INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Uniformitarianism, Gender Equality, Industrial Revolution
13 Sep 2016
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The earth has been affected in it"s past by sudden violent events on a worldwide scope. This view holds that geological epochs end with violent natural catastrophies like floods or rapid mountain chain formation. This would also include mass extinctions, after which species are very quickly replaced. Slow changes that happen over a very long span of time, this perception usually involves geology in contexts like erosion and plate techtonics. Brief history of the concept in a globalized economy. Who does development and what are some proven strategies. 20% of population in developing world lives on on less than . 25/day 2014. For most of human history poverty was accepted as inevitable because traditional modes of production wren"t suitable to give everyone a level of comfort. Since industrial revolution this has been made possible and this percentage is decreasing. 25,000 people die of hunger or related causes daily. With food comes quality of life and health.
