With cities worldwide facing daunting environmental challenges on a global scale‚ a multidisciplinary team at Arup (an independent firm of designers‚ planners‚ engineers‚ consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services) seeks to create a model for how cities can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan
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ENGL 101-022 10/17/2013 Essay #2 Global Warming Global warming is something that I believe needs to be improved on. Climate change is hitting us hard. Global warming is severely effective to us and how we live. Also‚ it is something that more than one person can take action to help improve. Climate change is happening now. Over the past century‚ the actions that humans have caused the climate to change over the years. The gases such as carbon dioxide is being released in the air
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inconvenient truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it. Emmaus‚ PA: Rodale. In-text reference: (Gore‚ 2006) Book with Two Authors: Michaels‚ P. J.‚ & Balling‚ R. C.‚ Jr. (2000). The satanic gases: Clearing the air about global warming. Washington‚ DC: Cato Institute. In-text reference: (Michaels & Balling‚ 2000) Book with Editor as Author: Galley. K. E. (Ed.). (2004). Global climate change and wildlife in North America. Bethesda
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------------------------------------------------- Garden city movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ebenezer Howard ’s 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question ’Where will the people go? ’‚ the choices being ’Town ’‚ ’Country ’ or ’Town-Country ’ The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned‚ self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"‚ containing
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IOT’S FOR SMART CITIES. INTRODUCTION: Living in the modern era there’s no rejection that the world is getting modernized day by day in every aspect of life. Technology has taken over our lives and has become one of the basic necessities. One of them is Internet. Users are the most important part of the internet and with the day by day advancement in internet technology‚ that day is not far when our everyday life communication will be equipped with digital communications‚ protocols‚ microcontrollers
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Global Warming is caused by human pollution; Nowadays our environment becomes different from the past‚ now the world is becoming dangerously warmer due to the human pollution of greenhouse gasses‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide‚ and deforestation‚ which it traps heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. “These are the Top 10 Global Warming Effects and Causes: (1) Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants; our over increasing addiction to electricity from coal
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Introduction Eco-cities can be defined as places where people can live healthier and economically productive lives while reducing their impact on the environment. They work to harmonize existing policies‚ regional realities‚ and economic and business markets with their natural resources and environmental assets. Eco-Cities strive to engage all citizens in collaborative and transparent decision making‚ while being mindful of social equity concerns. Advantages regarding Eco-cities and its inhabitants
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How come can we not do anything about it or at least try it? We’re all aware of the seriousness of this problem: CO2 emissions and other substances such as Nitrogen oxide‚ Hydrocarbons or Carbon Monoxide‚ are destroying our ozone layer and causing global warming to arise. In consequence‚ the greenhouse effect makes the world’s temperature to reach higher levels and lead to enormous disasters such as North Pole melting‚ Pollution... All right then‚ I know that each one of you here is perfectly aware
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Global Variables This writing assignment will focus on global variables. A global variable is a variable every module in a program can see‚ meaning that the entire program is its scope (Gaddis‚ 2010). There are both advantages and disadvantages to using global variables and it is my intention to explore some of them here‚ starting with the disadvantages. There seems to be a lot to be said about the disadvantages of using global variables. First and foremost the scope itself can be a disadvantage
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Science Global warming There are many problems concerning the environment. Pollution‚ destruction of the rainforests‚ and the consumption of all of our planet’s natural resources are just a few. None of these issues quite compare to the problem of global warming. Global warming is a problem that affects not just some people‚ but everything and everyone. People must take action to stop global warming and must realize the severity of this problem before it is too late. The future
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