health issue may not be resolved as quickly or properly with incorrect equipment. * People will abuse the system by using is too much when it is not necessary or they have not paid taxes sufficiently.- The United States is now the only remaining MEDC country without some form of free access to a medical service‚ Partly because policy debates are driven by false‚ self defeating beliefs. One thought of this is that the United States cannot afford to cover the uninsured‚ when in fact a coordinated
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Consequently‚ there are more foreign direct investments from these chaebols such as Samsung and SK into the other less developed countries. This greatly encouraged the overall increase in trade and investment into other part of the world other than the MEDCs which was the case before the rise of NICs. The rise of TNCs from the Newly Industrialised countries has also resulted in an increase in competition within the world economy. NICs have also exerted more influence on the direction of the global economy
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could simply not afford it. Language Barriers‚ the communication between a multi lingual society would be minimum and attempting to print a census in many different languages would be astronomically expensive. Also literacy levels would be high in LEDC. In Australia indigenous populations prove hard to get accurate data from due the language barriers and cultural groupings also they are nomadic and live in areas for varied amounts of time therefore census trackers are required that then need to
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corporations with subsidiaries in many countries. Transnational Corporations (TNCs) are companies with branches in many different countries worldwide. They have their headquarters in their country of origin‚ and many manufacture their products in LEDCs. Examples of TNCs include Nike‚ Wal-Mart and Microsoft. They often locate their factories in countries that are not as economically developed because labour is cheaper. By doing this a TNC is able to benefit since developing countries usually don’t
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How is Ghana different from the UK? UK Ghana Flags Red‚ white‚ blue Red‚ green‚ yellow with a green star Climate The climate of Ghana is tropical‚ but temperatures vary with season. We never know what the weather will be like from one day to the other. It can be sunny one day and rainy the next. As we have such a variable climate changing from day to day‚ it is difficult to predict the weather. In general we have warm summers and cool winters
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Population distribution of Brazil: Brazil is a LEDC with most of its population living in coastal areas‚ with the south being more densely populated. Density: 22/km2 Population: 205‚716‚890 Climate: mostly tropical‚ but temperate in south (cooler in summer‚ warmer in winter) -North-west: covered in tropical rainforest‚ hot and humid climate‚ poor soils‚ little known natural resources‚ difficult transport‚ lacks basic services such as health care‚ education and electricity. High birth/death/IMR
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People use varying methods to cope with life in extreme climates. An extreme climate is an area with an abnormal weather pattern which increases the difficulty to survive. An example of where people have adapted to survive is in Australia. Australian settlers have spent countless decades refining complex methods of withstanding the astringent conditions of the outback. People in central Australia use a wide variety of methods and approaches to struggle against the sweltering heat. One example
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domestic tourism and inbound tourism; 5. National tourism‚ which comprises domestic tourism and outbound tourism; 6. International tourism‚ which consists of inbound tourism and outbound tourism. How has tourism grown? The tourist industry in MEDCs has grown significantly over the last 50 years. People are taking longer holidays‚ are travelling more frequently and travelling to destinations further away. There are a number of reasons for this. These include: * increase in income * the
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Discuss the relative importance of physical and human factors in accounting for changes to vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles (40 marks) The British Isles can be found in the Northern Hemisphere where deciduous forest is the main biome. Here physical and human factors have accounted for changes to the vegetation for many years. Human factors can include tourism‚ agriculture‚ urbanisation‚ interception and deforestation. Physical factors can be such things as natural disasters
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Flooding Natural causes of flooding are caused by heavy rainfall that causes a lot of damage. Heavy rainfall causes a lot of damage because the ground does not have enough time to Infiltrate itself and then that cause surface run off. Something else is if a valley has very steep hills/sides. Another thing is if you have rivers flowing in the country. Human causes are made by people cutting down trees(Deforestation). Bridges make the situation far more worse cars and trees would get stuck under
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