Images of the city

According to Cliff Ellis (Ellis, 1989), city is a centre for storage, trading and manufacturing activities, which is the basis of human development in culture, arts, scientific research and technical innovation. It also contributes as a communication centre, where new ideas and information are presented. According to Amanda Briney (Briney A, 2008), City is an … Read more

Tar Creek

Located in northeast Oklahoma, Tar Creek was a mining district used since the early 1900s. During World War I, it produced a large majority of the lead and zinc used in the war efforts. By the 1920s, Tar Creek became the world’s largest producer of lead and zinc, generating over a billion dollars in revenue. … Read more

Issues faced by farmers in the farming industry

Customer Requirements: The customer requirement plays a vital role in identifying the market and its capacity. The requirements act as the base of any project be it technology, manufacturing or innovation. Clients have necessities and prerequisites. A client’s need sets up the connection between the company and the client (illustration: I need an iPad). Necessities … Read more

Peoples Right to Information Movement – Rajasthan, India

A people’s movement started in a village in eastern India converged into a national legislation for right to information. The movement used access and right to information as tool to draw attention to the underpayment of daily wage earners and farmers on government projects, and more generally, to expose corruption in government expenditure. Through prolonged … Read more

Tropical rainforests and other habitats described

Tropical Rainforest 1.Description ” Tropical Rainforest, also spelled tropical rain forest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of broad-leaved trees and found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. 2.Abiotic Factors ” Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 93 °F or drops … Read more

Brazil climate, ecosystem, economy, tourism

Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles) and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. It is the … Read more

Romania’s economy has insufficiently exploited European funds

The world economy, heavily globalized, suffered in the last nine years one of the most important “financial earthquakes” of history, a moment that seems not to be exceeded completely today. The financial crisis, naturally followed by the economic crisis, started in 2007, found unprepared, at least the world political leaders, who could not have consistent … Read more

Jared Diamond’s Theory of Geographic Determinism,

Jared Diamonds Theory of Geographic Determinism, described in his book, is the idea that civilizations develop differently over time in response to environmental factors such as climate, soil fertility, the presence of large animals, and physical barriers to travel. He says that although people and culture make up these civilizations, it is their surroundings that … Read more

Farmer suicide in India

Due to the twenty-first century’s exponentially growing population size, the rate of food consumption is dramatically increasing. In July 2000, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Science, the Royal Society of London, and the Third World Academy of Sciences presented a “Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture” … Read more

Ecotourism of cenotes

As an individual who is constantly enlightened by the opportunity to visit new places and better understand and appreciate lives around the world by doing this, I didn’t ever expect to be questioning my position in traveling, but spending  4 months in the tourist filled Yucatan Peninsula this past year for school has left me … Read more

China’s slowing economy/’One Belt, One Road’ project

China has become world’s second-largest economy after the United States, it has reached economic growth composing 10.4 percent annually and has helped nearly 800 million people to overcome poverty (The World Bank, 2016). However, in recent years China’s economy started slowing down due to several reasons and currently country needs reforms to boost the economic … Read more

Nepal earthquake – April 2015

1. Report Summary The country of Nepal, located in between two of the most populated countries, China and India, is mainly famous for their big mountainous range called the Himalayas. This mountain range  includes the worlds highest mountain, Mount Everest measuring at 8848 metres above sea level. With this big mountainous range though comes a … Read more