I am a Silky Sifaka‚ a kind of lemur which is one of the three rarest in the world (Patel‚ n‚d). That means‚ my family is special and is endemic only to Madagascar. They said we have this scientific name which is Propithecus candidus (IUCN Red list‚ 2010). Weird‚ right? We live here in the tropical‚ moist‚ and protected forests of Madagascar‚ a country with a very rich
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CHAPTER – 01 URBANIZATION IN BANGLADESH 1.1 Introduction Today Bangladesh is experiencing a rapid pace of urbanization. Although the level of urbanization is low (23.1%) the country already has got a huge urban population which is more than 28 million (Census‚ 2001). However after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971‚ urbanization and urban planning got little priority in the national policies and strategies of the country. Even at present‚ there is no proper policy guideline or regulations
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fourth lower tooth cannot be seen when the alligator’s mouth is closed. Another difference between crocodiles and alligators is their habitat. Crocodiles are found near swamps‚ lakes and rivers in the tropical areas of Africa‚ Australia‚ Asia‚ Madagascar‚ and South America. Alligators are only found in two freshwater locations: The American Alligator can be found in the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas. The Chinese Alligator lives in the Yangtze River Valley
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Asphodelaceae (Aloe Family) CLASSIFICATION Dahlgren et al. (1985) divided the Monocotyledons into several superorders of which the Liliiflorae is the largest. The order Asparagales is the largest of the five orders within Liliiflorea. One of the families within Asparagales recognized by Dahlgren and his co-workers was Asphodelaceae (Chase et al. (2000). Asphodelaceae consists of the sub-families‚ the Asphodeloideae and the Alooideae. The Alooideae consists of six genera of which Aloe is the
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Program Code: HT124008 Higher Diploma in International Hospitality and Tourism Management LES4306 Theme Parks Operations and Management Group Assessment –Universal Studios Singapore Group Members : Chapman Eugenia (130620331) Sung Yan Yee (130722544) Hung Hiu Nam (130107965) Mok Hiu Wai (130314420) Chau So Ting (130300102) Lecturer: David Poon Class: 2I Submission Date: 31 Oct‚ 2014 Content 1. Introduction P. 3 2. Background 2.1 History 2.2 Ownership 2.3 Operator P. 4 3. Design and facilities
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Sumatra. The Asian Tsunami affected many parts of Asia and Africa. Some of the countries that suffered from this devastating event were; * Indonesia * Sri Lanka * Thailand * India * Somalia * South Africa * Madagascar And at least 8 more countries. The 1st countries to be hit were Thailand‚ Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The coasts of these following countries were hit. Which allows huge waves to crash on these countries beaches Many lives were lost during this event
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Urbanization (or urbanization) refers to the increasing amount of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas‚ be it horizontal or vertical. The United Nations projected that half of the world’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008.[1] By 2050 it is predicted that 64.1% and 85.9% of the developing and developed world respectively will be urbanized.[2] Urbanization is closely linked to modernization‚ industrialization‚ and the sociological process
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Urbanization within a drainage basin can affect flow to and within a river channel. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Urbanization within a drainage basin is one of the factors affecting flow to and within a river channel. Flows within a river channel are affected by a number of physical factors such as permeability of rocks and precipitation of rainfall as well. Flow to and within a river channel refers to the various types of transfer processes of water in the drainage
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HONG KONG Department of Geography ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN URBANIZING WORLD (GEOG 1012) First Semester 2013-2014 Essay 1: Compare and contrast the main characteristics of the urbanization process in the First and Third Worlds Urbanization refers to the process by which an increasing proportion of a national population lives in towns and cities. It can be movement from rural to an urban or simply involves a growth in the number of people in urban
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Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas‚ be it horizontal or vertical. The United Nations projected that half of the world ’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008.[1] By 2050 it is predicted that 64.1% and 85.9% of the developing and developed world respectively will be urbanized.[2] Urbanization is closely linked to modernization‚ industrialization‚ and the
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