candidate would be Site C‚ because the weighted score of Site C is the highest among all Sites. However‚ the weight ranked by the important of the issues in the future. On the other hand‚ the Site C does not include the Cost of the Land‚ because it is a wetland and preserve area‚ so that it is not fair to other sites‚ which they have the land cost. Therefore‚ I come up with the new Table that not consider the cost of the land. Table 3 Calculation of Weight Scoring Model (without Considering the Land Cost)
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caused at least ten oil spills‚ releasing the same quantity of oil as some of the worst oil spills in U.S. history.” It caused an estimate of at least $108 billion of damage. The oil and gas industry itself has acknowledge causing 36 percent of all wetlands loss
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EMBRACING GIS‚ GPS‚ INERTIAL NAVIGATION AND LiDAR SENSORS TECHNOLOGY IN EVALUATION AND COSTING OF HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECTS (A Case Study of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company-KETRACO) Robert G. Waithaka January 14‚ 2011 Electricity is an essential part of our everyday lives. Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO)‚ which is responsible to plan‚ design‚ construct‚ own‚ operate and maintain high-voltage electricity transmission lines‚ fiber optic cables
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INTRODUCTION The Niger Delta of Nigeria is among the richest deltas in the world. Other major deltas are either famous for crude oil and natural gas (Amazon in Brazil‚ Orionoco in Venezuela‚ Mississippi in the U.S.A.‚ Mahakarn in Indonesia) or grow mainly rice (e.g. Indus in Pakistan‚ Ganges in Bangladesh‚ Mekong in Vietnam). The Niger Delta however has huge oil and gas reserves and ranks as the world’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil and the second largest producer of palm oil‚ after Malaysia
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13 oC to 15 oC in January and with highest temperature of 28.5 oC in July. The total hours of sunshine annually are more than 1‚100 hours. With over 1‚400km2 of natural area‚ Ninh Binh’s topography comprises three different types of landscapes: wetlands‚ coastal delta‚ hills and mountains With such a variety of landscapes‚ Ninh Binh offers many tourist attactions which have been welknown inside and outside Vietnam such as Tam Coc – Bich Dong‚ Cuc Phuong National Park‚ Trang An. Next‚ NINH
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Nature The devastation of nature is a global concern nowadays. It is because the changes that’s been done to nature which is caused mostly by human activities. When we pollute the air‚ land and water‚ this harms the nature. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forest also destroys the nature. These are only few of the activities that contribute to the devastation of nature. Overgrazing and groundwater pumping are some of the activities that damage the land. Overgrazing is one cause of
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The Everglades has seen its fair share of damage throughout the years‚ and this mostly stems from problems with the water supply. Alterations to the water supply‚ primarily made by humans‚ have made significant changes to the Everglades and the many life forms that rely on it. Some of these changes have been helpful to the subtropical wilderness‚ but a large majority of them have hurt it as well. According to the article Past and Present: The Florida Everglades by Tobey Haskell‚ settlers started
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The soil in which these trees grow in maybe sand but it is mostly rich mud. This rich mud is high in nutrients but low in oxygen. Mangroves have these aerial and salt filtering roots and salt excreting leaves that help them occupy the fluctuating wetlands. Salinity‚ temperature and oxygen are all abiotic factors used to help with the growth of this ecosystem. Salinity is a measurement of the amount of salt in the water. To measure the amount of salinity you would use a salinity meter. Using
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allow it to climb down trees as easily as up‚ with its head facing downward Jungle cats inhabit savannas‚ tropical dry forests and reedbedsalong rivers and lakes in the lowlands. Despite their name ‚ they are not found in rainforests. They prefer wetland environments with tall grasses or reeds in which they can hide in. Jungle cats are unable to survive in cold climates and so are not found in areas where winter snowfall is common. Jungle cats frequent jungles or open country‚ and are often seen
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Conservation of physical resources in the Caribbean Firstly the term Physical Resource needs to be defined. According to the book Modules in Social Studies‚ physical resources are those gifts of nature such as land‚ water‚ minerals‚ forestry‚ sunlight and wind. Human beings‚ utilize these physical resources to manufacture a variety of products. Physical Resources are classified into two categories-renewable and non-renewable. A renewable resource is one which can be reinforced‚ resupplied‚ replaced
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