MODULE 2 DBA STUDY GUIDE Key Terms 1. Caste: 2. Dynasty: 3. Geography: 4. Relative Location: 5. Empire: 6. Code (as in Hammurabi’s): 7. Migration (both internal and external): 8. Ethnicity: 9. Pharaoh: 10. Enlightenment (as in Buddhist belief): 1. Relative Location: This is one of the 5 themes of geography. It is telling where one place is located compared to another. For example‚ Jacksonville is north of Miami. The key is to use the directional term
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Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process
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Geography Exam Review Grade 9 1) Unit 1- Introduction to Geography a) What is Geography? * Geography is the study of the Earth’s physical and human systems/features and the relationships among them. * Physical Features: rivers‚ mountains‚ etc. * Human Features: buildings‚ cities‚ etc. b) The Five Themes of Geography * Location (Absolute and Relative) * Absolute and relative locations are 2 ways of describing the positions of the Earth’s physical and cultural features
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Environment Programme (UNEP) states that ‘By 2007‚ one-half of the world’s population will live in urban areas compared to little more than one-third in 1972‚ and the period 1950 to 2050 will see a shift from a 65 per cent rural population to 65 per cent urban (United Nations Population Division 2001a). By 2002‚ some 70 per cent of the world’s urban population will be living in Africa‚ Asia or Latin America (UNCHS
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EFFECTS OF URBAN CRIME ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Technical Paper by: Ms. Adit Padhi (aditipadhi@gmail.com) “Greater concern about terrorism places new opportunities before the design community. If protection is considered from the outset‚ design can make buildings and people safer.”1 Introduction Violent crime was the issue of the nineties‚ while terrorism has become the talk at the onset of 21st century. Understanding crime prevention design is therefore an invaluable tool in organization and
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comprehension in society. Geography is divided mainly into two categories; human and physical geography. Each geography examines different kinds of information. Physical geography clarifies the physical landscapes of districts and places while human geography looks to break down the spatial circulation of humans and their cooperation’s. Chapter 1 summaries the significance of geography and how it influences all aspects of life. Regardless of what or where we are going‚ geography is some way or another
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Computes are useful in the analysis and understanding of the earth and its processes discuss. A computer is an important machine that is used to manipulate data according t a set of instructions .It has the ability to store and execute‚ in this case the machine is very crucial in the analysis and understanding of the earth its processes to a greater extent although to some extent they have some shortfalls. There are different types of computers namely digital computers‚ analogue computers and hybrid
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RURAL AND URBAN Imagine that all people live in villages or they all live in cities. How would the life be if people lived the same lifestyle? A proverb in Yemen says‚” Being rural is the best color of lifestyle.’’ In which is meant living in villages is better than living in cities. Well‚ there is no doubt that life in villages is so beautiful‚ and very interesting indeed‚ but at the same there are people who prefer to live in metropolitan cities and this is due to their lust of living
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Urban Culture Urban industrial development combined with mass transportation and urban growth destroyed the old pedestrian city of the past. The physical expansion of the city attracted industry‚ capital‚ and people. By the early 1900s‚ the modern American city‚ with its urban mass and distinct constituencies‚ was clearly taking shape. Cities grow in three ways: through physical expansion‚ by natural increase‚ and through migration and immigration. In the late nineteenth century‚ immigration
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Urban Renewal What comes to mind when the term Urban Renewal have for people when mentioned? Turns out there are mixed feelings about this approach; many are for it meanwhile others are very much against it. This act alone can help build up cities but destroy lives in one swoop. I for one have mixed feelings when it comes to urban renewal‚ I both understand and agree with the overall mission of it but at the same time think about who suffers on the other end of this reconstruction. First
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