The debt over burning fossil fuels and the impact it has caused on climate change as been discussed over years without answer as to say if the gradual warming of the earth is a natural process or if human activity has added to the acceleration of climate change or is the key behind it. Evidence of this is the hockey stick debt as temperature rise rapidly once humans became developed. One thing we do know is that there are many natural events that possibly could accelerate global warming but also
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During the Baby Boom of 1960s there was an exponentially rise in population going from 2.5 billion to 6.1 billion in just 50 years‚ from then on it was clear that population control would be on the forefront of government agenda’s worldwide. Population has a direct impact on the economy‚ providing services and the usage of scare resources. Governments therefore attempt to control population numbers. There are contrasting strategies depending on whether the country wishes to increase its population
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proximity to the focus. Economic Development is one of the greatest human factors that affect the impacts. For example‚ in the Northridge Earthquake‚ California in 1994 only 57 people died after the 6.7 magnitude quake occurred. Compare this to an LEDC such as India‚ and the Gujarat Earthquake in 2001‚ we can see how much of a difference being developed makes. The 7.9 magnitude quake on the 26th January 2001‚ Gujarat claimed 20‚000 people and injured a further 160‚000‚ but in California‚ only 57
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Malaria Disease The Malaria disease made its first appearance more than 4000 years ago. It used to be one of the diseases that people feared the most. About 655‚000 people die from Malaria in 2010‚ about 200 people per day. In that year‚ 90% of the deaths occurred in the WHO region‚ Africa. Most of the Africans were women and children under the age of 5. (World Heath Organization‚ 2012) First of all‚ to know that u have Malaria‚ your body will start acting strange. You will get a headache‚ a high
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Ethiopian. The USA uses 80% of the energy China does but has a population a quarter of their size. The wealthier parts of the world generally use more energy than the poorer parts of the world. 1/3 of the world has no electricity. The situation in LEDCs Peru is located in the north west of South America on the coast. It has a tropical climate and is bordered by Bolivia‚ Brazil and Chile to the east and south‚ and Colombia and Ecuador to the north. It has a population of 29 million. The majority
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’Evaluate the most important factors in determining the relative emphasis placed by policy-makers‚ in S.A. on prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment;
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‘Low pressure atmospheric systems have more of a short term impact than high pressure systems.’ Discuss. Low pressure atmospheric systems are also known as depressions or cyclones and they form in mid- and high-latitudes. They are formed by the mixing of cold and warm air‚ the warm air is lighter‚ so it rises above the denser‚ cold air and forms a centre of low pressure. High pressure atmospheric systems are also known as anticyclones and have very different characteristics to depressions. Anticyclones
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PPQ: Assess different indicators used to measure development [25] Development is a process of change that affects people’s lives‚ which may involve an improvement in the quality of life as perceived by the people undergoing change. As development is such a wide category‚ it can be split into social and economic factors as well as simple and composite indicators. To start with‚ many economic indicators are used to measure a country’s development. GDP (Gross Domestic Product)‚ this is the total
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Title: Compare and contrast the contributing factors of climate change and argue that there is a need for more economically developed nations to take the lead. Nations around the world have been contributing to climate change by damaging natural environments and releasing greenhouse gases and there is a need for more economically developed nations. There are different contributing factor‚ but the majority of these contributions are from the more economically developed nations. Although the less
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Sustainability is the ability of a population to thrive socially and economically but without over using resources and damaging the environment for the future generations. This requires large amounts of planning and management of resources across the globe. Curitiba in southern Brazil has the 5th biggest economy of cities in Brazil. The city acts as one of Brazil’s financial hubs. Nevertheless Curitiba also has a strong manufacturing pedigree with the South American headquarters of Volvo trucks
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