Geography Essays

Research on New Zealand Tasman Glacier

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

New Zealand has a large number of glaciers, majority of these being located in the central Southern Alps of the South Island. In the South Island alone, there are over 3,100 glaciers (McSaveney, 200 ...

Research on Voluntary Travel Behaviour Change

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Abstract With greater policy emphasis now given to travel demand management (TDM), research to date has shown that a desired shift in transport modes to alleviate environmental and heal ...

Research Project: Impact and Causes of Air Pollution

Example essay. Published: 10th Nov 2017

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT, THE CASE OF INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION IN ILUPEJU INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LAGOS STATE. BY ATUBI AUGUSTUS O. (Ph.D)   ABSTRACT The research work is primarily on ...

Research Proposal: Reconstruction and Classification of Newly Discovered Species from the Burgess Shale

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Burgess Shale, Cambrian, Anomalocaris, arthropods, taxonomy, phylogenetics, cladistics, reconstruction, museum, informal learning, multimedia, animation   Abstract ...

Rising Treelines in the European Alps

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Rising Treelines in the European Alps and their Role in Alpine Lepidoptera Population Decline Will Treeline Elevational Shifts of 300 m cause decline of Alpine Lepidoptera? Chan ...

Risks and Benefits of GMO Foods

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

The acronym GMO stands for genetically modified foods. These foods are also described as genetically engineered foods or bioengineered foods. The way GMO foods are produced is from the kinds of o ...

River Pattern Classification System

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Abstract A new empirical river pattern classification system is established based on the generalization of the famous Darcy-Weisbach equation. A parameter ψ for representing river shape is derived a ...

Role of Demographic Transition in the Shaping of Modern Society

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

A Critical Review of Dyson, T. (2001) ‘A partial theory of world development: the neglected role of the demographic transition in the shaping of modern society’, International Journal o ...

Role of port pricing

Example essay. Published: 12th May 2017

Introduction Port pricing plays important role in the growth and prosperity of the ports. It influences port competition, investment decisions, development strategy etc. This paper presents the cur ...

Rural Transport Modes in Auchi and Environs

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Transportation is one of the various elemental factors in rural development and it is necessary to understand its role in rural development and… ...

Sciences of Igneous and Volcanic Processes

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

1. The paradigm of melt-dominated, long-lived magma chambers has been questioned recently, and instead it seems that transcrustal magmatic systems dominated by crystal mush are more likely. Descr ...

Sedimentary History of the Grand Canyon

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

The Grand Canyon, located in Arizona, is a relatively young canyon according to the geologic time scale as it has formed over the last 6 million years. The canyon was carved by the Colorado River ...

Self Evaluation of Geography Education

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

In Geography I learned a lot about other parts of the world and how they are different from the place that we live in now. One of the best things I learned in Geography was about Mexico, not only be ...

Severe Weather Storms and Safety Procedures

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

 A severe storm is one that results in unusual weather that differs from the common weather types. Severe storms may cause a lot of damage and can even result in a loss of lives. There are v ...

Shape Complexity Dynamics of Bangladesh Delta

Example essay. Published: 23rd Nov 2017

Shape complexity dynamics of Bangladesh delta: A fractal dimension approach Sugata Hazra Anirban Mukhopadhyay#, Sandip Mukherjee, Abhra Chanda and Tuhin Ghosh   Abstract The lower deltaic plain of G ...

Singapore Differ From Other Countries In Asia Geography Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

As one of the Four Tigers of Asia, Singapore has been widely acclaimed for its rare economic phenomenon that caused its rapid growth and promotion to the status of a developed country. However, wh ...

Singapore tourism vulnerable to climate change

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Conclusion The overall aim of this research is to understand the ways in which tourism in Singapore is vulnerable to climate change. Predicting climate change is complex but even more complex is predi ...

Slums in Mega Cities: Dharavi

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Slums in Mega Cities-Dharavi Size and characteristics of Dharavi Dharavi is a slum in Mumbai, India and is considered as the largest slum in Asia and one of the largest slums in ...

Social Construction in Human Geography

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Social construction in its purest form is not defined easily, the by the book definition from dictionary.com is “a social mechanism, phenomenon, or category created and developed by society; apperc ...

Soil Liquefaction Analysis

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Contents List of figures List of tables 1. Abstract 2. Overview 2.1. Background 2.2. Liquefaction 2.3. Current work on the similar t ...

Soil Liquefaction Analysis for Earthquakes

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

soil liquefaction analysis   SECTION A ABSTRACT One of the major studies of geotechnical engineering is that liquefaction, One of the hazards of the earth ...

Solid Waste Management in Cambodia

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Solid Waste Management in Cambodia Cambodia is a country with beautiful natural resources, and also a country that is suffering from the impacts of waste generated by the modern global l ...

Solutions for the Water Deficit

Example essay. Published: 23rd Nov 2017

Ground water Takatuf Problem Lack of groundwater become a big problem these days. Groundwater is important and useful; many countries are depending on groundwater to supply clear, reliable water to t ...

Soufriere Hills Volcano and its Hazards

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

The 1995 to current thawing of Soufrière Hills Volcano has created over a cubic kilometers of andesitic lava, building a sequence of magma domes that were sequentially shattered, with large quantity deposited in the ocean. ...

Sources of Population Data

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

The most important problem that the social scientists are facing now days is the collection of the accurate, reliable and relevant data. Basically, the subject matter of the population geography is so vast so that’s why the population geographers require large variety and amount of data which pertains to all the attributes of the population. ...

Strategies and Design for Surviving Tornados

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Tornado in a bottle Mankind fear what they can’t control, as they fear natural disaster. Tornado is one of these natural causes. And that fear is rightfully so because before the time ...

Strategies for a Country’s Development

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Aspects that make a country develop. Abstract. The objective of this research paper is to explain how a developing country can achieving development, explaining of the three most important aspects t ...

Strategies for Sustainable Rice Farming

Example essay. Published: 23rd Nov 2017

LOW CARBON INITIATIVES: A RURAL APPRAISAL OF VARIOUS MITIGATIVE STRATEGIES USED BY RICE FARMERS AS A SCHEME FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA SAVANNA. INTRODUCTION Most of the warmi ...

Strategies to Alleviate Poverty

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

This essay argues that equality in opportunity needs to be achieved in the attempt to alleviate poverty. ...

Strategies to Estimate Rainfall

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Accurate rainfall estimation is an important and challenging task and the spatial distribution of the rain gauge is a most important factor in providing reliable areal rainfall. Modern rainfall netwo ...

Strategy of Channelization in River Systems

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the strategy of channelization in river systems in order to reduce flooding, and other purposes such as navigation. Also the importance of channel forms and th ...

Supraglacial Environment Analysis

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Some places on Earth are so cold that water is a solid—ice or snow [1]. These frozen places of our planet are called the “Cryosphere” by our Scientists.The term “Cryosphere” comes f ...

Sustainable Catchment Management: Principles and Practice

Example essay. Published: 18th Dec 2017

What is meant by the “world water crisis”? Critically assess the contribution of River Basin Management in addressing this crisis The worlds freshwater is commonly discussed in the literat ...

Sustainable Land Development

Example essay. Published: 29th Sep 2017

The increasing demand of the land for housing due to different push and pull factors like: rural-urban migration, population growth and natural disaster, expectation of job and urban facilities, most ...

Techniques for Providing Fresh Water to Arid Regions

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

“The feasibility of different techniques for providing fresh water to arid regions of the world.” Student ID Number: 36845 Introduction Water is vital as it does not have a substitute a ...

The Concept of Equitable Globalisation

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Rebecca Knighton Globalisation Debates: The Concept of Equitable Globalisation and the Offshoring of Jobs ‘One of the fundamental questions of today’s world is undoubtedly the question of equ ...

The Concept of Sustainable Development in Forest Management

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Since our world is facing a clash between economic growth and environmental needs, human society now is in the face of an uphill battle to reduce environmental pollution and ecological destructio ...

The Effects of Earthquakes

Example essay. Published: 1st Jun 2017

Abstract The occurrence of earthquakes is unpredictable and they are characterized by widespread loss of life and damage. They also cause a lot of panic to the affected people with some experiencing a ...

The Effects of Global Warming of 1.5°C on the

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

The Effects of Global Warming of 1.5°C on the Biosphere and its Associated Impacts on Human Activity, and the Scientific Basis for Limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C Global warming of 1. ...

The Effects of Methane Lakes on the Arctic Region

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Introduction  The Arctic accounts for one sixth of the Earth’s landmass, spans 24 time zones, is home to 4 million people and is one of the most important, unique and irreplaceabl ...

The Flash Floods of Fall 2010

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

 In late September of 2010, southern Minnesota experienced some of the worst flash flooding in recent history. With the ground already saturated from an unusually wet summer, torrential rain ...

The genesis of durand line, pakistan factor and pashthunistan

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction 1. The Durand Line is a 2,450 km (1,519 mile) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan ranging from the spur of the Sarikol range in the north, to the Iranian border to the south-west [1]. ...

The Geopolitics Of The Global Illegal Drug Trade Geography Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

One of the biggest problems facing the world today is the production, trade and consumption of illegal drugs. Millions of people around the world are involved in either this trade either as produc ...

The History and Significance of Oceanography

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2017

Oceanography is a boarder term in which many sciences focused on the common goal of understanding then oceans. Geology, Physics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, and Meteorology all play important role in the expanding over knowledge of the oceans. ...

The Impact of Climate Change and Coral Reef Destruction

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

The Impact of Climate Change and Coral Reef Destruction 1.1   Introduction Carbon emissions from human activity have generated two complications for coral reefs: clima ...

The Impact of Globalization on Poor Countries

Example essay. Published: 5th Jun 2017

Globalization refers to integration of regional societies, cultures and economies through reduction of state enforced limitations on exchanges between different countries thereby enhancing a globa ...

The Impacts of Agricultural Land Use Change on Surface Run-off and Soil Erosion

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

The impacts of agricultural land use change on surface run-off and soil erosion   Introduction   Agriculture has always played a role in the UK econo ...

The introduction of geography today

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

1. Introduction “Today Geography is an extremely diverse discipline covering several areas of study and involving researches with different backgrounds from all over the world (Algona & Marsh, ...

The Lynmouth Floods

Example essay. Published: 5th May 2017

Case Study: Lynmouth Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the north edge of Exmoor. The village is on the converging point of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below ...

The Marxist Critique Of Capitalism

Example essay. Published: 27th Apr 2017

Marx critique of capitalism has been, and in certain respects, remains important in the development of global economies. Marx’s theory stems from his view that capitalism is a wonderful innovati ...

The Monkey’s Voyage by Alan de Queiroz | Review

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Introduction: There are a number of basic definitions that have to be considered before an individual before providing a scientific analysis and review of the book by Alan Quieroz (2013) that is the ...

The Murray Darling Basin: An Analysis

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

The Murray-Darling Basin covers 1,061,469 square kilometres or approximately one-seventh (14%) of the total area of Australia. The Three longest rivers in Australia the (Darling River, the Murray riv ...

The Present and Past Geography of Ethiopia and Madagascar

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Africa is known for the highest number of countries plagued by high levels of poverty, weak economy structure and lack of development. Madagascar and Ethiopia are two of the least popular covered ...

The Regional Economic Integration

Example essay. Published: 25th Apr 2017

Introduction: Regional economic integration has existed in most geographical regions since the early days of the multilateral trade system. For example, the European Union was first established as the ...

The Release, Transport and Attenuation of Phosphorous (P) in Streams and Their Sediments

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Sources of Phosphorous into Streams Agricultural Production: The source of Phosphorous in soil in not only due to decaying plants, but also by Manure and other organic resid ...

The River Murray, Australia

Example essay. Published: 18th Dec 2017

1. Introduction The river Murray is one of the largest river in Australia and also known as The Mighty River and Murray Darling the name of the basin is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray R ...

The samoa-tonga tsunami

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Abstract      On the 29th September 2009 a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurring on the outer rise of the Tonga Trench generated a large tsunami. The tsunami struck Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga w ...

The Science of Biogeography

Example essay. Published: 18th Dec 2017

An explanation of biogeography and the observations on which the science founded, with examples. ...

The Sedimentary Development of the Eratosthenes Seamount

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2021

An illustrated essay explaining the sedimentary development of the Eratosthenes Seamount, south of Cyprus in its regional tectonic setting. ...

The Tangshan Earthquake: A Lesson in Seismic Preparedness

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2021

On July 28, 1976, one of the world’s most catastrophic natural disasters took place when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the 1.5 million people living in the large Chinese city of Tangshan. ...

The Terrible Human Tragedy: 2001 Gujarat Earthquake

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Research Paper It was supposed to be a day of celebration on January 26th, 2001, not a human tragedy for the state of Gujarat, India. 2001 Gujarat Earthquake, also known as the Bhuj Eart ...

The tourism system model

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The Tourism System In early tourism research, it was argued that by analysing disaggregated components of tourism, it is possible that an understanding of tourism as a whole could be achieved (Pearce, ...

The United Arab Emirates

Example essay. Published: 22nd Feb 2017

Contents Introduction Brief history Rank on human development index Type of government and economic system Economy Health care Statistics Education Family life Social issues Equality Conclusion Works ...

Theories of Development in Class

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

1). We have discussed numerous theories of development in class: modernization, dependency, World Systems, neoliberalism, and post-development. Select three of these theories and compare them with r ...

Theories of Feminist Geography

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2017

Does a feminist geography need be primarily concerned with the lives of women? In relation to the essay title, according to Dias et al (2008), Hesse- Biber (2012) and McDowell (1992), there are signi ...

Theories of Knowing

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

GEOG 701 Research in Practice, 2017 ‘Ways of Knowing’ Comparison Name: Allan Rarai Which ‘way of knowing’ from Week 2 do you select? Positivism Structuralism ...

Theory of Evolution Influence on Physical Geography Development

Example essay. Published: 12th Oct 2021

Discuss the extent to which the development of Physical geography in the early 20th Century was influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution. ...

Trans-boundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) Essay

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Trans-boundary natural resource management (TBNRM) can be defined as process of cooperation across boundaries that facilitates or improves the management of natural resources to the benefit all parts ...

Treatment of Labourers of Banana Workers

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Bananas are one of the most common food in our today’s world, they have a lot of nutritional values like vitamin C and A, also calcium. Banana is one very essential food because of its nutriti ...

Treaty Negotiations of Indigenous Sites in Southern Ontario

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

In Ontario, there are currently 205 reserves and 9 First Nation settlements where the people of the 126 First Nations live. As of 2016, there were 210 159 registered First Nations that lived in O ...

Turning Paralympian’s into Super-humans – Article Analysis

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Critical Analysis of Pepper, P. Turning Paralympian’s into ‘super-humans’ is no help to disabled people, The Guardian, 6 September, 2016 In Penny Pepper’s article “Turn ...

Types of Environmental Disasters

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Abstract This paper intends to give graduate understudies, analysts, and government and free organizations with an outline of disaster types. Disaster types have been the subject of rese ...

Types of Neighbourhoods: Exam Revision

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Malachi-Chaim Robinson Jason Rhodes   Essay Exam 1 Part 1- Short Answer: Jacobs to contend there are only three types of neighborhoods: (1) the street neighborhood, (2) districts of 100,000 peopl ...

United States Agency for International Development & Africa

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

William H Goss As the process of globalization inexorably ties nations, regions, and continents into a greater interconnected web of interaction, the recognition emerges that the condition of a par ...

Urban Areas: Population, Land Use and Health

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Urban Areas Arun Persaud   Discuss land use, population, health and sanitation in urban areas. Introduction According to Ramsawak and Umraw (2001), “all the people residing within a specific ...

Urban design and Cites

Example essay. Published: 27th Apr 2017

How cities be improved by urban design? Comment on the difficult of new project. ABSTRACT In this essay I will look at the ways in which urban design might be useful by pre-existing cities in an effo ...

Urban Heat Island and Green Infrastructure

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Chapter 1 What is urban heat island? History “Did you know that people can affect the environment and even change the weather? Well, next time you are told you cannot, say you already have.”[1] Th ...

Urban Poverty in Canada: Political Analysis

Example essay. Published: 21st Nov 2017

Submitted to: Professor. Nugent Submitted by: Nadia Haidar Introduction Urban poverty in Canada has become one of the major factors that require consideration in a political perspective to arrive at ...

Urban poverty: Causes and solutions

Example essay. Published: 27th Apr 2017

Urban Poverty I. Introduction Historically, poverty belonged to rural areas, but nowadays it is the same in mega cities and it is estimated that a quarter of the world’s urban population is ...

Urban Regeneration And Social Exclusion In Sheffield Geography Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

GEO 151: Assessment I In this essay we will be discussing urban regeneration and social exclusion in Sheffield. The research for this essay was conducted as a series of 2 walks and information com ...

Urbanisation of City Centres | Essay

Example essay. Published: 23rd Nov 2017

Introduction The past few decades have witnessed a myriad of development and rapid change throughout the city centres of the developed nations. Promethean gentrification schemes, improvements in infr ...

Urbanization: An analysis

Example essay. Published: 2nd May 2017

2.1 Urbanization 2.1.1 Current discourse in urbanization concept Urbanization is growing in most part of the world in line with technological discovery and human civilization. The rapid urbanization b ...

Use of gis and remote sensing data

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

INTRODUCTION Studies have shown that only few landscape on earth surface remain unaltered or in their natural state and is due to immerse demographic pressure and anthropogenic activities (Zubair, ...

Venezuela Demographics and Biodiversity

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

A sample student essay for UKessays.com tackling countries – specifically, Venezuela Demographics and Biodiversity. ...

Vietnam Country and Culture

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Vietnam Essay Vietnam has a huge population and it measures to be around 95,414,640. That is way more than california’s population only being 37,253,956 as of now. The capital of vietnam is ca ...

Volcanic Ash Cloud Modelling Using Visual Basic Application

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

RESEARCH ARTICLE ABSTRACT Recently, the study of volcanic eruption and ash cloud dispersion has become important due to the severe risks and hazards associated with it. The negative impact it has o ...

Volcanic Eruptions in Iceland

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Environmental Monitoring- Survey techniques for life and Earth sciences Take-home Test Describe the three different types of volcanic eruptions that have given rise to Iceland’s volcanic l ...

Volume and Mass Balance of Himalayan Glaciers

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2021

Why are the volume and mass balance of Himalayan glaciers so poorly known despite their clear importance as water reservoirs to so many people? ...

Waste Isolation Power Plant Issues

Example essay. Published: 19th Oct 2017

Introduction: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, commonly abbreviated as WIPP is the third deepest geological repository in the world. This is after the closure of the repository German plants such as ...

Water and Food Security for the Increasing World Population

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Water and food security for an increasing world population   What is global food security? Global food security means providing every individual in the world with ...

Water and Management Precipitation Input

Example essay. Published: 18th Dec 2017

Abstract: One of the key issues in flood management is knowledge of the precipitation input into catchments for hydrologists knowledge of this serves to mitigate hazardous and environmental catastroph ...

Water Pollution In The Brunei River

Example essay. Published: 21st Apr 2017

The questionnaire is aimed at retrieving information on the residents’ perception of water pollution in the Brunei River particularly in the water village. Since the purpose of the research ...

Water Rationing in Malaysia

Example essay. Published: 23rd Nov 2017

Definition of Water Rationing Water is the most essential single element required in order for people to accomplish the universal human right to a standard of living adequate for the health as well a ...

Water Resource Problems in Isokoland

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

This paper is set to examine the sources, methods of purifying domestic water, factors of inadequate water supply and management measures adopted over the years in Isokoland. ...

Water Sources Assessment for Edo State, Nigeria

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

AN ASSESSMENT OF WATER SOURCES FOR DOMESTIC USES IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA BY *OKADIGWE L.O. And **DR. EFE, S.I. Abstract The study was carried out to assess the water sources for domestic uses in Edo ...

Web-based Geovisualization of Renewable Energy

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Table of Contents (Jump to) 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction to renewable energy 2.2 Web based Spatial Data Visualization Method 2.3 Geovisualization Tools Bibliography Table of Fi ...

Western Lowland Gorilla Essay

Example essay. Published: 18th Oct 2017

Trishila Malhotra Geography 2 Species Report: Western Lowland Gorilla 1. Classification The Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)[1] is a subspecies of the western gorilla. It inhabits ...

What are the Different Types of Reinforcement for Soil?

Example essay. Published: 18th May 2020

Topic: What are the different types of reinforcement for soil? Introduction | What is soil reinforcement In essence, soil reinforcement is a technique which is commonly use ...

What Are the Policy Challenges that National Governments Face in Addressing Climate Change?

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Abstract   The geographic coverage of this paper focuses on the Indian context and the policy challenges that the Government of India faces while implementing climate-frien ...

What Is a City?

Example essay. Published: 18th Dec 2017

What properties characterizes a ‘city’? The definition of the term “city” is some what ambiguous. Our modern definition merely describes the physical characteristics of a city. However, I ...