Climate change is one of the emerging issues for global environment. It may be defined as the long-term change in average weather conditions‚ including temperature‚ precipitation and wind. This is already apparent as evidenced by higher temperatures‚ rising sea levels‚ increased ocean acidity and ice melt. Global surface temperatures‚ alone‚ have increased by roughly 0.74 °C (1.33 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century. Natural causes alone cannot explain all of these changes. Most of
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LAND USE CHANGE: THE CASE OF CALAMBA CITY‚ LAGUNA A Research Proposal I. INTRODUCTION A. Significance of the Study Land and its uses are essential to all human communities. Every person is shaped in a range of ways by the landscape in which they live‚ and the products and resources produced on the land. Land and its uses are particularly important
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ECOTOURISM The impacts of ecotourism to the host country can be environmental‚ economical or socio cultural‚ impacts can be positive and negative. Tourism relationship with the environment is complex‚ many activities can have different environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads‚airports and tourism facilities including resorts‚ hotels‚ golf clubs and marinas. The negative impact of tourism
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Environmental Impact of Aviation For GE117 Michael Adams ITT Technical Institute Environmental Impact of Aviation Aviation contributes approximately 2 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions‚ a figure which is projected to grow through 2050. Although fuel efficiency has improved by nearly 16 percent since the 1990s‚ future technologies—including better flight patterns‚ more-efficient engines‚ and alternative fuels—have promise for further emissions reductions
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Environmental Impacts of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement on the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Hing Vutha and Hossein Jalilian Cambodia Development Resource Institute September 2008 trade knowledge network Copyright © 2008 International Institute for Sustainable Development Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development International Institute for Sustainable Development 161 Portage Avenue East‚ 6th Floor Winnipeg‚ Manitoba Canada R3B 0Y4 Tel: (204) 958-7700
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM | | he quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made‚ is essential to tourism. However‚ tourism’s relationship with the environment is complex. It involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports‚ and of tourism facilities‚ including resorts‚ hotels‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ golf courses and marinas. The negative impacts of tourism
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SECTION I: INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY Background The concept of civil society was reinvented in the late 1980s in response to the rapid market development and the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union marked the rapid development of global market due to higher international security. Market development gradually leads to the development of civil society for two reasons: Firstly‚ the middle class helps to fight more freedom from the government as they want to gain more and more control
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Typha latifolia‚ một trong những loài thực vật thủy sinh phổ biến‚ được Introduction: The accumulation of heavy metal contaminants in the soil caused by industrial activities and urbanization has been becoming a concern due to health risks to human and animals. Several methods are already being used
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Chapter 3: Methodology of EIA December 1997 EIA for Developing Countries 3.0 Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment Changes in the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and advances in information technology have greatly expanded the range of tools available to the EIA practitioner. For example‚ map overlay methods‚ originally pioneered by McHarg (1971)‚ have evolved into sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Expert systems‚ a branch of artificial intelligence
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Eco-tourism‚ consumer behaviour‚ climate change‚ airline industry‚ environmental responsibility Abstract Background: The environmental impacts of tourism have recently become a high-profile topic due to the increasing amount of attention devoted to issues such as climate change. The harmful effects of aviation‚ in particular‚ have led airline companies to adopt proactive sustainability agendas. In light of this‚ this study seeks to explore the extent of environmental awareness amongst consumers as well
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