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Walton-on-the-naze Coursework
Beach
Sea
Water
For my geography coursework, I will be exploring many question based on the coastal processes and other coastal Ideas at Walton-on-the-naze. The main hypothesis that I will be studying is that if ‘Management of the coast at Walton is better than doing nothing’. I will also be studying questions such as the best and worst…
Investigatory Project
Oil
Introduction These days, mosquito are dominant and kids need protection for these harmful insects. Mosquito are the cause of the disease, dengue. One way of preventing mosquito is using insect repellents. One of the problems in commercial insect repellent is that it may damage the skin and may also be the cause of rashes, swelling…
Polavaram Dam Project
Construction
India
Water
The Polavaram Project is a national multi-purpose irrigation project involving the construction of a dam across the Godavari River in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Purpose The National River-Linking Project, initiated by the Indian Ministry of Water Resources, aims to address water scarcity in India. Its objective is to transfer excess water…
Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?
America
During the late 1800s, The Gilden Age was in full effect. After the Decade of Crisis, when thousands of settlers came to the West in search of gold, reconstruction began. While many of these temporary settlers left when the Gold Rush was over, some stayed like the Chinese. They worked on the Transcontinental Railroad, more…
The Earthquake in Chile
Disaster
Earthquake
Natural Disaster
Heinrich von Kleist’s “The Earthquake in Chile” presented a number of ideas and concepts embedded within the story of star-crossed lovers Jeronimo Rugera and Josephe Asteron. By and large, it was a representation of many themes in one story such that the major ideas of providence, then social injustice and disintegration, and the hope…
Mt Everest Case Study
Crisis
Mountains
Abstract If Mount Everest were an empire, its motto would undoubtedly be “I shall not be conquered”. However formidable, this giant which stands over 8000 meters above sea level into the sky, did not seem to intimidate the owners of the commercial guide companies, Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness. In fact, these two firms, which…
Neologisms in Modern World
Hamburger
World
New Words Swiftly changing contemporary world drives emergence of new words as, for example, mcjob, garden burger, globoboss, japanimation, mallrats, pooper-scooper and many others. Some neologisms emerge as a result of technical advances, whereas others are slang expressions and words. For example, mcjob is used to define low-paying and low-prestige job that doesn’t require extraordinary…
Concept of Social Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility
Natural Environment
Recycling
Resource
Water
The practice means to do something feedback the society, economic or natural environments. It is based on the concept of Social Corporate Responsibility which is taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on communities, shareholders, customers, employees and suppliers. For each company, it offers the best practices in different domains. Due to the industries’…
The Angolan Civil War: A Product of the Cold War
Country
Angola is a country that is often associated with turmoil and strife. This is as a result of its history of violence. The country is however rich in mineral resources such as oil and diamond (Leech 2006 p108). The resources contained within Angola have played a major role in the conflict. Angola’s long time…
Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo
Atmosphere
Earth
Nature
sky
Volcano
Have you ever heard of the second largest classic explosive eruption of the twentieth century? If not, let’s examine the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991. This volcano is located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, a mere 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of Manila, the capital city (Rosenbu, 2010) (see…
| theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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| description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
| quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
| information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |