Dylan Redfield SOC 332 Block One Paper September 10‚ 2014 When thinking of urban cities‚ most people do not consider them ecological systems‚ often overlooking the climate and nature of the land that has been built on. The location of a city can dramatically affect the social‚ political‚ and economic characteristics of that city‚ for better or for worse. Different locations offer various risks and advantages‚ such as cities built near or on shorelines will receive more tourism but are more
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then sub sections to make the project easier to navigate around and keep the information in relevant sections. • Section 1: HABITAT REDUCTION BY HUMANS. * The building of houses and roads * Quarrying * Farming * The draining of wetland areas * Recreational uses • Section 2: POLLUTION. * WATER POLLUTION- sewage‚ fertilizers‚ chemicals and eutrophication. ü AIR POLLUTION- Sculpture dioxide from burning fossil fuels leading to acid rain‚ carbon dioxide from burning
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The Sipsey wilderness fits two of the ten UNESCO criteria for international heritage status. It fits criteria nine and ten. “(ix) to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial‚ fresh water‚ coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. And (x) to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity‚ including those containing
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Management of the Grey-Headed Flying Fox (GHFF) in Melbourne areas faces multifaceted issues. In one hand‚ it is an endangered species based on Victorian and Australian Federal rules. On the other hand‚ their number tends to increase overtime‚ with fluctuation occurs seasonally‚ and their presence have had negative impacts on vegetation including those have historic‚ cultural‚ and economic importance (i.e. those in The Royal Botanical Garden and residential areas). Increased numbers of GHFF in urban
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Nepal Nepal‚ officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country located in South Asia between tow boulders China and India. It has eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains‚ including the top of the world‚ Mount Everest. The country seems a dot in the globe‚ however‚ an altitude is ranging 60 m. to 8848 m. above the sea level between 129 km. distance. Sixty-five percent people rely on agriculture. Nepali is an official language in the multi-linguistic‚ multi-religious
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Recent growth in scientific knowledge has helped humanity comprehend the complex relationships in ecosystems and the devastating effects of human interference. As a result we have become increasingly aware of the need to protect and manage the ecosystems that we do have remaining for their utility‚ genetic‚ intrinsic and heritage values and also for the need to allow natural change and thus evolution to take place. Natural ecosystems have provided much that has been of benefit to humanity and with
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Questionnaire What kind of questions do we ask? In general‚ there are two types of questions one will ask‚ open format or closed format. Open format questions are those that ask for unprompted opinions. In other words‚ there are no predetermined set of responses‚ and the participant is free to answer however he chooses. Open format questions are good for soliciting subjective data or when the range of responses is not tightly defined. An obvious advantage is that the variety of responses should
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Salinity is a major environmental issue in Australia. Salinity describes the salt content of water or soil. When the salt content rises to an extreme‚ it degrades the water quality and land efficiency. This is the problem that is being faced in Australia; salt levels are becoming so extreme that is affecting plant and animal survival‚ thus damaging infrastructure. Dryland salinity is caused when the rising water-table surfaces natural salts in the soil. The salt remains in the soil and becomes
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Salahudin Yaacub Julia Malail Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Bangsar Kuala Lumpur Malaysia October 4th 2011 Dear Salahudin and Julia‚ We write to inform you that we are members and inhabitants of the affected local communities including chiefs‚ elders‚ women and youth within the proposed Malaysian palm oil company‚ Sime Darby 220‚000 ha oil palm concession in Liberia. Specifically‚ we are local inhabitants of towns and villages which include a) Sije‚ b)Moore town‚ c) Kon town
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loose trees and forest there will be fewer trees to absorb the carbon dioxide. However Methane seems to contribute more since many of the SADC communities depend on agriculture. Methane is from agriculture activities it’s released from wetlands. The emission of methane gas increase with increase in agricultural activities‚ since 1960’s the amount of methane in the air has increased by 1% per year. Methane is also produced during mining of coal‚ oil and when vegetation burnt. Methane molecules
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