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Paper Abstract: This paper deals with the issues of European environmental issues and regulations, urbanization in Europe and Latin America, and the cultural diversity of Southeast Asia. Paper Introduction: Geography During the s the United States was ahead of Europe in recognizing the importance of dealing with environmental problems Clay But in the s rising awareness of environmental issues following a series of ecological disasters brought about the rise of Green parties in Europe which often achieved parliamentary majorities thus leading the way for the stringent environmental standards that have been imposed on industry from one end of the European Union to another Since the Industrial Revolution started in Europe before Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. Urban Dynamics in Latin American cities:an agent-based simulation approachhttp://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/repast/JoannaBarros_19_ 1_ 5.pdfClay, Rebecca. And although fish saucecharacterizes all the cuisine of this region, there are as many varietiesas there are variations in culture. Rice paddy agriculture, which has existed in the region for thousandsof years, varies according to the landscape, ranging from the Banaue RiceTerraces in the mountains of Luzon in the Philippines, to the labor-intensive lowland rice cultivation of Indonesia. Since the Industrial Revolution started in Europe before the United States, and there is less land and a higher population density, the effects of environmental degradation were harder to ignore - namely "extensive urban air pollution, accumulated pesticides and other chemicals in the soil, groundwater, and drinking water, acid rain, and the complicated disposal of hazardous and radioactive waste" (ibid.). Lowland areassuch as Denmark and the Netherland are apt to be flooded with the predictedrise in sea level.Europe has managed to close 32 British coal mines that produce high sulfuremissions, has encouraged alternative clean energy from wind and solarpower, and has managed to bring increased energy efficiency to itstransportation system by a number of measures. In the regions most dominated by Chineseculture, such as Vietnam, people eat with chopsticks. All's Not Quiet on the Western Front: Europe's ContinuingEnvironmental Battle.http://www.ehponline.org/docs/1995/1 3-5/focus2.htmlSeager, Richard. While the Gulf Stream may still play some role, recent computersimulations have shown that differences in winter temperature across theNorth Atlantic are always the same, regardless of the Gulf Stream,suggesting that "the seasonal absorption and release of heat by the oceanand the moderating effect this process has on maritime climates downwind"is responsible (ibid.)Some of the potential impacts of global warming on Europe are changes inthe Gulf Stream's flow across the Atlantic that might remove whatevermoderating effect it has on the winter climate of Europe, thus making itresemble colder regions of similar latitude, like Labrador. According to Barros (2 7), "processes of filtering, core decay, and movement of high income groups towards the city's outskirts are of a similar nature in both Latin American and Western cities, and they differ mainly in degree". Oneindicator of the great cultural diversity in Southeast Asia is illustratedby the wide variety of culturally distinct calendars in use in the region,which include Buddhist, Burmese, Chinese, Hindu, Indonesian, Islamic, andtwo kinds of Thai - both solar and lunar. But this theory has recently been challenged (Seager,2 6). This phenomenon is referred to as the North Atlantic thermohalinecirculation, or the "Atlantic conveyor", part of the global pattern ofocean circulation, driven by winds and the exchange of heat and water vaporat the sea surface. 3. But in the 198 s rising awareness of environmental issues following a series of ecological disasters brought about the rise of Green parties in Europe, which often achieved parliamentary majorities, thus leading the way for the stringent environmental standards that have been imposed on industry from one end of the European Union to another. Geography 2 (76284) 1. Although some European cities demonstrate the urban sprawl model of the United States, the fact that there is less available space and the cities are older means that there are changing demographics within pre-existing neighborhoods, rather than the peripheral growth of a ring of poor people around a prosperous core inner city that characterizes the favelas and villas miserias of Latin America. But unlike otherareas in the Chinese cultural sphere, Vietnam uses the Western script inits writing, a hangover from French colonialism. On the mainland are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, whose dominant religious influences are Buddhism and Confucianism. under the Bush regime was opposing the Kyoto Accords and flaunting its lack of concern for regulating its financial backers in the energy cartel.The traditional explanation of why a continent as far north as Europe has amuch milder climate than would be expected from its latitude has been thatthe mild winters are caused by heat carried from the tropics by the GulfStream, which wends its way across the Atlantic, warming the atmosphere asit goes. Latin American cities demonstrate high speed, unregulated growth, with masses of poor people living in peripheral areas with few services, which are fragmented, disconnected, and mutate and evolve over time. The Source of Europe's Mild Climate. The Khmer culture of Cambodia, best known from the ruins of Angkor Wat, was also influenced by Hinduism.Chinese or Indian cultures, or a blend of both, have been the dominantinfluences in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is divided into two geographic regions, each with their own dominant cultural tendencies: the Asian mainland, and islands and archipelagoes to the east and southeast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_asia). American ScientistOnline, July-August 2 6.http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/51963?fulltext=true&print=yesSoutheast Asia. The maritime areas include Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The original inhabitants were animist, but by the 3rd century B.C Indian traders brought Hinduism, followed by Buddhism from the Chinese, and in the 14 s, by Islam. In areas most affected byIndian cultural influence, people tend to eat with their fingers. These improvised urban neighborhoods slowly become incorporated into the city by spatial expansion, during which higher income people gradually encroach on these unincorporated areas while new poor communities keep growing up on the periphery. Examples of this pattern are Sao Paulo, Brazil, Mexico City, Mexico, and Caracas, Venezuela. And while Europe was becoming greener, the U.S. During the 197 s the United States was ahead of Europe in recognizing the importance of dealing with environmental problems (Clay, 1995). But it has been lesssuccessful in eliminating problems such as acid rain and river-bornepollutants, which require transnational cooperation. 2. This region is characterized by Islamic, and to a lesser degree, Christian influences. This explains why the island of Bali is the last refuge of Hinduism, while most of Indonesia converted to Islam, making it the most populous nation to have that religion. Starting with the Industrial Revolution, there has been a steady urbanizing trend in both regions, as agricultural peasants have migrated to the cities in search of work. But since Europe is fully industrialized, and Latin America is still undergoing its transition from a primarily agricultural society to an urban, industrialized one, there are differing tendencies in their respective styles of urbanization. Both Europe and Latin America are characterized by extensive urbanization. Stilt houses, built towithstand the wet climates characterized by monsoon rains, are foundthroughout the region, as is the practice of carrying burdens on the head.Finally, there are a wide variety of languages in Southeast Asia, rangingfrom Tetum to Lao to Malay.Works CitedBarros, Joana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_asia If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.