Brazil is located in South America‚ takes up almost half of the continent‚ and is the fifth largest country in the world(1). Problems of poverty are prevalent in Brazil 40% of the county’s income goes to the top 10% of financially richest people where only about 1% of the income goes to the bottom 10%(1) about 35% of Brazil’s population lives in poverty(19). As of 2010 90.4% of Brazil’s population is literate (17)‚ out of Brazil’s total population approximately 50.8% are female although women only
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Chosen city: Leicester - Current problems - Research - Explain using Microsoft Word -Research current forms of transport -Research future projections/ideas for sustainable transport -Your own opinion Introduction: The world is becoming increasing populated and cities are beginning to grow at a very fast rate. Governments will need to come up with a suitable transport plan for the citizens. More people will result in more transport and the majority of people travel by car
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Alternative Fuels for Cars Automobiles are considered one of the largest contributors to climate change – only preceded by the effect of fossil fuel power generation plants [1]. This means that the automobile industry is under a lot of pressure to cut down on carbon emissions globally by finding alternative fuels for cars. Moreover‚ as we approach peak oil [2]‚ the availability of conventional automobile fuels will reduce drastically causing an exponential rise in fuel prices [2]‚ a fact that
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“Picturing a sustainable Society” of Lester R. Brown is talked about the problem of our today world and give some possible ways to change in the future which is called “new version of the future”. So he proves how present societies are not sustainable with the definition of sustainable society and some fact information of today world in an example about the fossil fuel and climate change. In addition‚ he also gives the efforts to understand sustainable leads to problems and from those problems‚ he
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while still maintaining a high standard of quality. This allows Brazil to become the world’s top producer and exporter of such goods. Brazil is able to export more at a reduced cost making it difficult for other countries to compete. On the other hand‚ its manufacturing industries lack similar world-wide competitiveness due to their “infant” status among world leaders. The shift to focus on manufacturing is fairly new to Brazil and it would seem there is not much of a foundation to build off
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Discuss what is meant by sustainable competitive advantage illustrating your answer with examples from your sector. Name: Shiu Nga Yim‚ Mango SHAPE Student no.:147005459 Professor: John Perry Date of handing-in: 2 Sep.‚2014 Word count: According to Kimberly Amadeo (2014)‚ a US Economy Expert‚ competitive advantage is the strength which distinguishes the brand from the competition in the minds of your customers but others are weaker. In this essay‚ sustainable competitive advantage
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Introduction Companies influenced by social sustainability have thrived due to the reoccurring needs of people‚ specifically their health. It has been made aware that a large percentage of the United Arab Emirates smoke Shisha‚ and although many believe it to be harmless because of their sweet flavours‚ it is a great deal worse for you than smoking cigarettes. In an attempt to lower the amount of Shisha- related illnesses and decrease the amount of carbon monoxide being released into the air
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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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areas‚ that is also called “the triple bottom line”‚ was first used in 1994 by John Elkington‚ the founder of a British consultancy called SustainAbility1‚ have a direct and indirect interconnections to each other. The common area of the three is sustainable development. We can say‚ sustainability is a balance of the three Es. For more detail is good to refer to some examples and areas of each E2. For the Environment‚ we would consider; Acres of designated open space‚ Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
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Sustainable Food Preparation. Through out the world food preparation has become more damaging to the world. In London‚ food creates 19 million tones of greenhouse gas emissions per year which is more than from all of London’s transport and all of London’s houses. Sustainable food is safe‚ healthy and nutritious‚ for consumers in shops‚ restaurants‚ schools‚ and hospitals etc‚ and can meet the needs of the less well off people and provides a livable livelihood for farmers‚ processors and retailers
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