The climate is very bipolar though due to varying elevations and winds across the island. The east side of the island has the heaviest amount of rain which equals to about 3.5 meters a year. Not only does this side receive a great amount of rain it is also affected substantially more by the cyclones that wreak havoc on the tropical island. Rain clouds expel so much moisture to the east of the highest grounds the highlands in the central part of the island are much drier and cooler. The downside to the central highlands though are multiple thunderstorms that cause incredible damage due to lighting strikes.
Changing Urban Environments: What are the characteristics and causes of urbanisation? (Urbanisation=a process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in towns and cities) Causes: Rural-urban migration and natural increase. Rural urban migration works because of push and pull factors bringing someone from the countryside to the city. Pushes factors include bad living quality and pull factors include better jobs. Natural increase is where more people come into the city because of natural factors such as more births.
I will have sub question as to whether crime just occurs in deprived areas as it may occur high in more wealthy areas due to the wealth and that litter may seem to high but it may be because the whole urban area has poor clean facilities I will answer these question to make my hypothesis more useful to the area. I have decided to use the large town of Barnstaple as it is close to my location and generally a good example anyway as it has a population of 20,000 people giving good amount diversity in people and buildings Theory Inner city areas were once thriving communities with a mixture of land-use and rich living alongside poor. There were shops & houses, services, community spirit & little crime. However there were high levels of Social Problems * Properties have
The Green House Effects is one of the main causes of this warming. Some greenhouse gases are needed. “The greenhouse effect is unquestionably real and helps to regulate the temperature of our planet.” (EPA) Without the GreenHouse effect the Earth could not be warmed. Human activity is adding more of these gases. “The increase in the mean temperature of the earth due to excessive emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen.” ( Green) These extra gases are making it hard for heat to escape the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in warmer temperatures.
Some of this long wave terrestrial radiation travels upward, where it may be reabsorbed by other gas molecules. The remainder travels downward and is again absorbed by the earth. Thus, the earth’s surface is being continually supplied with heat from atmosphere as well as from the sun. These processes that take place between the earth’s surfaces will keep the earth average temperature warmer than it would otherwise be. Plate tectonics could also led to climate change.
Urban Land Use Key Terms Urbanisation-A process through which an increasing proportion of people in a country, or a certain area, live in urban areas. Shanty Towns-(known as favelas in Brazil) are spontaneous squatter settlements found on land that is unattractive for other uses, e.g. swamps, wastelands and steep hills etc. These types of land are usually located around large cities. Land use model-A land use model is a simplification of an area’s real life distribution of various facilities and it details complex patterns.
It is this side-to-side load which causes the worst damage, often collapsing poor buildings on the first shake. The side-to-side load can be worse if the shocks come in waves, and some bigger buildings can vibrate like a huge tuning fork, each new sway bigger than the last, until failure. This series of waves is more likely to happen where the building is built on deep soft ground, like Mexico City. A taller or shorter building nearby may not oscillate much at the same frequency. Often more weight has been added to a building or structure at most frequently at greater heights; say another floor and another over that; walls built round open balconies and inside partitions to make more, smaller, rooms; rocks piled on roofs to stop them blowing away; storage inside.
The city has much more potential to be an engine for economic growth because unlike the rural area, the city is always productive. The city has, over the years also managed to sustain and supplement high urban productivity for the country’s economic growth This is because more than half of the population of many countries resides in cities as a result of that more human resources are available to generate wealth in the city which leads to economic growth. In addition to that a city also has the adequate infrastructure needed to economic growth. Challenges and opportunities for development posed by the informal economy The informal economy is also known as informal sector. Previously it was a by –product of the over population.
With urbanization comes expansion when this happens cities must make more roads, buildings, roads and homes to accommodate its population. When this happens there are large pieces of land that are destroyed reducing natural recourses and increasing greenhouse gases. This causes a massive amount of air pollution to one general area. Although carbon dioxide is a massive cause to air pollution outdoors there are still many indoor atmosphere pollutions that we breathe in every day. Cigarette smoke is one of the leading causes of indoor pollution in homes, the cigarette smoke a person breathes in does not only affect them personally but all the people around them as well.
In a small town, you don’t have to worry about getting robbed. There is also a problem with pollution. Exhaust fumes from cars, trucks, and buses create health problems for people living in a big city. In a big city, there are higher rates of asthma and other respiratory problems. In a small town, the air is much cleaner and there are more wide open space so that pollution doesn’t build up.