Modern methods of transport have transformed our world into a village. Is this a blessing or a curse? In some respects the topic-statement is true. Modern transport‚ especially by air‚ allows people to circle the globe in a few days‚ or hours‚ if an aircraft such as Concorde is used. Thus we have learnt to look upon distance as nothing. I can get to Paris from south-east England quicker than I can get to central London. So‚ the world has become a village? If so‚ the comparison ends there
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cargo from the point of origin to the final destination‚ by using two or more modes of transport. Multimodal transportation describes a shipment that takes several means of transportation – rail‚ road‚ ocean‚ air – from its point of departure to its point of destination. The concept of international multimodal transport covers the door-to-door movement of goods under the responsibility of a single transport operator. It developed with the container revolution‚ initiated in the late 50 ’s by Malcom
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Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance‚ the term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment‚ the Earth.[1] Overpopulation does not depend only on the size or density of the population‚ but on the ratio of population to available sustainable resources. It also depends on the way resources are used and distributed throughout the population If a given environment has a population
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Structure of Travel and Tourism Assessment 2: Part A: How the Hospitality and Transport sectors have been developed historically? * Hospitality: The historical development of hospitality has been developed for more than2000 years. There are normally 3 different types of hospitality‚ which are: i) hostels ii) motel and iii) hotel. There is also self-camping facility for people staying and living in the campsites. The first early travelers were either warriors or traders or people who
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Crawford Market. The people of Bombay received the bus with enthusiasm‚ but it took quite some time before this means of conveyance really established itself. For several years‚ it was looked upon as transport for the upper middle class. Those were the days when the tram was the poor man’s transport; it carried one all the way from Sassoon Dock to Dadar for a mere anna and a half‚ that was nine paise. The bus fare for the same journey was four annas‚ that is 25 paise. In response to the pleas made
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Overpopulation in the Prison System Overpopulation in the Prison System has been a growing concern in society. An explanation for this is the rise in crime over the past years. As the crime rate increases so do the amount of convictions‚ which leads to more incarcerations and overpopulation in the Prison System. The cause for the increase in crime over recent years has been partly attributed to the disappearance of jobs. Many people have been victims in the struggle to find jobs. When faced with
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allowing for a deeper integration of the reader into the given context. With several fonts of information embedded in this article from TIMES magazine‚ Olivia Waxman articulates the momentum in which American society is tuning on the issue of overpopulation. The consensus is‚ again‚ the need to control the birthrate‚ thus diminishing (or try to) population growth. One of the sources the author uses is Stanford entomologist Paul Ehrlich who argues that “it was time for a population-control movement
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population while others barely make a difference. Differing ideas and approaches to enforcement have produced different effects which‚ ultimately‚ help people know whose policy is more effective. China’s One-Child Policy has proven to be more successful than India’s policies because the when the policy’s enactment‚ paired with strict enforcement‚ brought about beneficial effects. When India gained its independence from England in 1947‚ their economy began to improve and the country started
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Project Report "Transport System in India" TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT: Transport is a system in which passengers & goods are carried from one place to another. Modes of Transport: Transportation is generally divided into three modes-LAND‚ WATER & AIR. The Land Transport consists of roads and railways. Water Transport is also divided into two types: (a) RIVER OR INLAND TRANSPORT (b) SEA OR OCEANIC TRANSPORT. The latest and the fastest mode of transport is Air Transport. IMPORTANCE
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NATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT POLICY Introduction 1.1 Road transport is vital to economic development‚ trade and social integration‚ which rely on the conveyance of both people and goods. Reduction in transport costs promote specialization‚ extend markets and thereby enable exploitation of the economies of scale. Global competition has made the existence of efficient transport and logistic systems in delivery chain an absolute imperative. Easy accessibility‚ flexibility of operations‚ door-to-door service
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