The "murs à pêches" in Montreuil
Case study - 5 pages - Urban planning
Montreuil is a neighbouring municipality of the city of Paris. It is part of the Seine-Saint-Denis department. The "murs à pêches" is a maze of walls used to grow fruit trees. It is an enclosed space, a green setting in an urban landscape. They were created in the 17th century using local...
Internship in the real estate sector - Engel & Völkers
Internship report - 15 pages - Heritage and real estate
This internship report summarises months of work and impressions in the Engel & Völkers branch located in Long Beach, California. It especially highlights the context of this internship in terms of macroeconomic perspectives as the US market is recovering from one of the greatest financial crises...
The Economist, Prospero: Singing the songs of angry men, Revolutionary music, from rousing to mindless - G.O. (2017)
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
The document is an English exercise including textual comprehension and an essay. It is based on an article from the online journal The Economist: "Revolutionary music, from rousing to mindless" written on July 12th, 2017. The document answers the following questions: 1- What part has "La...
Methodology - Natural heritage inventory
Practical guide - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
There are 3 categories of natural heritage: - Ecological heritage can be summed up as everything to do with the living world. The 7 main habitat categories are: marine and coastal habitats, continental water habitats, peat bog and marsh habitats, moorland and grassland habitats, forest habitats,...
How is Mont-Saint-Michel a textbook case of Operation Grand Site (OGS)?
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Alarm bells are ringing to save Mont-Saint-Michel. The site was massively developed for tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries, but the environmental degradation of the site will lead us to rethink its management. A victim of over-visitation, the site needs to be transformed into a sustainable...
Virunga National Park
Case study - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Virunga National Park is subject to numerous ethnic conflicts. This is due to the presence of numerous groups, the main ones being the Nande, Hutu, Tutsi, Hunde and Bashi (Bodson et al., 2009). The Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994 led to the arrival of refugees, increasing insecurity around the...
The Difficult Beginnings of "Interpretation" in the Face of the Challenges of Raising Awareness About the Preservation of France's Natural Heritage
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The challenge of raising awareness of our natural heritage arose against a backdrop of growing awareness of environmental problems. In the twentieth century, the focus of nature enhancement turned to remarkable areas. "Interpretation" thus became a means of promoting nature as something to be...
In the European Union, how can the current generation gap be bridged?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The generation gap is not exclusive to our time. In fact, this phenomenon has been documented in literature since antiquity. In each generation, an arbitrary label is given to each side, but the deepest essence of the gap remains the same: economic, social, and political divergence of points of...
Interpreting macroeconomic signals
Course material - 46 pages - Economy general
As an economist, what you need to forecast is not so much the end value of the economic indicators. Indeed, markets already have some believes and price in those expectations. What is important to forecast is what the markets are going to change their expectations and when this will occur. To be...
Macroeconomics Theory
Course material - 57 pages - Theories and economic notions
A confusion is often made between the level of GDP and the growth of GDP. The growth of GDP is the slope of the blue line while the level of GDP is the relative position of the GDP curve to the trend curve. It's entirely possible for a country to experience strong GDP growth while still...
Competitivity policy
Presentation - 5 pages - Economy general
Small companies make a large share of the surveyed sample in all regional groups, with some changes. Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest share of SME (Small-Middle Enterprises) at a little over 40% of the surveyed sample. The distribution of firm sizes is an important indicator of how resilient...
How is the nomination of Jerome Powell at the head of the US Federal reserve going to affect the global economy, especially on the issues of monetary policy and financial regulation?
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
Federal Reserve Chairperson Janet Yellen is stepping down from her position in early February 2018. It is widely that her successor is going to be President Trump's selected nominee, Jerome Powell. In contrast with the last three Fed chairpersons, Powell is not an academic, though he has an...
How does Hungary's and Poland's illiberal approach to democracy, accompanied by a nationalistic retreat, constitute a break with the values of the European Union?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
On 28 July 2014, at the twenty-fifth summer university in B?ile Tu?nad, Romania, Viktor Orbán declared: "The new state we are building in Hungary is not a liberal state, it is an illiberal state based on the value of labour." Indeed, since he came to power in Hungary in 2010, and won the...
Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress (1835) - Territorial Expansion
Text commentary - 3 pages - Political science
« Americans are not perfect people but they are called to a perfect mission », such is one of the key visions of the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, a period in which America had to face many struggles to achieve a real and one federal nation. To that purpose, the...
Captain Ibrahim Traoré
Biography - 3 pages - Political science
Burkina Faso, the Land of Upright Men, is a semi-presidential republic. The President of Faso is the head of state. Since 2014, its political situation has been turned upside down, particularly because of the security context and coups d'état. The constitution was suspended on 31 October...
Is the European Union still relevant nowadays?
Essay - 2 pages - European union
In his declaration of May 1950, in the aftermath of World War II, Robert Schumann emphasized the goal of peace that the European Union (EU) has to play in European politics. Throughout its history, the EU evolved and gained more and more power over several aspects of our lives. The EU that we are...
China's Economic Model - The Silk Road
Case study - 1 pages - Economy general
The Silk Road is as ancient as the Roman Empire and was the link between imperial China and the Western world. Chinese products transited overland, through central Asia and Asia minor, as well as on the seas, through the Gulf of Persia and then the Mediterranean Sea, before reaching Europe....
The United States: internationalism or isolationism?
Essay - 1 pages - International economy
Despite the growing international spirit within the United States, many bristled (and continue to do so) at the commitments implied by the United Nations. Was the United States correct in fully embracing internationalism following World War II or should it have returned to its unilateralist and...
Cameras in Classrooms of UK Schools
Sample letter - 2 pages - Political science
"I'm writing to tell you, about the 100 cameras of your company C** that have been installed in my school: the S** P** High School. As a student in this high school, I am convinced that my opinion on these cameras is important and should be heard. I'm not asking you to approve all my...
Responsibility for the Climate Change Crisis
Course material - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
Beginning in the Industrial Revolution era, developed countries particularly in the European Union have contributed to a greater part of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countries have a significantly lower footprint but they bear an equal or greater brunt of the forest...
Life cycle assessment of Solar panel - Mini project using Open LCA to conduct the life cycle assessment of a solar panel
Dissertation - 28 pages - Ecology & environment
This study presents a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a photovoltaic solar panel, aiming to evaluate its environmental impact across various stages of its life cycle. The assessment considers raw material extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation, operation, and end-of...
Recent Prime Ministers
Presentation - 5 pages - Political life and election
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's popularity has declined, to fall below the popularity rating of Liz Truss. The party is trying to save itself by implementing an increasingly right-wing policy. Also, polls indicate a radical decline in the popularity of the Conservative in favor of the left....
12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose (1953) and Sidney Lumet (1957) - To what extent is debate necessary for a trial in the American Democracy?
Text commentary - 2 pages - Political science
This document tackles three documents : - Document A is a still from the film 12 Angry Men entitled « Preliminary vote ». The film is a courtroom drama, it was directed by Sidney lumet and released in 1957. - Document B is a literary extract from a play called 12 Angry Men written for television...
Is Georgia, Despite Its Complex Political Situation, Its History with Russia and Its Geographical Remoteness, Likely to Join the EU?
Essay - 2 pages - European union
Georgia, a nation situated between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, is a relatively small country at the heart of strong tensions between different powers. Turkey to the South, Russia to the North, Azerbaijan to the East and the Black Sea to the West, the Georgian identity is shaped by different...
What Defines the American Race for Presidency?
Essay - 2 pages - Political life and election
The American democracy is one of the oldest ones that hasn't changed its core in the modern world. For example, countries like France went through five different republics. It was created on the fourth of July in the year 1776 after the American War of Independence against the British Empire....
To what extent has Iran been a destabilising force in the Middle East since 1989?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Iran is a non-Arab Shiite Muslim country of nearly 80 million people, heir to a thousand years of Persian history, and a major regional and international player. Involved for several decades in supporting various armed groups, some of them terrorists, operating in the Middle East and other...
You cannot regulate your way down to 'Net-Zero' but you can invest to get there
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The European Commission has published a new communication on Better Regulation in 2021, aiming to improve policy-making processes in the EU. This communication demonstrates that the Commission is on the right track by renewing and better regulating the agenda, mainstreaming the Sustainable...
What are the main obstacles to the EU being considered a major global actor?
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
"If I had to sum up the objective of this presidency in one sentence, I would say that we must move from a Europe of cooperation within our borders to a powerful Europe in the world, fully sovereign, free of its choices and master of its destiny." In a press conference on December 9, 2021, the...
The UK's unwritten constitution is put to the test by Johnson's unprincipled acts, The observer - Catherine Haddon (10 july 2022) - Analysis of British politics and its impact
Text commentary - 3 pages - Political science
The English constitution is not a single, codified document, but a collection of texts and unwritten principles. The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in office between 2019 and 2022, would have undermined some of these rules, particularly regarding transitional governments, and thought...
Understanding Financial Concepts: From Government Bonds to Economic Booms and Busts
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Economy general
A government bond is a debt security issued by a government in order to support government spending and obligation. These can be paid periodically, and they are sold to investors to support government spending.
