Madagascar: The Case of a Lost Paradise English 204 Final Paper 5/29/2011 Maria El Hajj | Madagascar‚ better known as the eighth continent of the world‚ is one of the most precious landmasses on earth. Lying in the Indian Ocean‚ it detached from the African mainland 165 million years ago and developed into magnificent uniqueness through its wide range of biodiversity‚ large areas of forested lands‚ and its rare animals such as the Lemurs. In the 17th century‚ Madagascar started admitting
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MADAGASCAR Madagascar‚ the Red Island‚ the Rainbow Island‚ the Eighth Continent‚ there are many names for the world’s 4th largest island. Madagascar is situated in the south western area of the Indian Ocean east of the coast of Africa about 400 km off the coast of Mozambique. The island is recognized as one of the world’s top ten hotspots for biodiversity. Madagascar is inhabited by various ethnic groups of Malayo-Indonesian‚ mixed African and Malayo-Indonesian‚ and Arab ancestry. Five
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Madagascar‚ officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan’i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥]; French: République de Madagascar) and previously known as the Malagasy Republic‚ is an island country in the Indian Ocean‚ off the southeastern coast of Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world)‚ as well as numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana‚ Madagascar split from
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[ONLINE] Available Souvenirs of Madagascar. 2011. Souvenirs of Madagascar. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.32travelmadagascar.com/en/travel_madagascar/souvenirs_madagascar.php Africa Review - Madagascar: Sex tourism in the Modern Age. 2011. Africa Review - Madagascar: Sex tourism in the Modern Age Transparency International - the global coalition against corruption. 2011. Transparency International the global Problems of Madagascar. 2011. Problems of Madagascar. [ONLINE] Available at: http://mada
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Environmental Issues of Madagascar Western International University SCI 275 Environmental Science Environmental Issues of Madagascar Madagascar is located off the Southeastern tip of Africa. The island is one of the four largest islands in the world with a land area of 226‚657 square miles. Geological theory is that the island broke away from the African continent over 150 million years ago‚ but humans did not inhabited the island until 2000 years ago (wildmadagascar.org
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Madagascar Did you know that Madagascar is the fourth largest island? This is only one interesting fact that you will learn. This paper will discuss Madagascar; its history‚ government‚ military‚ and its people and society. About 135 million years ago there was a prehistoric breakup of the sub-continent Gondwana. Madagascar split from India about eighty-eight million years ago‚ still allowing plants and animals to evolve (Klause). Madagascar is also the largest European country. It is almost
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URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA MISBAHU B BULMUO Warren (2003) defined urbanization as the movement of people from communities concerned chiefly or solely with agriculture to other communities generally larger whose activities are primarily centered in government‚ trade‚ manufacture or allied interest. It is also seen as the movement of population from rural to urban areas and the resulting increasing proportion of a population that resides in urban rather than rural areas
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Urbanization is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities‚ particularly the very largest ones. The United Nations projected that half of the world’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008.[1] By 2050 it is predicted that 64.1% and 85.9% of the developing and developed world respectively will be urbanized.[2] Urbanization is closely linked to modernization‚ industrialization‚ and the sociological process of rationalization
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Urbanization in the People’s Republic of China increased in speed following the initiation of the reform and opening policy. By the end of 2012‚ the mainland of the People’s Republic of China had a total urban population of 712 million or 52.6% of the total population‚ rising from 26% in 1990.[1] In the long term‚ China faces increasing urbanization; according to predictions‚ nearly 70% of the population will live in urban areas by 2035.[2][citation needed] Over the next two decades China will build
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include: Problems of Urbanization in the CBD – Traffic Congestion” and “The Problems of Urban Life Today” . These articles take into account the issues in relation to urban life these days. People are increasingly moving into cities from villages to make better livelihood and enhance the standard of life. This process of migration from rural to urban areas is called urbanization. Consequently‚ the urban areas are growing in their sizes. The pace with which urbanization is taking place‚ it will
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