principal ways in which construction contributes to environmental stress‚ and to quantify the contribution of construction where possible. Secondly‚ it considers the means available to reduce these environmental impacts‚ through improved technology‚ design or changed practices; and it suggests ways in which governments can take action to promote these changes. THE C O N C E P T OF SUSTAINABLE D E V E L O P M E N T Sustainability is now a key concept in development thinking at all levels. Over
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to place air pollution has a great deal on our industrialization that leads to many hazardous effects. An example is congress has identified over 188 of these pollutants‚ including substances that cause cancer‚ neurological‚ respiratory‚ and reproductive effects. (National Overview) Generally any substance that people introduce in the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution. (National Geographic) I propose that air pollution is a serious
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Most people do not realize that atmospheric pollution (also known as air pollution) is a very serious global problem. There are a great number of air pollutants that are basically caused from natural resources. Most of the pollutants are mankind. There are seven air pollutants that are at greater risk to our environment‚ which are the following: particulate matter (made up of acids‚ organic chemicals‚ metals‚ soils‚ and dust particles)‚ nitrogen oxides (made by highly reactive gasses that contain
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Light pollution happened slowly at first which was several decades ago it was a process that was hardly noticeable. A light here‚ a light there‚ burning way into the dark nighttime realm‚ helping us see in the darkness when people all their our beds fast asleep. The process still continues today‚ with little thought ever given to what we are stealing away. Our intentions are good but our methods need adjustment‚ and they needs to be done immediately. In fact‚ our methods should have been changed
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Water pollution in China started with industrial development and has become more one of the most devastating environmental problems faced by the country today. From the chart‚ we can see that as the country’s GDP rises‚ the volume of wastewater discharge increases as well. This suggests that to achieve a rise in GDP‚ the environment has to be sacrificed. The reason for this is that wastewater treatment techniques and facilities have fallen far behind from the growth of industrial production and
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3T 2. Module Title: Skill for the Study 3. Assessment Title: Essay 4. Assignment Title: Outline the reasons why plastic pollution has become a problem. How can the problems be solved in the future? 5. Tutor Name: Claire Swanwick 6. Student ID Number: 200939477 7. Date of Submission: 30/11/2012 8. Word count:727 Plastic pollution It is evident that plastic pollution has become a serious problem .More and more people are concerned about how to solve this problem .Using plastic is very normal
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frightening thing. So what is the cause of our fresh water supply and why is it becoming such an issue in maintaining it? Water pollution is a number of different things being put into our water. It can come from a number of different sources and can affect many different things‚ point-source pollution is when pollution is caused by only one thing‚ and non-point source pollution is caused by a number of polluting materials. Non-point source is very hard to maintain because there are so many different
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Essay 1 Air Pollution: Causes and Effects It keeps us alive but at the same time‚ it can also be harmful. We breathe air everyday. Air provides us with oxygen that is essential for living. Nitrogen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases comprise air along with oxygen. Emission of substances that contaminate air results to pollution. Causes Air pollution is both natural and human-based. Natural air pollution is caused by phenomenon such as volcanic eruption‚ wind erosion‚ decomposition and radioactive
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Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment. It is a major problem in America and as well as the world. Pollution not only damages the environment‚ but damages us also. It has cause many problems ranging from lung cancer to the greenhouse effect. It is all among us and but we continue to live in our own filth. What is the reason behind this flawed logic? In this paper I will examine the problems and solutions for this issue. Automobiles are undeniable
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Industrial Pollution Industrialization has been the hallmark of human progress. However‚ industries have become to the biggest issue of environmental pollution. Industrial pollution is pollution that can be directly linked with industry‚ in contrast to other pollution sources. This form of pollution is one of the leading causes of pollution worldwide. Industries release a host of toxic gases into the atmosphere‚ and gallons of liquid waste into the seas and rivers. Some of the effluents percolate
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