Geography Essays

“The demographic transition has enabled economies to convert a larger portion of the gains from factor accumulation and technological progress into growth of income per capita” (Galor, 2010), which helps stabilize the overall economy of the nation. Primarily, a demographic transition model consists of four different stages.

They both belonged to the late Triassic period. Even so, the pterosaurs advanced and gave way to bigger forms in the Jurassic and cretaceous. Pterosaurs from the group of the first animals to fly. The winged lizards belonged to the order Pterosauria. Their wings stretched from the ankle to a lengthened fourth finger.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the following: historical implications of Los Angeles (LA), cultural dominations and emerging transportation systems of the city, rising intensity of commutation demands, LA’s transportation during the 20th century and the image of the city’s transport systems

The intention of this study is the Santa Monica Mountain (S.M.M) as one of the famous Mountains situated in the city of California. The area is garlanded with a variety of Oak Wood Land and scrub plants community. Among these plants, some of them are very precious and are facing a serious threat to their species. Some of these plants are also used as ornamental plants in the house. 

As of July 2011, Côte d'Ivoire has an estimated population of 21,504,162, which ranks the country 56th in the world. The population comprises major ethnic groups; the biggest is Akan, with 42% of the total population. The other ethnic groups from largest to smallest include Gur, Northern Mandes, Krous and Southern Mandes.

The author states that the eastern United States Coast barrier islands are important since they are the largest in the world and have undergone significant changes in the past years. The Native Americans first occupied these barrier islands. They were later taken over by the European settlers for their recreational and touristic pursuits.

Uranium Mining in Western United States and its Effects This research paper examines mining of uranium in the western united state. It seeks to reveal the multi faceted effects of uranium mining in the United States. Uranium Mining in the US started early in the 1898.

This research is the best example of comparison of the United States investor visa and the Canadian investor visa. It help to understand why ethnic entrepreneurship emerged among the Chinese in Canada and the US and also the various aspects of transnationalism taking shape over a period of time with the blend of diaspora.

Assessing a hospital’s performance management system will highlight the need for optimal internal evaluation and assessment systems. These are integral in ensuring high levels of employee and patient satisfaction and loyalty. The paper will examine existing motivating programs and the ensuing strengths and weaknesses.

The author states that boundaries and land areas have been the source of bloody warfare and other catastrophic human problems throughout history. Maps, in the process, have but served as instruments of these situations. They guide the ones with power as maps were traditionally owned by them.

This essay seeks to ascertain whether the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has helped or hindered the economic progress of the countries involved, with particular focus on the socio-economic conditions of the populations in those countries. The effectiveness of this economic union is under careful examination.

Officially occurring between 1998 and 1999, it is believed that nearly 1 million residents were displaced during this period. Promoted by members of NATO as the first-ever ‘humanitarian war’, it resonated with Western media daily for many months, with much criticism towards the lack of co-operation from Milosevic, and the actions of NATO themselves.

Despite the fact that the Middle Eastern region represents almost 6 percent of the total world’s population,the region only owns less than 1 percent of the world’s overall water resources.In fact,statistics reveal that the demand for desalinated water is growing at an average annual rate of over 7 percent in the Middle Eastern countries which almost the double of the global average

Modification of microclimate by urban development Lausanne is also recognized for its nature of sports and culture that are issued high profile in the Olympic city (Clarey 78). Lausanne has a tremendous charming setting the main reason that makes the International Olympic Committee to stick there ever since 1914 when it was established.

This study looks into ground investigation as an activity that involves below ground assessment, generally, the process involves sampling, boring and a number of other tests on the soil to either establish its strength and compressibility or identify some other soil features which are likely to influence a particular construction project or site directly.

The study tells that the changes in Boreal forests and its direct relationship with global warming have been discussed and debated by researchers since several decades. Various experiments conducted in this regard, clearly point to the fact that the Boreal forest range has and still is undergoing changes in the soil composition, flora and fauna, and temperature due to climate change.

Hurricanes Typhoons and Cyclones are one of the most destructive elements of nature in as much that they have the potential to wipe out entire settlements spanning across cities and towns. The average hurricane has speeds up to 500 kilometers per hours strong enough to lift 20 pickup trucks and throw them 2 to 3 miles away.

The region is located at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Southern Asia, which is 1,640 miles long and which, according to a report by the World Food Organization (Feb 2007), is around 27,220km2, in the coordinates, 34.00° N 71.32° E (According to CIA World Factbook) it is bordered by Afghanistan to the west.

David advocates for the restoration of Marxist and social class methods for criticizing world capitalization. On the other end, scholars associate Francis with the rise of neo-conservatism in the US and the world. Despite their contributions, both of them have one problem in common: failing or omitting to address ecology and politics (Harvey 40).

For instance, one of the nations the world's improvement authorities have taken as an experimental bed is Malawi which is one of the poorest nations. Malawi is a little smaller than Pennsylvania with a population of 15 million people and 90 percent of them living with an average income of fewer than two dollars a day.

Economic studies or cultural studies related to a specific region or country are widely influenced by transnational migration figures and hence there is increased interest among researchers and academicians to keep tabs on the migration statistics. Broadly transnational migration can be categorized as internal or domestic migration.

It has been obtained that the spills or the leakage that occur in the USTs are primarily owing to human error or failures in the system. These may include errors in the operations, incorrect installations, failures in piping. In addition, operational failures leading to filling and dispensing failures cause leakage of harmful chemicals from the USTs.

This center is geographically located on the Tehama coastal plain which is about 75 kilometers west of Makkah and is bordered by hills leveled akin to the Al-Sarwat Mountains from the east (Jeddah Urban Observatory 201, p. 1). The region earned natural environmental distinction with wide desert, a recorded plateau at the central region.

Moreover, green spaces facilitate sport and leisure activities. In reference to the ecological benefits green space absorbs and expels pollutants from the environment, by acting as an urban heat sink thereby protecting urban biodiversity.

This research is being carried out to look for elucidating the significance of the Durand Line at its impact upon the development of diplomatic relationships between both these countries and discuss the nature and scope of negotiations held on the conflict between the two countries at different diplomatic levels.

According to the report the development highlighted the capabilities and importance of the system today in an increasingly information-consuming society. This aspect revealed the changing roles of GIS in the past two decades. It underscores an expansion of GIS demand expanding beyond the purely professional and scientific requirements.

From 1988 to 1991, the figures revealed a strong correlation between the slowing down of the economic growth and the decline in the deforestation of the Amazon forest. This correlation was validated by the figures of the period of 1993-1998 when the boom in economic growth appeared to parallel the increase in deforestation activity of Amazon.

Though it has already been stated that urban farming is no answer to the food security problem in the world, there have been many examples where urban farming contributed greatly to food security. For example, in Nairobi, in Kenya, there are many areas where poor people live and meet their subsistence from farming.

The type of coal is determined by a process known as Proximate Analysis. In this process, the constituents of coal are analyzed for classification. Various constituents of coal are water, volatile substance, carbon and dust. Coal is mainly classified based on carbon present in it and the relative heat energy it can produce.

Coal is a resource that is both cheap and plentiful. However, there have been concerns related to it effects on the environment. These concerns aside, the demand for energy is increasing everyday and some countries either do not produce oil or do not produce it in sufficient quantities in order to satisfy local demand.

The answers to these questions can be given in twofold criteria and include the change in the estuarine geo datum caused as a result of the flow of meltwater from the glaciated lands across the globe into the sea. Thermal expansion of the upper layers of the seawater is caused by the decrease in water density due to its warming leading to the rise in the sea levels.

All these differences amongst the cities are not formulated with external facts of nature. Instead, they are caused by hundreds of millions of individual assessments, each providing opportunities for new jobs, and living costs. However, what constitutes the relation of the different individual’s decision to comprehensive outcomes we see in the cities?

. Spatial Differences of Rich and Poor Neighbourhood in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Abstract Saudi Arabia, the oil rich nation is transforming quickly from a traditional country into a modern society. But, the gap between the poor and the rich keeps widening day by day.

River Ribble is considered one of the important wetland sites in the UK. The latest research conducted in 2011 suggests a large part of this 7 km stretch is rendered ‘unfavourable’ because of constant flooding and high pollution levels. As a result, a fully-fledged Long Preston Deeps SSSI River Restoration Plan was launched in 2010.

There have been severe floods in the United Kingdom since 2000, which raised an alarm that there might be frequent harsh environment in the future. Other example of environment disaster that may have happened since 2000 include millennium floods in 2005, Hellmsley flood at North Yorkshire, in 2004 there was Boscastle storm.

(1999). Emerging infectious diseases: Public health issues for the 21st century. Science, 284 (5418), 1311-1313. This journal article provides valuable information on the global public health issues in the wake of the new millennium. Sue Binder (Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London) and her team have considered infectious diseases to be the most important area of concern in the context of global public health.

Since the industrial revolution when man gained the ability of large-scale mechanization, wanton destruction of nature had been commonplace in the building of cities, denuding of rainforests and polluting of water resources. Only recently had due concern be given the preservation of geographical conditions for life.

Global warming, the theory of climate change has aroused intense controversy regarding the extent to which our activities affect global temperature and weather patterns.

Palestine and Israel Crisis and its Effects on U.S. – Arab Relations. This paper is aimed at analyzing and evaluating the U.S. – Arab relations in the context of Palestine and Israel crisis. The prolonged hostilities between the Palestinians and Israelis have created considerable international tensions.

AP is a cooperative that enjoys the contribution of various individuals and organizations to see its continued existence and success. Outside of the United States of America, various news agencies and broadcasters commonly subscribe to AP services having no obligation to contribute news but only paying for their use of the organization’s resources.

Hence, the slaughter of poultry infected with this disease and other regulations in food production can contain the spread of communicable diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) survey, in developed markets, the main cause of death is High Blood pressure, tobacco, obesity, and alcohol consumption.

The MDGs thus provides a universal framework for countries to implement relevant programs within their communities and ensure the realization of a common goal. In terms of numerical benchmarks, the MDGs hope to cut levels of world poverty by half and promote inclusive efforts to accommodate more people into the global economy.

It begins with the shaking of the ground as the earth's tectonic plates slide past each other because of enormous pressure and shear forces in the plates. There are different kinds of movement of these plates and hence different intensities of the earthquake and different movements. For this earthquakes prediction, lots of works are being done.

Here these two countries, Italy and Singapore, will be examined by comparing and contrasting the various elements that compose countries’ particular essences. Italy and Singapore may be on two different sides of the world, but, as it turns out, they have much common ground in addition to how they can be contrasted.

Several reasons are attributed to this frenzy towards gaining an idea about the future. Policymakers need to appease people about the future, as well as make and implement certain policies, which will try to save the environment. These policies include implementing and regulating the existing laws.

Projection from a 3D surface to a 2D medium is generally of two types - central perspective and parallel projection. Central perspective projection involves sensing the entire field within a view from a single point in space. The single point in space can be the geometric center of the camera lens.    

To successfully develop the tourism capacity of the Forest, there must collaboration on the part of the political class, people, and the experts in charge of the systems. This may take a long time since correct and applicable assessments are required to have a reliable projection of how the site can be better utilized for tourism. And all these processes must be handled by US EPA.

As water flows naturally to the sea, it forms various features as it interacts with various factors on its way. In some cases, the water gets stored temporarily in reservoirs, most of the time moving at various speeds. Depending on the speed of movement, the water collects, transports, and deposits objects including soil, rocks, and wood.

The food chain is a representation of the energy transfers from one organism to another. It starts from a producer, usually plants, which are autotrophs that can harness light energy to form organic compounds. Plants are then used by primary consumers, or calves, for energy. These herbivores are then consumed by carnivores, such as humans.

The book traces us back to the nineteenth century California. It closely studies the impact which the industrialization has created on the nature. The book provides extensive information as a result of the research work based on California during the time period of 1850 and 1900.