THE DUBAI PALMS: CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ETHAN POLIE In the late twentieth century‚ the Middle Eastern nation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began to make plans to distance itself from the petroleum industry that dominates most of the Persia. Driven by the fact that internal experts believe the country’s oil reserves will be depleted by the year 2012‚ the UAE is attempting to transition to a service industry‚ with a major focus on tourism‚ retail‚ and entertainment. In order
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and marine and coastal species. Sadly‚ this spill in its short time has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez. BP ’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20‚ 2010 killing 11 people and had leaked 2.5 million gallons daily of crude oil into the Gulf before BP capped the leak on 060310. Some scientists are saying the estimate is closer to 4 million gallons daily of oil leakage and based on some government estimates more than 140 million gallons of crude have now spewed from the well. This should
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Landmark Holiday Beach Resort where you spend your annual vacation without breaking your vacation budget. Located right on the warm‚ Gulf waters‚ you are two steps from the white sand beach and have easy access to all the activities and adventures in the area. Panama City has a Marine Park and Arts District and you are close to Ripley’s Believe It or Not‚ water parks‚ the Gulf World Marine Park where you can swim with dolphins or have fun getting lost in the Grand Maze at Coconut Creek. This is one of
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Iraq-Kuwait War‚ was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait‚ which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait‚ which subsequently led to direct military intervention by United States-led forces in the Gulf War. [edit] Dispute over the financial debt Kuwait had heavily funded the 8 year long Iraqi war against Iran. By the time the war ended‚ Iraq was not in a financial position to repay the $14 billion it borrowed from Kuwait to finance its war
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes start off as tropical depressions (centres of low atmospheric pressure) over tropical oceans. Three things must happen for a hurricane to form. A continuous evaporation and condensation cycle must take place; there must also be patterns of winds that are characterized by the converging winds‚ and a difference in air pressure between the surface and high altitude. In the warm waters of the eastern Atlantic‚ water vapour rises from the ocean and then cools forming clouds
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Background The British Petroleum Oil Spill incident is the largest in history that raises various issue environmental and ethical issues. On 20th of April 2010‚ an explosion of the drilling rig caused the oil spill close to the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico‚ in which 11 employees were killed. It took around five months for the oil well to exert no further risk and be concealed‚ where many controversies arose throughout the period. BBC‚ 2010. Timeline: BP Oil Spill. BBC. Viewed 27/08/12. http://www
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underreported. Between 1988 and 2006‚ CDC received reports of more than 900 V. vulnificus infections from the Gulf Coast states‚ where most cases occur. Before 2007‚ there was no national surveillance system for V. vulnificus‚ but CDC collaborated with the states of Alabama‚ Florida‚ Louisiana‚ Texas‚ and Mississippi to monitor the number of cases of V. vulnificus infection in the Gulf Coast region. In 2007‚ infections caused by V. vulnificus and other Vibrio species became nationally notifiable
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function causing an explosion at “Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico” (Washington’s Blog‚ 2010). The oil spill resulted in a negative spill over principle to the fishing industry‚ tourism‚ environmental. It was pointed out that “closed fishing areas included a zone off south-west Florida that includes waters just to the west of the Dry Tortugas‚ a small group of islands” Many tourists were scared to visit the five Gulf States: Texas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida‚ due to
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 An overview of Zhujiang Iron and Steel Company (ZISCo) and Gulf Craft Centre Maldives 1 1.2 Rationale 1 Strategic management defined and its process 2 1.3 7S model 2 1.4 Triple loop learning 3 2 Process of strategic management followed at Zhujiang Iron and Steel Company (ZISCo) 3 2.1 Strategic factors 3 2.2 Strategic Capabilities 4 2.3 Organisational performance 5 2.4 Inconsistency 6 2.4.1 External inconsistency 6 2.4.2
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impacts to life and economics in the future. Why New Orleans was wiped out could be attributed to many factors such as the location of the Gulf of Mexico and that levees were not capable of handling a hurricane five category hurricane. According to‚ (News Round‚ 2005) New Orleans is in a really vulnerable position for hurricanes. It lies above the Gulf of Mexico‚ where lots of the huge storms start. The Mississippi river runs through the middle of town‚ and Lake Pontchartrain is to its north
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