DQ 2 Consider the different communities to which you belong: 1. What is the geopolitical community in which a person would live? Why is it geopolitical? Maurer and Smith (2008) define a geopolitical community as “a spatial designation—a geographic or geopolitical area or place.” (p. 400) This can be illustrated by looking at the natural or human-made boundaries in which people live in. For example‚ a group of people whom all live in Sedona‚ Arizona can be described as living in a geopolitical
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"Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 48.4 (2009): 271-295. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. In their article “Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States‚” which appears in Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation‚ the authors discuss the problems‚ policies and political issues surrounding prison nurseries in the United States and the benefits
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Population of Elk (Cerphus elaphus) have been fluctuating in certain areas across North America for various reasons. One of the reasons includes their reintroduction to East Tennessee (Murrow 2007). Fluctuating populations create a need for research on elk for more effective and efficient use of resources by wildlife managers‚ and to monitor how well they are transitioning. Capture research has been conducted on two of the four current subspecies of elk. The two subspecies are Roosevelt Elk (Cervus
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Vulnerable Populations The chronically mentally ill are people that suffer from one of many diseases that affect the brain. The brain is the most complex of human organs. The cause of being mentally ill is unknown‚ but there are most likely many different reasons. There is no cure for being mentally ill but there are many effective treatments that one can get. In history‚ there have been several movements to try and deinstitutionalize many mental health facilities. The goal for many mental
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The day when the world population reached five hundred crores was 11th July‚ 1987. United Nations Organization has decided to celebrate that day as world population day. The objective of celebrating the world population day was to increase awareness in people about population control. According to United States Census bureau‚ world population has crossed 693 crores. Given below or few facts about world population. * Population growth in the last fifty years is more than the growth in the previous
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POPULATION EXPLOSION INTRODUCTION: Population explosion is condition where an organisms numbers exceeds carrying capacity of its habitat.It is a curse and is damaging to the development of the country and its society.The developing countries already facing lack in their resourses‚and with the rapidly increasing population‚the resourses available per person ‚further leading to increased poverty‚malnutrition and other large population related problems. The literal meaning of population is “the
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are already aware of population concept that the markets belong to the natural realm and therefore order is "natural" for them. However‚ document are created by humankind‚ and there is no evidence of any conscious plot by information movers and shakers to create perfect knowledge. Perhaps the urge to create order is subconscious. WORLD POPULATION The world population is the population of humans on the planet Earth. In 2009‚ the United Nations estimated the population to be 6‚800‚000‚000; current
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justice system has a multitude of options when dealing with those who are convicted of offenses. Prison is not for everyone. Some get convicted; serve their time‚ and when released back out to society‚ they stay out. Unfortunately‚ many convicted felons become repeated offenders. Is Prison beneficial‚ and an effective form of Rehabilitation‚ or just the proper way for punishment?
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it is easy to see why its total fertility rate‚ life expectancy‚ total population‚ and other demographic identities have changed over the past century. Even with its TFR well below replenishment level‚ their population has continued to grow until recently when the growth rate has decreased and actually turned negative to -.077% (CIA 2012). It is noticeable the effects of WW1‚ WW2‚ and the Korean War have had on its population. During each of these wars the TFR dropped at the start of the war‚ slightly
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First of all‚ population is not a very useful measure by itself simply because it fails to account for the size of the land in which the population resides. Some countries like Russia have a very large area while others like Singapore have a very small one. Therefore the appropriate indicator to use in order to make valid comparisons is population density (i.e.‚ population per unit of land area). Using this indicator one would find‚ for example‚ that Belgium has a very high population density‚ Pakistan
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