ECOTOURISM Introduction: Ecotourism is responsible travel to fragile‚ pristine‚ and usually protected areas that strive to be low impact and (often) small scale (as an alternative to mass tourism). Its purpose is to educate the traveller; provide funds for ecological conservation; directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavour
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how he/she is memorialized. Every culture and religion has a unique way of burying‚ grieving and memorializing their dearly departed. Personally‚ the most interesting of rituals come from Native Americans‚ Tibetan Buddhist‚ Malagasy people from Madagascar‚ and Australian aboriginal mortuary rites. The Native Americans believe that if you hear an owl it may foresee death. The cry of coyote is believed to be a sure sign of looming evil or death. They never completely close the coffin to permit the
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Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas. The density of population in urban areas increases because of the migration of people from less industrialized regions to more industrialized areas. The concept “Urban Sprawl” means increase
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Conceptual Framework Urbanization trend Urbanization Causes of Ground water depletion Consequences due to the depletion of Groundwater Role of Urbanization on Groundwater Impact of Urbanization on Groundwater Natural Man made Impervious area Excessive Ground water extraction Human life Environment Surface water Groundwater Urban Environment Relation between Urbanization And ground water depletion Urbanization trend Urbanization Causes of Ground water depletion
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incidents that have happened creating the deaths and injuries of some animals. In the 2005 DreamWorks move‚ Madagascar‚ a group of zoo animals wanted to leave the zoo for a day to explore New York little did they know there one day escape turned into an adventure greater than they could have every imagine. While exploring New York they were accidentally shipped to the island of Madagascar. Though they were among other animals that look like them‚ the four friends found themselves totally out sync
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The sea breeze. Fresh air. Friends. Family. These are the things running through my head as the Queen finishes her speech. Swimming in the sea. Running. School. Not really school. I won’t miss that. How are we going to see Family? And Friends? What about food? Mum can’t live without jam doughnuts. A million thoughts and questions race through my head as the Queen finishes her speech. No more school. No more walks along the beach. No more visits to friends and family. We have to stay home. We have
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Cholera‚ aka Asiatic Cholera or epidemic cholera‚ is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. From the family Vibrionaceae‚ the bacterium is characterized as a gram-negative rod. As with other gram-negative rods‚ Vibrio cholerae produces an endotoxin‚ known as cholera toxin. This bacterium is mobile due to the presence of a single polar flagellum and is highly infectious. The Vibrio cholerae bacterium grows in both freshwater and marine habitats
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INTRODUCTION OF URBANIZATION City can be defined with different definitions. There are some researchers claimed the purpose of the city based on the physical aspects only. However‚ there are also some researchers claimed the purpose of the city based on the aspects to human .According from puan Katimah Rostam (1988)‚ meaning the city can be translated into the size of the population that is more readily available than other information. Therefore‚ when a settlement has met minimum population
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URBANIZATION - IMPACTS introduction Urbanization is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. Urbanization occurs because people move from rural areas to urban areas .This usually occurs when a country is still developing. Causes of Urbanization • Rural to urban migration is happening on a massive scale due to population pressure and lack of resources in rural areas. • People living in rural areas are “PULLED” to the city. Often
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AP/GEOG 1410 Rob D’Orazio 212389045 Monday‚ March 3rd‚ 2014 Paul Bocking Assignment 5: World Urbanization System 1. Three Countries High - Sweden (85.2%) Medium – Portugal (61.1%) Low – Thailand – 34.1 (%) a) Population (thousands) Percentage urban Country Urban Rural Total Sweden 8044 1396 9441 85.2 Portugal 6527 4162 10690 61.1 Thailand 23689 45829 69519 34.1 b) Sweden Size Class of Urban Settlement Size Class Code Number of Agglomerations
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