For a long time now, the geographical breaking-up of francophone areas and the huge socio-economic disparities between their members have been considered insurmountable obstacles to developing long-lasting and competitive economic trade.
The Western Ghats has three major geographical breaks, the youngest (65 80 Million years ago (Mya)) and northernmost (16°N) Goa Gap [13], [14] and the two older (500 Mya) gaps (Fig 1), the Palghat Gap (widest, 40 km at 11°N) and the Shencottah Gap (narrowest, 7.5 km at 9°N) [16], [16].
Because they often broke down cities and towns along geographical fault lines that separated one neighborhood from another, they became instant delineators of wealth and status.
Along with the rapid pace of urbanization and the massive population migration, the social bonds built on blood and geographical proximity broke apart; as a result, the traditional norms that had shaped marriage behavior also lost its footing.
At the same time, it also signals the complexity and unpredictability of transnational intimate relationships, involving substantial periods of separation, the pursuit of intimacy across long geographical distances, break-ups, multiple partners, and other complications.
"Virtual sample sales break geographical boundaries," Bernhard says.
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to develop tele-rehabilitation and tele-assistance systems allows improving the quality and access to clinical services, helping to break geographical barriers.
As geographical boundaries are broken down, "a problem in one location is a problem everywhere," said Dick Bryan, a professor of economics at the University of Sydney.
Our analysis identifies geographical patterns of broken intercity highways and conjectures the relationship between BITRs and their socioeconomic, political, and geographical underpinnings.
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