate unusual seismic activity in the quiet Pacific Northwest town of Dante’s Peak‚ he discovers people boiled to death in the local hot spring and plant and animal life dying or displaying unusual illnesses near the city’s supposedly dormant volcano. Harry becomes convinced that a major
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here however‚ is that of Italy‚ where the economy is decent yet they have a good economy in comparison to many others in the world. Overall‚ economy is a massive factor in global population change. It provides people with disposable income in MEDCS and in LEDCs they have children due to lack of career opportunities. Strength of the economy is an important factor for population change. When your country is in LEDC’s who have less developed economies‚ families have many children because they are necessary
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Global Disparities Describe the global patterns of: Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Low IMR: Europe and North America‚ including Australia and NZ (Mostly MEDCs nations). Southern part of South America‚ Russia‚ East Asia and Malaysia. Some Middle East countries‚ including UAE. Medium IMR: Northern SA and most of Asia‚ Central America and Northern/Southern Africa. High IMR: Central Africa‚ West Africa‚ Somalia and Afghanistan. Is there a relationship between them? Possibly:
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coal has become more available and the potential to exploit the material‚ along with other resources‚ has been great. Coal is a finite resource that is non-renewable and thus running out as the population of MEDCs still require coal for power stations and to produce electricity and as LEDCs industrialize and become more developed they too increase their demand for the resource. This is not helped by the increasing global population‚ causing many more problems and magnifying existing issues‚ e.g.
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Section A - Restless Earth The earth’s structure At the centre of the earth is the core. Surrounding that is a mass of molten rock called the mantle. The thin layer on the outside is called the crust. There are two types of crust‚ continental and oceanic. The crust is made up of seven major plates and many smaller ones. The plates move due to convection currents rising in the mantle. Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes Mainly found along plate boundaries. In
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