Geography
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Urbanisation
The Emergence of Metropolises
Cities, that is, concentrations of culture areas, existed already in ancient times, but the spread of metropolises worldwide, the so-called metropolisation, has developed at an explosive rate mostly during the last 20 to 50 years not only because metropolises are the economic engines of a world that has become global but also because they are centres of art, education and culture. Fashionable metropolises are hip and trendy.
But metropolisation worldwide also means, apart from increasing pollution and lack of living space, an increase in social exclusion, urban pauperism as well as mushrooming slums and particularly high unemployment levels, above all in the developing countries.
At present about 280 million people live in the twenty biggest metropolises.
With rising tendency.
Curriculum-centred and oriented towards educational standards
Matching
Air Traffic
Being able to fly has been a dream of humanity from time immemorial. But it does not even date back a century that people actually started being able to travel through the air. Since the 1960s, the number of flight passengers has been constantly increasing. Thus, the airspace is no longer dominated by birds but by man-made flying objects.
Product Piracy
Counterfeiting takes place in almost all economic sectors – textiles, watches, car parts, machine parts, tools, accessories, software and medicines. Some counterfeits are easy to recognise, others are so well-executed that even experts have difficulty distinguishing between original and imitation. This DVD covers the development of a product from idea to manufacture. Once a product has become a trademark, product pirates appear on the scene.
Tolerance
“Tolerance means being generous and kind to other people and helping them, too.”