Regional geography

Words have incredible power. Harriet Beecher Stowe strung together thousands of words to create a piece of literature that would rock the nation. In the 1800s, slavery was expanding all over the nation, primarily in the South. Although there were several statutes and laws to regulate the activity of slavery, it was still trapping thousands of people in inhumane circumstances. Needless to say, Harriet Beecher Stowe would soon shed some light on the topic and reveal the human costs of slavery.…

Sea-Level Rise is a consequence of the global climate change causing a general shoreline retreat and an increased flooding (Mangor 2004). With a 1 m rise in Sea Level, affected populations will be 36.9 million in the East Asia and Pacific region, 7.9 million in the Middle East and North Africa, 6.4 million in South Asia, 2.7 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 2.3 million in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dasgupta et al. 2008). With tidal gauge instruments, it was measured that the sea…

the employees, particularly focusing on the idiosyncratic behaviors of their bumbling regional manager, Michael Scott. The premise centers on the documentary crew filming…

organisation is structured as follows which can be considered as the mid managerial level, this is segregated according to the geographies that they serve, like for example the Americas, Europe, Japan, and finally Retail. This kind of structure at the mid managerial level enables the company to be responsive and understand the operational issues of the different geographies that they operate in. This enables the company to leverage its skills globally (Hill & Jones, 2004). The difference in…

In all, there are Four major theories of poverty: Behavioral theory of poverty as argued by Malthusian, Cultural theory of poverty as described by Oscar Lewis in 1959, Geographical theory of poverty as described by Morrill and Wohlenberg, 1971 and the structural theory of poverty as argued by Bradshaw 2007. Behavioral theory of poverty The original Malthusian argument was that the poor/peasant of developing countries over-exploits their environment out of sheer necessity and thus further…

and political values at stake (Lentile et al., 2006; Mhawej et al., 2015). The study of these fires includes generally a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, such as forestry, ecology, geology, atmospheric chemistry, mechanical engineering, geography, and economy to name just a few examples (Arroyo et al., 2008). Actually, wildfires’ consequences could be visible at local scale (e.g. influencing the soil microbial processes (Wells et al., 1979; Borchers and Perry, 1990; Poth et al., 1995;…

The “Arab Spring” was a wave of political action which emerged across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, beginning with the Tunisian Revolution that took place in January of that year. The Arab Spring saw mass protests and/or the toppling of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Jordan and more. At that time, many people felt that these protests and regime changes could have signified a new era of democratization in the region. However, whether or not that is truly the…

Human rights are one of the basic rights that people are born with regardless of their gender, race, religion, nationality, and social status. Nowadays, people take human rights as granted; however, history shows that human rights are earned instead of given. Many bloody and costly conflicts occurred in the past were actually caused by discriminations against race, religion and sex. Without being too sensitive about contentious topics, one has to admit the fact that Africans suffered the most…

Introduction: The main purpose of this assignment is to explain about the European region and the consequences that affect the climate change and how does it impact the country. Europe is a continent, which is the second smallest in the world. This continent has a surface area of 9,938,000 square kilometers and contributes to 6.8% of the earth surface. Besides that, the continent also consists of 47 countries. The largest country that is located in Europe is Ukraine, which has an area of…

Is the glass half full or half empty? Was half empty to start with, or is it possible that humanity’s virtues somehow evaporated over time? If so, how? Jonathan Swift poses these philosophical questions in his satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels by journaling the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver on his voyages to bizarre and magical islands. Each represents an extreme path mankind could have taken or may take in the future, its consequences, and the observations of a modern observer. His allegory of…