Explain how coastal flooding presents environmental‚ social‚ economic risks for the UK (10 marks) Coastal flooding occurs when normally dry‚ low-lying land is flooded by sea water. Coastal flooding is a serious threat to the UK. Many British cities are situated on or near the coast‚ on low-lying land‚ together with 40% of the UK’s manufacturing industry and sea level rise means that the UK are more at risk. Greater London and the Holderness coast are areas that are vulnerable to coastal flooding
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Educational Sector – UK vs Pakistan UK is one of the renowned trading power and financial hub of the world‚ stands at third position in European Union following Germany and France. The agriculture sector of the region is particularly strong and mechanized. Its efficiency can be ensured through the production of 60 percent food needs with only 2 percent of workforce. The region has significant energy resource but due to increasing demands it is importing energy from 2005. The insurance and financial
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what extent would the wider use of referendums improve democracy in the UK? There are many ways in which referendums would directly and indirectly improve the democracy in the UK. These could include an improved political education‚ a more responsive government with reduced power and constitutional changes. However‚ with any improvements there are also arguments‚ which suggest that referendums could make democracy in the UK worse. Firstly‚ a direct way is the fact that referendums give the general
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The effects of Globalisation on Education Globalisation is a new concept that was developed in the 1980’s and is now a familiar term worldwide. A reason for this popularity could be due to the fast development of communication technologies‚ which have made impressive progress from the 1980s to the present day. Communication has developed from archaic hand written information to instant messaging i.e. Twitter‚ Facebook and BBMs. Through these mediums people from across the globe are able to communicate
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Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the UK constitution A constitution is a set of rules relating to how a state is to be governed and organised. The primary function of a constitution is to provide legitimacy to those in power; however it also defines the limits of government power‚ protects freedom and distributes power within the political system. In the case of the UK constitution‚ these rules can be either written or unwritten due to the uncodified nature of the constitution and only
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Parliament is supreme in all legislative matters; a written constitution could never be introduced because it would always be subject to express or implied amendment or repeal’ ‘Parliament is the only body which can make laws in the United Kingdom (UK)‚ and is therefore sovereign. No other authority can over-rule or change the laws which parliament has made. Political commentators often say that parliament can do "what the hell it likes" in terms of law making. This by and large means that the government
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Strategic Management Analyse Home Retail industry using PESTEL‚ scenarios‚ 5 forces and strategic groups. October 11 of 2012 London‚ UK Introduction Retail stores‚ are one of the biggest and largest businesses around the world. They produce thousands of hundreds in revenues and they are some of the biggest employers industries. WALL-MART‚ IKEA‚ TESCO‚ ARGOS‚ MACYS‚ WALLGREENS and OFICCE DEPOT are some of the well-known retail stores that supply us every day with different kind of goods
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MINI CASE 2: Will the United Kingdom Join the Euro Club? When the euro was introduced in January 1999‚ the United Kingdom was conspicuously absent from the list of European countries adopting the common currency. Although the previous Labor government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared to be receptive to the idea joining the euro club‚ the current Tory government is clearly not in favor of adopting the euro and thus giving up monetary sovereignty of the country. The public opinion is also
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Introduction As we know on Thursday 23 June 2016 UK held a referendum to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. The EU is a political and economic partnership between 28 countries that started after World War. This with the theory that countries that trade together are more likely to avoid going to war with each other. In Britain 30 million people or 71.8% of the population turned out to vote. The leave vote won by 51.9% to 48.1% which has been labelled Brexit. The result
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sporting talent which lead to the development of both recreational and elite athletes. From here elite athletes can go on to compete nationally‚ allowing the UK to display itself to other nations‚ as well as help to build national pride within UK residents. Grassroots Sport participation at grassroots level has‚ on average‚ increased within the UK since 2006‚ as shown by the Active Peoples survey (Pictured below‚ right). Schemes such as Sportivate and The National Game Strategy have been developed by
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