Mette Bahnson Weber Extended Essay May 2013 SUSTAINABILITY OF CITIES Figure 1: Taken by Jonathan Sandidge RESEARCH QUESTION To what extent can Copenhagen City be considered sustainable? - an ‘Egan Wheel’ investigation ______________________________________________ Jonathan Erik Dow Sandidge Word Count: 4‚000 1 Jonathan Sandidge Candidate number: 000632-035 B i r k e r ø d G y m n a s i u m ‚ H F‚ a n d I B Extended Essay May 2013 Abstract ! This Extended Essay focuses on the sustainability
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The deforestation of Brazil is one of the most important global environment issues today. A large portion of deforestation in Brazil can be attributed to land clearing for pastureland by commercial and speculative interests‚ misguided government policies‚ inappropriate World Bank projects‚ and commercial exploitation of forest resources. Road constructions in the Amazon lead to deforestation. Roads provide access to logging and mining sites while
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The destruction of the world’s forests is inevitable as our need for paper and timber grows. I believe this‚ because there are many ways that we‚ as a global population‚ are aiding in the annihilation of our rapidly receding forests. Therefore‚ as our need for land grows‚ our forests shrink. We need to be conscious of what we are losing when we eradicate our forests. Trees provide us with food‚ medicine‚ shelter‚ and warmth. Almost everything we eat that doesn’t come from an animal comes from plants
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Deforestation Mitigation Strategies Tropical rainforests cover approximately thirty percent of the earth’s land area‚ around 2.5 million square miles‚ the size of the lower 48 states‚ despite the fact 80‚000 acres (32‚000) hectares are destroyed per day for economic reasons. Tropical rainforests are biodiversity hotspots. Rainforests are carbon sinks absorbing about half the carbon dioxide humans release into the atmosphere. Continued deforestation will affect the entire world with the ecological
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Introduction Walt Disney has made many lives of people across the globe acquire a very imaginative imaginary and has made many hours of entertainment. Over his many years of cartooning and entertaining movies Walt Disney has earned him self 48 Academy Awards. Childhood Adolescence On December 5th 1901 Walt Disney was born into a family of seven
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Tropical Deforestation Medicine‚ homes‚ lives‚ and more demolished on a daily basis due to tropical deforestation. Unfortunately‚ tropical forests are being demolished everyday all over the world. “The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale basis for many centuries.” This once widely known issue has been quite in the North-Eastern United States. The issue was once broadcasted over the television‚ magazines‚ newspaper‚ and all sources of media
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In Brazil‚ the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is a very big issue. In this report I will explain the connections of the deforestation to the Brazilian environment and economic development‚ and for extra reference I will relate these to the included map. The deforestation of the Amazon seems to be necessary to economic development in Brazil. Along with this‚ sadly the Amazon rainforest is being demolished at a alarming rate and it is causing major environmental issues including loss of bio-diversity
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BACKGROUND INFOMRATION Deforestation occurs for many reasons‚ most deal with expansion of the modern world. Cattle ranching is one of the main causes “of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest” because the beef produced is used to feed urban areas‚ leather and other products are for exporting to other markets (Butler). It accounts for around 70% of deforestation in the Amazon region (Butler). Forests are being cleared for the expansion of agriculture‚ both subsistence and commercial. For or instance
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Demko Maria Eng 101 – ASSIGNMENT №3 December 10‚ 2012 Abstract. Deforestation has been a global problem for the last century. It is considered to be global as every country is facing it nowadays. Deforestation is caused by chopping trees down‚ in order to produce paper‚ wooden goods‚ to expand territory for building houses and roads. The aim of my project is to give an introduction to the problem of deforestation. In my essay I am going to explain why it is global issue‚ to talk about some ideas
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