is the clearing of forests to make way for new‚ non-forest land uses‚ such as urban development or agriculture‚ transforming a forest into cleared land (“Deforestation and Afforestation”). When thinking about deforestation‚ the first place that comes in anyone’s mind is Brazil‚ because that is where the Amazon rainforest is located and it was once known to have the highest deforestation rate in the world. However‚ Canada‚ which accounts for “10 percent of the world’s forests…now accounts for 21 percent
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As of 2017 Canada is oppressing and silencing Indigenous voices. Canada is currently preparing for the 150th anniversary of Canada or as Indigenous peoples have stated‚ the 150th anniversary of colonization. The way to combat the day of celebrating Indigenous control and genocide varies throughout Canada. Some people suggest resisting the celebration with protests‚ whilst others suggest for the push for changes that reflect the true history of Canada. Lillian Howard‚ the co-chair of the Vancouver
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SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: SOME ISSUES by Basudha Chattopadhyay INTRODUCTION Sustainable development means attaining a balance between environmental protection and human economic development and between the present and future needs. It means equity in development and sectoral actions across space and time. 1 It requires an integration of economic‚ social and environmental approaches towards development. Sustainable urban development refers to attaining social equity and environmental
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common experience to walk in urban park‚ then few steps away‚ you just turn the corner‚ pass through lined tall buildings in a narrow street paved with asphalt and you clearly feel that the temperature is higher than in the park. Or maybe‚ you can recall one day in your life when the city was really hot‚ that you decided to spend some time in a shading park where you found some relief. Most of you didn’t know but you experienced what in climate science is called the urban heat island effect. In scientific
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and‚ as a result‚ were exposed to acerbity and vulgarity that would remain ingrained in their minds for the rest of their lives. What at the time seemed to be a civil rights advancement has sadly proven ineffective. Because of anemic funding for urban schools‚ and the human inclination to surround oneself with others who are similar‚ segregation still prevails in U.S. education. Two possible solutions to segregated schools are the reinstatement of mandatory busing and the redirection of funding
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Canada‚ a multicultural country‚ engages people from diverse countries converging on this second large country in the world. Chinese Canadian‚ as the third largest immigration group in Canada‚ are referred as “largest visible minority”‚ due to its population‚ which is estimated almost 1.5 million people. [1][2] Tracing back to‚ the first Chinese came to Canada were for the construction of fortress and 40-tone schooner in 1788. Afterward‚ there was a wave of Chinese immigration because of the Gold
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1. Urban Outfitters has been a favorite among the teen to early thirties set since their inception in 1970. Today it focuses on all that is hip and trendy without completely breaking the bank. Urban Outfitters also owns the Anthropologie stores which caters to an older and more sophisticated crowd‚ as well as Free People‚ an even higher end brand. Urban Outfitters now has over 150+ namesake stores located in the United States and Canada. 2. Urban Outfitters has its headquarters In Philadelphia
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Victims (Norton‚ 1984). Alcoholic Drinks Control Act (NACADA ‚2010 ) Wilson‚ Colin. A Criminal History of Mankind (Carroll & Graf‚ 1990). Lombroso‚ C. (1968). Crime: Its Causes and Remedies. Montclair. Fleisher‚ S. (1995) Beggars and Thieves: Lives of Urban Street Criminals.University of Wisconsin Press. Renzetti‚ C. (2001). Women‚ Crime‚ and Criminal Justice‚Los Angeles: Roxbury.
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see individuals working on their laptops or groups of people catching up over a cup of coffee. The coffee industry in Canada is growing allowing customers to have large varieties for their daily coffee options. From iced drinks such as frappuccino’s and iced caps to hot drinks like cappuccinos and lattes‚ STARBUCKS and TIM HORTONS are two very well known coffee shop chains in Canada. The following analysis of STARBUCKS and TIM HORTONS will take a look
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Urban overcrowding is not a fresh happening‚ but it has recently become an international demographic trouble. The growth of the world’s ’Megacities’ such as Tokyo‚ Jakarta‚ Sao Paulo and Cairo‚ with populations approaching 20 million‚ is one of the most marked trends of recent decades. In 1950 for instance‚ New York City was only one of its kind among the world’s cities in having more than 10 million inhabitants. By 1975 that number had grown to 15 million
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