Importance Of Nature Conservation In Civil Engineering Globally‚ civil engineering especially for construction industry is arguably one of the most resource-intensive and environmentally damaging industries in the world. Construction accounts for 40% of the total flow of raw materials into the global economy every year. The sector operates through land use planners‚ who determine the location and nature of development‚ clients‚ including house builders and commercial property developers‚ who determine
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Over-population occurs when there are not enough resources on the earth to support its population. Over 2 centuries ago‚ world population was lower than a billion people. Nowadays‚ there almost 6.7 billion people currently occupying this world‚ whilst each year the world population expands by around 80 million (World Population Guide 2011‚ [Online]). All connoisseurs are warning about this issue. Critics declare that we are getting dangerously close to the sustainable capacity of earth. The optimal
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The Loggers can use wood not in the rainforest. They can use wood that is on the outside of the Amazon Rainforest and make wood from trees somewhere else. The Settlers can use land outside of the rainforest for farmland and not have the trees in the rainforest being cut down for farmland. The Cattle Ranchers can go other places in Brazil that is covered with grass and use that grass and feed their animals and still make money for the Brazilian Government. The Native Amazonians can keep protecting
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The benefits of space exploration are vital to our rapidly advancing world. One can say that the benefits resulted from space exploration can better ensure the safety and wellness of individuals‚ and to the well-being and survival of mankind‚ as there are useful spin-off technologies‚ sophisticated satellite technologies‚ and advanced space travelling technologies that can save human lives. I agree for the continuation of space exploration due to these benefits‚ as they greatly exceed any of the
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Mobility * Historically‚ mass media have not been very mobile * Media can come to or go with us anywhere * Media are being transformed from home appliances into personal accessories * Fragmentation * Dramatic increase in media channels and a fragmentation of output that caters to the increasing diversity of the consuming public *
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of authors‚ cross the borders of their specialties‚ the discipline as a whole can be considered an integrated territory. As can be seen in the analytical and alphabetical indices of most compendiums and textbooks‚ sociology has a weak core. The fragmentation of the discipline into isolated specialties can be seen in most sociological treatises: "We divide up the discipline into a number of topics‚ each the subject of a chapter. These chapters are minimally integrated" (Calhoun‚ 1992‚ p. 185). Theoretical
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The Case for Local and Regional Food Marketing SUMMARY Communities across the United States are enjoying healthier food grown by local farmers; and farmers are reaping better returns and helping to revitalize rural and urban communities by selling close to home instead of through distant markets. Local marketing has expanded beyond farmers’ markets and farmstands‚ although these are still popular and the number of US farmers’ markets is growing rapidly. New regional supply networks are
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Despite the fact that the firearms fell quiet after the Armistice of Compiegne in November of 1918‚ the effect of the war continues to be felt to this day‚ at no other time has innovation been put to such destructive ends. The United States rose up out of World War I as the world superpower. In view of U.S. intervention and President Woodrow Wilson’s diplomatic administration‚ America had now turned into the "savior of Europe." World War I gave the U.S a major confidence boost. There was an evil
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Along with the contrasting governments‚ one can also find a rift in the ways that China and Russia established their agricultural systems after their revolutions occurred. Collectivization was the way to go in Russia. A majority of Russia’s farmland was in collectives. For the families that lived on these collectives‚ they had to split all money made equally‚ after most of the income was taken through taxes. This gave the people no incentive to work hard because everyone made the same amount no matter
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The aftermath of the Vietnam War had taken a severe toll on Vietnamese farmland‚ industry‚ and infrastructure due to the result of sustained American bombing missions. In the north‚ 29 of the 30 provincial capitals had sustained heavy bombing damage. One third of them almost destroyed. In the south‚ the economy had been propped up with United States aid and investment‚ but had little developments. In terms of economic aspects‚ about a million Vietnamese were relocated to previously uncultivated land
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