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Air Pollution and Climate Change, 2005.
This paper analyzes the interconnected issues of air pollution and climate change.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the problem of air pollution and climate change in Ontario especially Toronto. The author emphases the use of statistics especially correlations. The paper relates the adequacy of the Montreal Protocol and makes policies recommendations.
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"There is a great deal of evidence that human activity is resulting in serious pollution of the environment. It is clear that "industrial activities, such as mining, are directly responsible for much of the pollution that degrades the environment" (Ayres, 2003, p. 1). Industrial flows such as heavy metals are harmful to the environment, and when toxic substances build up, they can interfere with biological processes. The damage done by corporate pollution is particularly observed in air quality and in climatic change. The other main source of smog consists of automobile emissions."
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Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel", 2005.
This paper discusses the theme of Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper explains Jared Diamond's theme in his book that geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. The author points out that, according to Diamond, geographic factors have been responsible for all historical developments. The paper describes such geographic factors as population size, the transfer of knowledge between continents, the availability of potential crops and domesticated animals and the orientation of continental axis to facilitate the spread of agriculture.
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"In the epilogue of "Guns, Germs and Steel", Yali asks Jared Diamond, "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" This question is answered by Diamond through the theme of his book, for according to Diamond, geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. Population size in civilizations and diffusion between continents have been determining factors, as the geography of Yali's homeland demonstrates, for it imposed isolation from the rest of civilization and kept the population low, which resulted in a primitive culture in which material progress was not valued or pursued."
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Arctic Tourism, 2005.
This paper discusses travel and tourism industry in the Arctic.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 124.95
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This paper defines the Arctic in terms of geography and culture. The author performs a SWOT analysis to examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of increased Arctic travel and tourism. The paper concludes that increased environmental government regulation is needed to maintain sustainable development.
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"Despite the harsh climate and isolation, it seems as though more and more people are traveling north to the Arctic as an alternative to the traditional ski trip and a beach vacation. According to some Arctic experts, travelers have made their way to the Arctic by ships for some time now. Ship based tourism has mostly been small scale; however, the cruise business world has recently experienced an increase in growth particularly with regard to the size and number of vessels destined for the Arctic."
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), 2005.
This paper discusses the role that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the economic growth of developing nations in Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia.
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This paper explains that the importance of foreign direct investments (FDI) in developing economies cannot be overstated. The author presents Malaysia as a single case example. The paper relates that Malaysia is a nation, which has been troubled by currency and image problems but continues to compete for FDI that signify the potential for economic growth.
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"The importance of foreign direct investments (FDI) in developing economies cannot be overstated. FDI has the incredible power to affect the national economy of a developing (and even of developed) nation either for domestic good or ill. In recent years, this has been shown to be particularly true within the context of Southeast Asia, where quite a lot of FDI has flowed since the early 1990s. In some cases, this has been a positive force for economic growth, contributing to the long-term stability of the host nation."
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Urban Planning in Canada, 2005.
This paper analyzes a chapter from a text about urban planning in Canada.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper is based on Chapter 14 of F. Frisken's book entitled "The Changing Canadian Metropolis", which is called "Urban Sprawl in the Montreal Area - Policies and Trends" by Francois Charbonneau, Pierre Hamel and Michel Barcelo. The author points out that this chapter is about urban sprawl in Montreal and how it is affecting the city itself, particularly the city center of Montreal, because, with the increase in suburbanization, the center has become like a ghost town of sorts. The paper relates that the government implemented some policies, but these were ineffective.
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"Chapter 14 of F. Frisken's book entitled "The Changing Canadian Metropolis" is called "Urban Sprawl in the Montreal Area - Policies and Trends" by Francois Charbonneau, Pierre Hamel and Michel Barcelo. The title of this article aptly represents what it is about. It is an effective analysis of the phenomenon of urban sprawl in Montreal. The authors of the article describe the problem of urban sprawl, its timeline, and what led to the problem in the first place. Next, they discuss the policies that the Quebec government used to try and deal with the issue, and what other influences affected the outcome of the policies."
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Urban Sprawl, 2005.
This paper discusses urban sprawl in Montreal.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper analyzes an article about the issue of urban sprawl in Montreal. The author points out that urban sprawl is a continuing problem, which has devitalizing the city center of Montreal. The paper relates that this is the result of several factors, but the article alleges that the most relevant factor is the fact that the regional government does not really have a voice in this issue.
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"The Canadian city is changing, mostly as a result of urban sprawl, and not enough is being done to stem the flow of this change or to direct it in more desirable directions. This is the emphasis of the article which forms Chapter 14 of the text The Changing Canadian Metropolis (Volume 2), edited by F. Frisken. The chapter, entitled "Urban Sprawl in the Montreal Area - Policies and Trends" by Charbonneau, Hamel and Barcelo of the University of Montreal, gives us a comprehensive picture of what is going on in Montreal in recent times with regard to its city planning - or, more relevantly, the lack of urban planning."
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Water Quality, 2005.
This paper examines the state of water contamination in two bodies of water associated with the San Francisco Bay.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 11 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the state of water contamination the San Pablo Bay and the Sacramento River, which are two bodies of water associated with the San Francisco Bay. The author points out that both of these bodies of water are analyzed for the state of lead, MtBE and copper contamination. The paper relates that potential or existing management options are discussed.
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"The Sacramento River and the San Pablo Bay are currently home to numerous contaminants, including Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MtBE). These contaminants, which originate from various sources, affect the health of wildlife, as well as the health of people who enjoy the wildlife resources in the area. The San Pablo Bay, one of five interconnected bay sections making up the San Francisco Bay, receives downstream waters from the Sacramento River, connecting the study and health of both waterways. The levels of contaminants must be monitored to maintain water quality and the health of the environment in the Sacramento River Basin and the San Francisco Bay region. Management options are underway and guidelines for contaminants exist but they must constantly be reevaluated to best combat the threats such contaminants pose to the area."
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The Middle East, 2005.
This paper examines local challenges to state sovereignty in the Middle East.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that, in examining the issue of sovereignty in the Middle East, it is evident that many Muslim nations have struggled and continue to struggle to overcome local challenges to the authority of the state. The author points out that the insurgency against the Iraqi interim government and its American ally is only one of many examples, which can be cited of internal local challenges in the Muslim world to state sovereignty for in recent years. The paper relates that Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have suffered from internal instability.
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"In examining the issue of sovereignty in the Middle East, it is evident that many Muslim nations have struggled and continue to struggle to overcome local challenges to the authority of the state. The insurgency against the Iraqi interim government and its American ally is only one of many examples which can be cited of internal local challenges in the Muslim world to state sovereignty, for in recent years, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have also suffered from internal instability because of local challenges to state sovereignty. One of the primary recurring reasons why there have been local challenges to state sovereignty in the Middle East is the questionable legitimacy of many of the national governments in the region."
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Ghetto Formation, 2005.
This paper discusses mass migration and the formation of ghettos.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper is based on the article "Great Migration and the Consolidation of the Ghetto". The author points out that this article reflects urban design and geographic thought. The paper argues that the great migration that was an economic pull factor interacted with various social and political factors to create ghettos in Cleveland.
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""The Great Migration and the Consolidation of the Ghetto" examines how one significant socio-economic development can result in the creation of another socio-economic development. In this case this chapter demonstrates how the great migration of black people into Cleveland eventually resulted in the creation of a black ghetto. The thesis of the author appears to be that although the great migration was the result of economic factors, the creation of the black ghetto was the result of social factors. According to the chapter's author, The responses of both the Negro and white communities to this problem helped shape and delimit the lives of northern Negroes for decades afterward (157)."
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Film: "American Beauty", 2005.
This geography paper examines suburban gender roles in the film "American Beauty"
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews issues of gender, power and space in the film "American Beauty". The author argues that suburban environments have ideal gender roles. The paper relates that the characters in this movie are unhappy because they don't fit into these roles.
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""American Beauty" is about the dysfunctional nature of suburban families. The story centers around two families. The first family is the Burnhom family. The protagonist of the film is Lester, a man going through a massive mid-life crisis. His wife Caroline is a cold, materialistic perfectionist who if obsessed with projecting the image of the perfect family. Their only daughter Jane is a fairly typical teenager. The second family is the Fitts family. Colonel Fitts is a Marine that attempts to hide the fact that he is a homosexual through homophobic statements, fascist leanings and violence. "
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Japanese Life in Literature, 2005.
This paper discusses the everyday life of Japanese people as presented in Kobo Abe's "The Box Man" and Kenji Nakagami's "The Cape.
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This geography paper discusses the issue of homelessness in the everyday life of the Japan. The author points out looking at everyday life from the perspective of homeless people can be a very interesting exercise, which allows an observer to understand a society's feelings about homelessness, work, alienation, family relationships and the intrinsic value of human life. The paper relates that that Kobo Abe's "The Box Man" is about homelessness, while the Kenji Nakagami's "The Cape has a character who happens to be homeless in the ghetto, which is already poor.
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"Everyday life in every society is seen from a wide range of perspectives. This means that everyday life can be seen as something completely different from the perspective of a working person or a homeless person. Looking at everyday life from the perspective of homeless people can be a very interesting exercise because it allows an observer to understand a society's feelings about homelessness, work, alienation, family relationships and the intrinsic value of human life. Two stories that explore homelessness in the everyday life of Japanese people are "The Box Man" by Kobo Abe and "The Cape" by Kenji Nakagami."
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Brazil, 2005.
This paper discusses the origins of the culture of Brazil.
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This paper examines the way in which three cultural traditions have come together in Brazil. The author points out that these cultural traditions are Native American, European and African. The paper relates these culture as observed in dance, music, religion and farming practices.
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"Brazil is one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world, drawing on a large number of traditional cultural sources in order to create its own unique national identity. While there are a number of cultures that come together in Brazil, three major influences have shaped the national identity for the past several hundred years. These influences arise from native populations, Europeans, and Africans. The native tribes were obviously already there when the Europeans arrived, bringing their culture with them. The Europeans brought Africans to Brazil as slaves. Over time, these three groups found their own cultural tropes appropriated and mixed with the others to form new cultural forms in music, dance, religion, and even farming."
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Mike Davis' "Ecology of Fear", 2005.
This paper reviews Mike Davis' book "Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper explains that Mike Davis' "Ecology of Fear" is a criticisms of the planning and development in Los Angeles Country, which has resulted in serious environmental and social costs. The author applies Davis' lessons from this book to Toronto. The paper demonstrates that Toronto's shortcoming in planning threaten the environment and have serious repercussions for poverty, related crime and widening class gaps in the future.
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"Mike Davis' "Ecology of Fear is a readable and interesting account of a laissez faire approach that has been taken, through the history of Los Angeles, and towards serious environmental hazards and disasters in the present. The last third, or so, of this volume is most interesting, as Davis turns to a discussion of Los Angeles' great gaps between the rich and poor, and an overall concern for security, that have been one important result. New planning may yet bring the destruction of the city, in Davis' view. "
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Water and Human Social Organization, 2005.
This paper examines the relationship between water resources and human settlement patterns.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper stresses that there is a direct relationship between the distribution of fresh water and human settlement patters. The author points out that the relationship has existed in the Americas following European colonization. The paper relates the impact of the fur trade and the manner in which settlements engineer the existing water resources to support continued growth.
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"Few can deny that there is a direct relationship between the distribution of fresh water and human settlement patters. Cities tend to spring up near rivers and seas, places where commerce and access to drinking water is abundant. However, less well understood is the effect that human settlement patters and commerce have on those same water supplies. Too often, human civilization perceives water as an inexhaustible resource. After all, it falls from the sky. It's taken for granted that if surface water is not abundant then engineering efforts can make it available in order to support continued growth. Unfortunately, the effect that this attitude has on water resources and the environment in general can be devastating and possibly irrevocable."
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Switzerland, 2005.
This paper outlines the geography of Switzerland.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the physical and human geography of Switzerland as well as the economy of one of the world's most conspicuously wealthy nations. The author argues that Switzerland is a complex land with a complex past and a complex future ahead of it. The paper stress that Switzerland has the infrastructure and human resources to meet capably challenges of modernity.
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"Flanked on its western border by France and on its northern border by Germany, Switzerland is a tiny nation that knows a little bit about the power struggles and Byzantine intrigues that have characterized Modern European history; indeed, one might add that being uncomfortably sandwiched between two traditional European powers with historic predilections for expansionist zeal is nothing if not a study in reality. This paper will review Switzerland's reality. Specifically, this paper will explore the history of Switzerland from the emergence of the "Old Confederacy" in 1291; the human geography of one of the world's most affluent nations; the physical geography of that self-same nation; and, not least of all, the economy that has often been the envy of bordering states with considerably greater human and natural resources but not, it appears, with greater business savvy and financial wherewithal."
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Crater Lake, Oregon, 2005.
This paper describes the geological and biological features of Crater Lake, Oregon.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that Crater Lake, Oregon, which is the deepest lake in the United States, was formed, some 7,000 years ago, as the cavity from the collapse of a volcano filled with water. The author points out that the lake is renewed from rain and snow runoff each year. The paper notes the different organisms living in the lake and the depths at which they are found.
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"Crater Lake, Oregon offers a number of interesting geological and biological features that exist because of the way the region was formed and the history since. Much of the biology of the region remains uncertain, for studies have only been undertaken in depth in the last 20 years. This fact makes the region especially interesting as new knowledge is gleaned about such lake systems and their interaction with the surrounding area. Crater Lake was formed from the eruption of Mount Mazama, leaving the crater that would fill with water and become Crater Lake. Once the volcano had erupted, it left a 4,000 foot deep caldera and a myriad of other geologic formations ("Crater Lake: History" para. 6). A U.S. Geological Survey party examined the area in 1959 and made sonar readings establishing the depth of the lake at its deepest point as 1,932 feet."
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Malcolm Margolin's " The Ohlone Way", 2005.
This paper examines Malcolm Margolin's book "The Ohlone Way" about California.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that Malcolm Margolin's book "The Ohlone Way" is informative and factual in terms of descriptions of the geography, wildlife and human inhabitants of California. The author points out that Margolin's is a talented writer using prose, which is eloquent and evocative . The paper suggests that Margolin must have conducted extensive research before writing this book because his many descriptions and accounts in the book of California's natural wonders and scenic beauty are accurate and inspiring.
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"I have read Malcolm Margolin's book, "The Ohlone Way", and humbly offer this critique. In prefacing my critique, I must report that initially, I found Mr. Margolin's book very informative and factual in terms of his descriptions of the geography, wildlife and human inhabitants of California. His prose is eloquent and evocative, and he is obviously a talented writer. Mr. Margolin (1981) must have conducted extensive research before writing "The Ohlone Way", for his many descriptions and accounts in the book of California's natural wonders and scenic beauty are accurate and inspiring."
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Vancouver, Canada, 2005.
This paper presents an urban biography of the city Vancouver, Canada.
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This paper explains that Vancouver is a city situated on the west coast of Canada, in the province of British Columbia. The author points out that the western half of Canada was the last half to be reached by white settlers; therefore, Vancouver is a relatively young city. The paper relates that it is one of the few major cities in North America, which was only founded after the invention of the camera; thereby, historians can access pictures documenting its entire history.
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"Vancouver is a city situated on the west coast of Canada, in the province of British Columbia. The western half of Canada was the last half to be reached by white settlers, and therefore Vancouver is a relatively young city. In fact, it is one of the few major cities in North America that was only founded after the invention of the camera, so the historian can access pictures documenting its entire history. Although the area was inhabited by natives, such as the Musqueam, for thousands of years, the first Europeans only arrived as part of a gold rush in the 1850s."
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The Middle East, 2005.
This paper examines nationalism in the Middle East.
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This paper explains that nationalism in the Middle East is defined, understood and acted upon by Arabs in accordance with their own history and religious traditions. The author points out that Arab nationalism exhibits a uniquely Muslim character. The paper relates that nationalism has gained and lost adherents over time as different regional and international forces have influenced the Arab world.
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"Nationalism has been an extremely significant force in the world for several centuries, especially in the West where it first emerged. But nationalism in the Middle East is defined, understood, and acted upon by Arabs in accordance with their own history and religious traditions. Subsequently, Arab nationalism exhibits a uniquely Muslim character, and has gained and lost adherents over time as different regional and international forces have influenced the Arab world. The latest incarnation of Arab nationalism emerged in the twentieth-century, especially after the Second World War, when European powers withdrew from the region, ending a long era of colonialism. Nationalist fervor soon swept across the Arab world, as Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians, and other Arab peoples established sovereign governments."
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