Irrigation Matters Series No. 02/09 State of Urban Irrigation Demand Management - A Review Bhakti Lata Devi July 2009 BETTER IRRIGATIO N BETTER ENVIRONMENT BETTER FUTURE State of Urban Irrigation Demand Management – A Review Bhakti Lata Devi City of Sydney‚ Town Hall House‚ 456 Kent St‚ Sydney‚ 2000 Email: bdevi@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au CRC for Irrigation Futures CRC for Irrigation Futures Irrigation Matters Series No. 02/09 July 2009 CRC for Irrigation Futures i
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Shark Island Shark Island is a small island located in Sydney Harbour‚ Australia. It lies between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance‚ offshore of the suburbs of Vaucluse‚ Point Piper and Rose Bay. The Island‚ at 1.25 hectares‚ is said to have resembled a shark and the shallow waters around it presented a constant danger to shipping. This is how it got its name. Physical Environment of Shark Island Weather & Climate The weather on Shark Island that day varied a lot. It was overcast
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Urban sprawl in North America Introduction After the Second World War‚ the development of planning in North America transformed a lot. Under the influence of the war‚ the major planning principle of Britain in this period more focuses on post-war reconstruction and promoted the economic recovery. In contrast to Britain‚ although America attended the war‚ it had fewer negative effects on American development which it even promoted the economic development in America (Liu‚ 2010). Therefore
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Rural Khmer house Despite indoor and outdoor temperatures of 36°C and up to 80% relative humidity the old rural Khmer houses are very comfortable‚ both at ground level and on the upper floor. In spite of the absence of electric or mechanical air conditioning‚ a draught-free environment appears to be attained simply by means of natural ventilation. Typically‚ rural Khmer houses are rectangular two-storey buildings‚ varying in size from four by six metres to about six by ten metres. The basic
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Immigrants suffered a lot during this period‚ plus they were living in a very filthy condition. After 1865‚ American urban communities developed at a phenomenal rate‚ and urban populaces swelled with specialists from provincial regions and abroad. To move expanding populaces around the city‚ urban communities spearheaded imaginative types of mass travel. High rises came to check urban horizons‚ and new electric lighting frameworks energized nightlife. Neighborhoods partitioned along class and ethnic
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Many urban centers have been known to be places where diverse styles of structural development are put in place through individual differences‚ desires and expression of wealth which over the time have brought about the use of series of finished construction materials. The constant increase in the rate of urban development‚ the use of materials and some of the construction style; have their contributing impact on the environment. These impacts of “growth in urban areas affects urban climate in several
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in peri-urban areas Bryant et al. (1982) in an attempt to show why there is an uneven land use development in peri-urban areas‚ noted that urban development may not occur around all urban centres in all directions‚ due to variations in societal response to changes within the surrounding areas of a particular city. This makes the peri-urban areas a disjointed (irregular) spatial occurrence in metropolitan regions. According to the PLUREL Project (2006)‚ the problem of this uncontrolled urban sprawl
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Demographic‚ Social‚ & Economic Assessment Chelan County‚ Washington [pic] Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background & Purpose 1.2 Chelan County Overview 2.0 Demographic Assessment 2.1 Total County Population 2.2 Population by Race and Ethnicity 2.3 Population Pyramid 2.4 Population Projection: Regression Techniques 3.0 Social Assessment 3.1 Housing Tenure by Race and Ethnicity 3.2 Family and Non-Family
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MANUAL UNIT II: RURAL AND URBAN SOCIETY (PART-I) LIFE IN RURAL AND URBAN SOCIETY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. CONTENT Society: Its definition and its types Comparative Analysis: The differences between the urban and the rural society on the basis of: a) Living conditions. b) Educational facilities. c) Nature of employment opportunities/ d) Occupations in the rural and the urban society. e) Availability of communication facilities in the rural and the urban society. f) Choices of goods
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Urban Forests Hey everyone‚ today I’m going to talk to you all about urban forests and why I think that we need to make changes to the planting of urban forests‚ even though it seems like they are beneficial for our environment. For those of you who don’t know what an urban forest is‚ an urban forest is the trees that you see all around you when you are in an urbanized environment. You see the trees in your backyard‚ along the sidewalks and streets and nowadays even on some rooftops and buildings
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