Likewise coir can be used in a variety of landscaping situations‚ from sand dunes to wetlands‚ by simply changing the method of implementation‚ from thin mats to a series of rolls depending on the function it needs to serve. Cheaper insulation would mean that lower socio-economic households could afford to insulate‚ reducing their heating/cooling energy costs and saving them money in the long run. Using the coir to rehabilitate sand dunes would make both a major social and environmental impact‚ by keeping
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Tsunami Awareness Kit General Tsunami Resources Tsunami Mitigation Strategies Introduction While tsunamis can not be prevented‚ or their destructive effects entirely avoided‚ actions can be taken to mitigate the risks of this hazard‚ thereby reducing the impacts on life‚ physical structures and livelihoods. The first step in mitigating the tsunami hazard and reducing vulnerability is to gain an understanding of the threat and potential effects should a tsunami occur. Some of the more direct
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daytime/nighttime temperatures. 15.14. What is the prevailing wind direction indicated by the barchan dunes in Figure 15.14? Answer: From west to east 15.16. Notice in Figure 15.14 that some of the dunes are not perfectly symmetrical like that shown in Figure 15.13. (A) Describe this asymmetry‚ and (B) try to explain it. Hint: Study the caption to Figure 15.13A. A constant wind direction produces a dune that is symmetrical in plan view. The windward side is the gentler slope‚ and the leeward
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A Narrative Essay Justine Alaina R. Miranda BC 12 –Y February 4‚ 2012 No. of words: 1‚103 Falling In Love With The Philippines I have been to other places‚ over the Philippines‚ across the continent‚ and even to the other side of the globe. I fell in love with foreign countries and not of my own. But during my sembreak vacation‚ where I got the chance to see Northern Philippines‚ I fell in love with Ilocos. I fell in love with my own country. To tell you the truth‚ I wasn’t really
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that sustains life‚ and therefore one of the most intriguing planets because of its capabilities. Each of the seven other planets that orbit the same sun as Earth is interesting in its own way. Some planets share similar characteristics to those found on Earth‚ while other planets are completely different. An analysis of these terrestrial bodies‚ using comparative planetology‚ will allow us examine these qualities. However‚ before beginning such a process
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Olive cotton is an Australian photographer who produced magnificent photography for over 60 years. She was born on 11 July 1911 in Hornsby‚ Sydney. On her 11th birthday Olive Cotton was given a Kodak camera from her father who taught her all the basics of photography. Her father helped her turn the home laundry into a dark room to produce photographs. Cotton had no prior experience with photography. In her darkroom Cotton processed films and produced her first black and white image. While on holidays
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Sundarban : An Overview Sundarbans National Park Sundarbans National Park covers 10‚000 km2 of land and water (more than half of it in India‚ the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world’s largest area of mangrove forests. A number of rare or endangered species live in the park‚ including tigers‚ aquatic mammals‚ birds and reptiles Outstanding Universal Value Brief synthesis: The Sundarban contain the world’s largest mangrove forests and one of the most biologically productive
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Zhou Liu 3. udgave. januar 2001 Laboratoriet for Hydraulik og Havnebygning Instituttet for Vand‚ Jord og Miljøteknik Aalborg Universitet Preface Flow and sediment transport are important in relation to several engineering topics‚ e.g. erosion around structures‚ backfilling of dredged channels and nearshore morphological change. The purpose of the present book is to describe both the basic hydrodynamics and the basic sediment transport mechanism. The reader’s background should be a basic
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persuade my audience that they should plan a trip to Brazil. Thematic Statement: Brazils wonder and exotic attributes alone are reason enough for all of you to come visit this land of beauty. Introduction I. Have you ever wanted to go surfing on white sand beaches where the people are beautiful and everything is cheap. Have you ever wanted to see the diversity and wonder of the Amazon mixed in with the cement jungle of Sao Paulo. Well‚ if you have all of this can be seen in one country alone and that
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started to lose money because my mom had my little brother. When my auntie and my uncle decided to move to Pyla France my mom wanted to go as well. So my Auntie started to tell me these cool things we are going to do like paragliding and the huge sand dunes that we could climb and all the planes and stuff we would have to take to go to Plya like a plane‚ driving also a boat but she also told me how long it would take to get there like she said along time plus my uncle told me that there are spiders
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