"how does geographic features positively or negatively affect the development of a nation or region?
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Geographic features can affect how and where the population live. Most of Australia live near the coast as the inner land is more inhospitable. (I generalise there)\n\nIt can affect the produce and industry. Is the land suitable for farming, is there water nearby, does it flood easily?\n\nThink of it this way - where would you like to live/work/play? What is it about that place that makes you choose it? Where would be the complete opposite?\n\nHope this helps.
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a geographical location might help..............what do you say?
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(ever notice that latitudinal correlation between economic power and distance from the equator?)\nSomebody asked earlier "why is Asia still a poor country?" \nI gave the following answer and it's also true for why Africa is a poor country :\n\n\nThis is a complex question to answer in such short form but, I'll try. In short, Climate and history have shaped human economics.\nWealth (a middle class) is a fairly recent development even in western culture. Not so long ago, everywhere in the world, societies had an elite ruling class and the general masses were poor. Corruption and inequality was present in all cultures. \nThings we typically think are responsible for wealth like; Good laws, fair practices, good government and human rights are more a product of a robust middle class.\nThe significant historical events that gave rise to economic power were; transportation of goods, technology, and most significanty the industrial revolution. That's history.\nBut what about geography? Why did these events occur sooner in some parts of the world rather than other parts? That is the meat of ur question. The answer is climate.\nViewed in it's simplest way, It is less comfortable to live in a cold climate. It takes the burning of more energy, materials and work to be able to house, clothe and feed urself in a cold climate. A place where food is hard to grow for a few months out of the entire year, u need to have lots of clothes to stay warm, good shelter to stay warm, and you have to heat that shelter.\nThat was the catalyst for development. "necessity is the mother of invention" Yes, sounds too simple to be true right?\nConversly, in a warm climate, it's easier to have housing, food and comfort even if ur poor. Easier for the rulers to keep the masses alive. The disparity between an elite ruling class and massive lower class had stability. Everything works, no need for things to change. Progress occured more slowly. \nViewed in the most basic way, societies of colder climates, though less populated, still developed faster due to demand for goods and discomfort of living. Tropical countries fell behind with this develpmental pace. Thats the answer to ur question why poverty still exists all along the geographic equator. It's not just Asia. It's Africa, Southamerica etc. \nHere's the kicker, Things are now changing very rapidly. With what we call globalization, the world becoming a smaller place, the balance of power and wealth is in flux more than ever before in the history of the human race. What direction it will go... how it will end up is anyone's guess.\nThe history of economic power is an intricately complex subject.\nI hope my simple and gerneralized explanation answers ur question.  Despite having been older and populated for longer, countries located along the equator did not develop at the same rapid speed to keep up with the more recent countries located in cooler regions.\nHope this answered ur question.
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I agree with the first answer.\n\nyou have to consider:\n-topography of location (is the area surrounded by mountains, or is the location a 'free-space' type?)\n-type of network to be built (wired or wireless?)\n-distances of endpoints (if you're opting for wireless)\n\nfor your reference:
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If you take a country's population down to a microeconomic level, say, your family.  How does your family get larger or smaller (birth, death, divorce, marriage etc.)?  On the larger macroeconomic scale, high birth rates, high death rates (i.e. - famine, genocide, disease, etc.), immigration and emigration, etc., will all impact a country's population.
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No.  The country while beautiful does not have large enought statiums, resources and the population to fill the statiums
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geo - geography\npolitical - politics\nstate - government.\n\nThis question is referring to the "boundaries" people invision, with regard to the way the 'place' is governed.\n\nEg: local government as opposed to state government, as opposed to the senate (or however it works in your country)\n\n\nyou can think of it as:\n\nHow has your country divided itself up into workable political units.....\nThe boundaries are dynamic - they can change, furthermore, they do not exist physically, they are a social construction used to govern the society.
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The five themes of geography are location, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement and region.\n\nSo I guess a brief summary of each??? \n\nLocation: Two kinds, absolute location (using longitude and latitude to pinpoint an area) and relative location (location in relation to place around it).\n\nPlace: Defined using physical and human characteristics. Physical-landforms, climate, soil and animal life in a place. Human-people's way of life (activities, means of transportation, religion, languages.\n\nInteraction Between People and Their Environment: The changes that people make to their environment. People can also adapt to their environment (example: in lands of  the Artic north, people build homes from ice.)\n\nMovement: Includes movement of people (to find freedom, a better life, because of natural disasters or against their will), movement of goods (trade), and movement of ideas. This leads to interdependence, which is the dependence of countries on goods, resources and knowledge from other parts of the world. \n\nRegion: Definition--an area with its own unifying characteristics. Can be identified by cultural features, political features, economic features or physical characteristics.
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It all depends seperate state has both positive and negative effects in development so It is possible either way it is evident that if not now atleast after few months or years this seems to be possible
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it depends. MEDC's are less likely to become desert, yet it would have a large impact on income of the area, regardless, as the number of tourists would plummet, and jobs would become un-necessary
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economic development -  the analysis of the economic progress of nations.
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Developed nations are those countries with high standard of living for the generality of its populace.\nA developed country usually has good economic indices (in terms of per capita income, GDP, growth rate of the economy, level of unemployment etc)\nFor a country that wants to be "developed", it has to work towards improving those indices mentioned above.
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For starters, the location.\nLanguage, Culture, Demographics, Government...everything about those countries are almost different.
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for geography? \n\n5 themes of geography\n\nlocation\nplace\nregion\nhuman environment interaction\nmovement
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There is no difference based on geographic location but there are HUGE differences based on race.  Whites, blacks, hispanics and asians differ markedly on this issue.  However, someone of the same race from a different part of the country is very similar on this.
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The most striking immediate change accompanying urbanization is the rapid change in the prevailing character of local livelihoods as agriculture or more traditional local services and small-scale industry give way to modern industry and urban and related commerce, with the city drawing on the resources of an ever-widening area for its own sustenance and goods to be traded or processed into manufactures.\n\nResearch in urban ecology finds that larger cities provide more specialized goods and services to the local market and surrounding areas, function as a transportation and wholesale hub for smaller places, and accumulate more capital, financial service provision, and an educated labor force, as well as often concentrating administrative functions for the area in which they lie. This relation among places of different sizes is called the urban hierarchy.\n\nAs cities develop, effects can include a dramatic increase in rents, often pricing the local working class out of the market, including such functionaries as employees of the local municipalities. Supermarkets and schools sometimes relocate or close down owing to the same financial pressure. Dramatic increases in land values also encourage further development, and may bring an increased tax revenue for local government.\n\nIn order to mitigate the problems of city growth, certain policies such as zoning or growth control or creation of an urban growth boundary are put in place, although the eventual effect of those policies sometimes turn out to be inflated land and housing prices due to a restricted supply.
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Customs of any country are the set behaviors depicting it's culture and heritage. The factors affecting/shaping customs are as follows:-\na.Religion\nb.Geography\nc.Climate\nd.Cultures of neighbouring countries