One long-distance flight consumes fuel which a car uses in several years' time, but they cause the same amount of pollution. So, some people think that we should discourage non-essential flights, such as tourist travel, rather than limit the use of cars. To what extent do you agree or ...
Some may think the ubiquity of Chinese products is due to the abundance of cheap Chinese labor that brings down theproduction costs, but there is much more to it than that. In addition to its low labor costs, China has become known as “the world’s factory” because of its low wages,...
This chapter elaborates on the role of ecosystems and their services and the consequences of their disaster-related losses on the different dimensions of disaster risk. The three main dimensions of disaster risk are hazard, exposure and vulnerability [212]. Hazard is defined as the process, ...
Dyson is a 14,000-person company whose paranoia for protecting corporate secrets, dating back to piracy of the Ballbarrow’s design, rivals Apple’s. It is an active litigant on its patent portfolio, having tussled with the likes of Hoover and Samsung.Employees generally operate on a “need ...