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The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...economic powerhouse it is today. [Traffic outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, Mumbai on bikes and mopeds] Mumbai is India’s financial capital, its City of Dreams – home to billionaires and the hopes and fortunes of all of India. Ambitious workers flood into the city, all competing to get ahead. The population has risen from one million to over 17 million in...
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Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...economic influence in the foot. What is interesting is whether speakers of other languages will continue to embrace English as enthusiastically as they have to date. In his examination of the fate of lingua francas after the fall of their empires, The Last Lingua Franca: English until the Return of Babel Nicholas Ostler argues that their survival as transnational...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...economic consequences of climate change? Peter Bloom discusses the potential and limitations of 'green business'. ...[Some solar panels and a personal wind turbine] In the 21st century climate change is an increasingly important global concern. Its human and economic consequences could be dramatic and demand a decisive as well as co-ordinated response. However, the issue...
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Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...economic, social and cultural life, but many communities still do not have any land rights over the traditional territories within which they make their livelihoods (Hall and Patrinos, 2005). Compared to the non-indigenous population, indigenous people experience extreme poverty, lower life expectancy, higher rates of child mortality, inadequate or absent schooling,...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...economic systems turned Brazil into a positive model of a democratic country ripe for foreign investment and a more important role in world affairs. [Utopia sculpture in Brasilia] A sculpture proclaiming Utopia in Brasilia A perfect political storm Brazil is now in the throes of a perfect storm of problems. It is experiencing an economic, political, social and moral...
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...economic and environmental impacts and costs. If the cost of ‘holding the line’ i.e. building protections and physical sea defences is not outweighed by economic benefit, then the decisions will be based on ‘managed retreat’ or ‘non-intervention’. Non-intervention is not the policy the local community wants (CCAG, 2019). [Photos taken in Happisburgh. Coastal...
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...economic model of the sharing economy could be transformed to restore its social and environmental benefits. In today’s sharing economy, dominated by its representation as the market and platform based commercial transactions, Lizzie Richardson’s (2015) article is a timely reminder that the emergence of the sharing economy has been framed as a confluence of the...
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Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...economic, cultural and political life of the nation. As a principle of justice however, equity can be traced back millennia and found, for example, in many different forms of religious and political thought the world over. As law, Equity is important; as an idea, it is timeless...This free course, Equity – law and idea, gives you the opportunity to broaden your skills...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs