Regional geography

“Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to a source, but to find intellectual capital - the world 's best talents and greatest ideas”. (John Welch) Globalization is driven by numerous factors, a few are trading and barriers, people movement, communications, and technology. As trade increases so does contacts. The higher the contacts individuals have the fewer barriers there are in between people and businesses. Over the years trade has been…

1. Introduction: To plan with high efficiency for environmental change, the chief challenge is to deal with the drivers in developing countries instead of developed countries. This statement expresses the idea of in order to achieve the ideal result, it is practical and realistic to draw up some plans and follow through certain policies involving the drivers in developing countries. Although it might be hard in the process of carrying out the actual project. From my perspective, the…

The connection of computers on a global platform has really driven technological innovations over the years. From web applications to data sharing, the Internet promises a new scope of technological development which is likely to change the destiny of humanity forever. In view of this, it is apparent that the technology can be exploited by developing countries for their own growth. Over the years, criticisms have been laid on unfair trade policies as one of the reasons why developing countries…

First I will outline what exactly is meant by economic environment. An economic environment is made up of many different factors, firstly there are cultural factors to be considered for example when investing in a country such as Saudi Arabia an investor should be aware of the strict religious customs there and the effects this may have on the way they can conduct business or the product they sell. A second factor that makes up an economic environment is the political and economic environment…

in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. The Wall is the native name given to the area between North Cronulla Beach and Elouera. In geography lessons, year 10 have been learning about coastal management. We have gone through topics such as coastal landforms, transportation processes, and processes of coastal erosion so we went to Cronulla Beach to carry out some fieldwork activities…

Video 1 – costal erosion Boiol242 Week 3 Sandy beaches are a dynamic system that naturally experiences phases of erosion and accretion. Storm systems producing high energy waves that can rapidly erode sediments, particularly when infrequent or intense. During calmer periods, average swell waves deliver sediment back to the shoreline (beach accretion). Beach accretion is a much slower process than erosion whereby it’d take severl years for a beach to return to its pre – storm condition…

History of White’s Beach site – what did it look like previously? Point Impossible has 10m high dunes and is boarded at the mouth of Thompson Creek. The road from Torqay goes to that point and at the end is a car park. Point Impossible Beach is in front of the car park and creates a western boundary to Thompson Creek. The shore and road is 4.5km long to Whites beach, with car parks and access to the dune. The eastern part of the beach is official Optional Dress (nude) Beach. The beach is…

Erosion is the geological process in which Earth's surface is worn down by natural forces like running water, wind, glaciers and waves. Erosion is a key factor in the formation of beaches because erosion moves sediment (sand) from one location to another. There are three major types of coastal erosion; hydraulic action, corrosion and corrosion. Hydraulic action is when waves crashing against a headland causes erosion. Waves enter cracks in the rock and air is compressed into the crack by the…

Coastal Erosion in Hawaii Introduction: Coastal Erosion is a natural process along the worlds coastlines that occurs through the actions of currents and waves and results in the loss of sediment in some places and accretion in other places. (center for ocean solutions n.d.) Hawaii is one of the most eroded places in the world along the coast. Hawaii is located 4165km West of California and the mainland. (Map of Hawaii. 2014) The two main islands that are been worked on the most for…

Queensland has some of Australia’s best beaches. Tourists come to Queensland for a relaxing holiday along the golden beaches. Unfortunately, erosions are destroying the beaches, especially Surfers Paradise. If the management company does not take an action about this situation then Surfers Paradise will lose its tourists. As a result, the economic rates will drop. To solve this problem, building an artificial reed offshore will help save the popular tourist destination. Building an artificial…