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The growth of the tourism industry means that a country's GDP grows, (the overall market value of country's services and goods) and therefore decreases the gap between the developed countries and the LIC. By...

Tectonic hazards are hazard events that occur as a result of tectonic activity. There are two forms of destructive plate margins: subductive and collision. A collision plate margin occurs when two continenta...

One push factor may be a lack of health and education services in rural areas. For example, in the UK many small towns and villages lack a hospital or secondary school, meaning people have to travel in order...

Longshore drift is a process by which sediment is moved along the coastline. The prevailing wind blows waves, and the sand and pebbles that are being carried, onto the beach at an angle. The backwash carries...

Fracking is a process which extracts natural gas efficiently, reducing our dependency on coal as an energy resource. However, the fluid used within the process is toxic and can contaminate air and water supp...