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multi-ethnic” (Pelling 4). The notion of nationality is a complicated one even in the twenty-first century, so to picture the problems that arose within the Habsburg empire,

occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues, there is both a physical and human dimension to ‘natural disasters’. The extent to which the natural occurrence of a physical process, such as a flood or earthquake, impacts on society is constructed by that society, creating a ‘disaster’ as measured by a

character can be summed in his 1819 memoirs: “I am always above and beyond the preoccupations of most public men… I cannot help myself from saying about twenty times a day: how right I am and how wrong they are,” demonstrating the arrogance of his class (Pelling). Metternich was an opportunist and conservative, much like Bismarck, and they both hated the idea of revolution. Metternich wanted Austria to dominate the German Confederation and influence the rest of Europe but he was against a unified Germany

At the end of the summer of 1845, a thick rain fell throughout Ireland, carrying with its pores of blight that killed multiple crops, including the potato crop. Because Ireland was dependent on the potato crop, the results of this blight were catastrophic. Britain, who had control over Ireland at this time, did very little to help the now starving and poor Irish. As a result of English disregard towards the Irish during the Potato Famine of 1845, the already fragile relationship between Ireland

Discuss the significance of the political developments within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism from the period 1798 to 1867 Word count 1592 The nineteenth century was a revolutionary and constitutional period in Irelands history, that somewhat shaped the Ireland that we live in today. This essay will explore the political developments, within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism in the period 1798 to 1867. The late eighteenth century marked the beginning

sided ‘towers’. Although fengling (cone) and fengcong (tower) karst are different in appearance, they are sequential stages of a long process of formation. Fengcong towers developed from fengling cones that were steepened by water table undercutting (Pelling, 2008:50). This assignment will pay attention to the following aspects on the topic of karst geomorphology in South Africa. First by explaining the processes at work in karts (limestone) areas, then on why are such areas potentially dangerous, and

While the horror genre often follows a very strict set of rules, as well as an organized timeline, some argue that this repetitive schedule diminishes from the alarming nature that is expected from the genre. This topic brings up a critical issue that questions whether novelty is necessary for fright. In New York Times film critic A.O. Scott’s review of The Cabin in the Woods, he stated that “Novelty and genre traditionalism often fight to a draw,” which suggests that while having both traditional

the most threatening calamities that can occur to humanity. Urban areas in particular suffer from comparatively high flood risk due to high population number and density, multiple economic activities and lots of infrastructure and property values (Pelling, 2003). One way to lessen or prevent the dangers, casualties and damages caused by flood is by risk indexing or risk assessment. Risk assessment is a method of determining the nature and the possible impact of natural hazards to people, properties

Octavian and Antony No contemporaries could have possibly known for sure as to who the victor would be from the conflict that arose between Gaius Julius Ceasar Octavianus, Octavian, and Marcus Antonius, Antony. However, knowing what the ultimate outcome of the struggle was, one may be able to look back into history and offer key reasons as to why Octavian was able to defeat Antony. Ultimately, I believe there was not one key reason for Octavian’ victory. It was a combination of Octavian’s proximity

key concepts and related literature review on these concepts. a) Relevant literature i. Climate change adaptation There are many scholars with different viewpoints in climate change adaptation {Adger, 2009 #299;IPCC., 2008 #293;O’Brien, 2012 #290;Pelling, 2011 #292}. Therefore, scoping the definition and magnitude of climate change adaptation will provide the right track to analyse the surrounding matters of adaptation interventions. There is a long and controversial conversation on two noticeable