silently dangerous‚ environmental problem in the country. In September 1999‚ not one Filipino was left without a trauma out of the tragedy that befell Payatas in Quezon City. Hundreds died‚ buried alive underneath filth‚ as mountains of garbage collapsed due to heavy downpour. This is among the worst human-made disasters that have ever hit the Philippines‚ a disaster we should never allow to happen again. Dirty Living The country’s garbage problem has a lot to do with
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GROUP REPORT ASSIGNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND ABATEMENT PROCESS / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WATER POLLUTION AT CITARUM RIVER Azizia Harmes ABSTRACT The Citarum River Basin in Bandung‚ West Java‚ Indonesia has a length of about 350 km‚ covering an area of approximately 13‚000 square kilometers is coming into contact with a population of approximately 10 million people living in urban and rural areas. This river has provides as much as 80% of surface water to Jakarta’s water supply
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Defining Environmental Crimes Environmental crime is a serious and growing concern at national as well as international level‚ and one which takes many different forms. Environmental crime in broad terms means an act which is committed with the intention of damaging or causing damage to the ecological and biological systems to ensure business or personal benefit. The types of acts commonly recognised as environmental crime are: pollution or other contamination of air‚ land and water; illegal discharge
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Environmental Pollution Samantha Arrieta SCI/256 November 5‚ 2013 Analila Lucero Environmental Pollution As an associate-level environmental scientist‚ many concerns have risen in regards to the environmental‚ climate‚ economical and social consequences. Because of overpopulated cities‚ there have been some negative factors. The focus to address these issues could be in addressing the weaknesses in already existing laws with stronger enforcement. In the following‚ I will present a summary
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The most important problem faced by the modern world today is environmental pollution. Unless and until effective measures are adopted to prevent this grave problem‚ it is going to affect life on earth. Man has exploited the natural resources in order to meet the demands of the ever-increasing population and also to meet the requirements of industries. As the demand for basic things like food‚ water‚ clothes and shelter increased; man exploited natural resources like minerals‚ forests‚ water and
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“Without environmental sustainability‚ economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved.” There are 1 billion children living in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world)‚ 40 million live without adequate shelter‚ 400 million have no access to safe water. Every second 4 people die from hunger; around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. Even though in 2008‚ according to UN‚ the majority of the world population is living in the
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Environmental ethics concerns human beings’ moral relationship with the natural environment. It seeks to help people and their leaders to act responsibly when they do things that impact the natural world. Need for Ethics: The emergence of the field of environmental ethics was due to the increasing awareness in the 1960s of the effects that technology‚ industry‚ economic expansion and population growth were having on the environment. It is all the more relevant today as most environmental problems
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Major: Environmental Engineering We humans have a long history of polluting our air‚ water‚ and soil. This contamination not only hurts nature‚ but is dangerous to people. Luckily‚ environmental engineers are on the job. They use math and science to clean up the messes we’ve made and prevent new ones from happening. For example‚ they might figure out how to clean up toxic material that has seeped into the ground at an old gas station or design an effective way to treat wastewater. If you choose
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Why is it important to understand the role of science in environmental controversy? Understanding the role in which science plays in an environmental controversy is a crucial element for a comprehensive analysis. The use of scientific knowledge is often represented as a fundamental principle within environmental controversies. The centralized view of science relates to many factors. Firstly‚ the assumptions of science as an authority lend it to be a privileged type of knowledge. Secondly‚ as the
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1 Land tenure systems in the slum settlements of Nairobi: implications for slum upgrading programmes Ronald matende omwoma mtomron@yahoo.com Department of lands‚ ministry of land s and settlement Registered land management surveyor‚ institution of Surveyors of Kenya March 2013 ABSTRACT This study utilizes secondary data to assess and describe the state of land ownership‚ tenure and tenure systems in the informal settlements of Nairobi‚ Kenya. There are 206 informal settlements in Nairobi covering
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