Ireland in the atlantic ocean - gulf stream (wet, warm
climate) - dark beer - abbeys - pubs - nunneries - red hair/skin - dolmen -
Dublin: St.
Patricks/ St. Mary's cathedral - bank of Ireland - cemeteries: stone crosses -
coast - mountain ranges (outer environment)- flat land (middle) - - Trinity
college (book of cells) - Jonathan Swift (G. travels)- Oscar Wilde - James
Joyce (Ullisses)- geogr. sights: Cliffs of Moher -Ring of Kerry - river Shannon
- many lochs - Blarney stone British invasions - since Henry VIII (16th
century) - Britains: members of the Anglican church (Protestant surpression of
Roman Catholic inhabitants of Ireland) 1921: Division between south-Irland
(Rep. of Ireland= Eire) : mainly Roman Catholic - northern Ireland (Ulster) :
mainly Protestant British people - reason for troubles: Ireland ruled by
England - people: Roman Catholic - but: farmers from England and Scotland who
lived in Ireland were Protestant - 1921: Irish people fought against Scotish
and British ones: won - Republic of IL.- But: northern part: more Protestants -
Ireland got divided again: Northern Ireland which belongs to the UK - okay for
Protestants - not for Catholics: no power : troubles begun -
Cities in developing countries: quick growing - too many people move to cities - better living
conditions? - rich people: expensive life - CBD (central business district)
poor people: Favelas - outskirts - shanty settlements - corrugated iron,
cardboard, sacking - lack of hygiene: deseases - high infant mortality - short
life expectancy - few jobs - little education example: Sao Paulo -
Tourism:
resorts: traditional country town - Benefits: increase of employment
among yougsters - high standard living of local people - better paid - fun,
relaxing - get helthier- Problems: deforestigation: new pipes - erosion of
mountain topsoil and a loss of Alpine vegetation: floods - avalanches - acid
rain - tourists: noise, waste - inhabitants loose onw identity
The alps:
mountainrange from the mediterianien sea to Vienna
(middle Europe) western alps: Fr, I, Sw - eastern alps: Austria -
summertourism in Sw, then winter-t (lifts) Courmayeur
Nationalparks: areas
of natural beauty - recreation - nature preserved - 81 % private owners -
location: easy reach of cities -
rainfall: relief,
frontal, convectional: all 3: results from warm air,-contains water vapour -
rise - cool down - till dew point - condensation - difference between 3 kinds
of rainfall: the condition which forces the warm air to rise in the first place
- Relief rainfall: = rain shadow effect - Frontal rainfall: warm,
moist air from the tropics meeting colder, drier air form polar areas - cannot
merge: boundary between: front - Convectional rainfall: where ground is
heated by sun (faster if wet)- expanding - rise - cools and water vapour
condenses (convection currents) to form towering coumulonimbus clouds -
thunderstorms
