Introduction A country’s level of development is influenced by a number of interrelated factors. While it is difficult to separate these factors‚ they can be broken down into five major categories: historical‚ political‚ economic‚ social and environmental. Most developing nations of the world face development challenges as a result of a combination of these factors. Some environmental factors which contribute to a country’s level of development‚ such as natural disasters‚ are beyond human control
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TSUNAMI IN JAPAN Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11‚ 2011‚ that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country’s north. The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike‚ sweeping away cars‚ homes‚ buildings‚ a train‚ and boats‚ leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake. Video footage showed cars racing away from surging waves. The earthquake—the largest in Japan’s history—struck about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings
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With reference of one or more examples of earthquakes‚ assess the extent to which attempts at prediction and mitigation may have influenced the impact of the hazard. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquake is a major threat to the human and natural environments‚ in which people died‚ buildings collapsed and cities destroyed. Prediction and mitigation are usually conducted in order to reduce the impact of an earthquake
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makes sense after seeing his care for the environment. After his major works in the field of environmental issues in the year 2010 he won a nomination for VH1 “DO SOMETHING” Award. In Fact‚ when local groups were in Mount Leuser National Park in Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ working to save and preserve the area’s ecosystem‚ DiCaprio went to visit and lend support. Also‚ in 2014 DiCaprio was appointed as the United Nations representative on climate change. He cares so much for the environment that after DiCaprio
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This paper states why energy insecurity is a problem in Indonesia‚ how it was identified‚ its causes and the current responses to solve this problem. The engineering solutions would focus on sustainability and affordability‚ without compromising future generation energy needs in Indonesia. International Energy Agency defines energy security as the “uninterrupted availability of energy sources at affordable prices”. Currently Indonesia faces the lack of long term energy security. This is evident
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Portuguese ships‚ led by Bartholomew Dias‚ sailed south down the coastline of Africa‚ then east around the Cape of Good Hope‚ and finally north into the Indian Ocean‚ proving that the Indian Ocean was accessible by sea. They claimed Mauritius in 1505‚ Sumatra in 1509‚ and Malacca and the Spice Islands in 1511. They protected these trade routes with a chain of fortified all the way from Goa in India to Macao in China. The Portuguese also explored across the Atlantic and claimed Brazil in 1500. The Spanish
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without crippleware features or adware. It is beta software. It is free for both commercial and non-commercial use‚ however the EULA prohibits automated deployment. Summary of features. Lifehacker review. Video Summary of features (YouTube). Sumatra PDF is a free‚ open-source PDF viewer for Windows. This one is approximately 1.1MB designed to be slim. STDU viewer is a free PDF viewer for Windows. The installer is 1.6 MB. It supports multiple tabs. It also supports other file formats such as
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MALAY In Malaysia‚ the Malay population is defined by Article 160 of the Malaysian Constitution as someone born to a Malaysian citizen who professes to be a Muslim‚ habitually speaks the Malay language‚ adheres to Malay customs and is domiciled in Malaysia orSingapore. This definition is loose enough to include people of a variety of ethnic backgrounds which basically can be defined as "Malaysian Muslims" and it therefore differs from the anthropological understanding of what constitutes an ethnic
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Introduction Tsunami is known by many as the devastating wave that has no remorse. The wave that has devastated many countries and has such power to practically destroy all of Japan in 2011‚ which was the most popular tsunami viewed by society as a whole. Through this paper we will research what a tsunami is‚ how does a tsunami start‚ the dangers of tsunamis‚ most common places a tsunami is known to hit‚ ways to predict a tsunami‚ and will be ending with a closing statement with my view point on
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Deforestation - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Deforestation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Article Talk Read View source View history Search For other uses‚ see Deforestation (disambiguation). Deforestation‚ clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.[1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms‚ ranches‚ or urban use. More than half of the animal and plant species
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