The creation of new land was for the need of human activities. Notable examples in the West include large parts of the Netherlands‚ parts of New Orleans(which is partially built on land that was once swamp); much of San Francisco’s waterfront has been reclaimed from the San Francisco Bay; Mexico City(which is situated at the former site of Lake Texcoco); Helsinki (of which the major part of the city center is built on reclaimed land); the Cape Townforeshore; the Chicago shoreline; the Manila Bay
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LAND OF BONDAGE‚ LAND OF THE FREE By: Raul Manglapus Once upon a time‚/ the tao owned a piece of land.// It was all he owned.// But he cherished it‚/ for it gave himthree things‚ having which‚/ he was contended:// life first of all‚ /and liberty‚/ and happiness.// Then one day‚ / the Spaniard came and commanded him/ to pay tribute to the crown of Spain.// The tao paid tribute.// And he was silent--/ he was certain that he was still master of his land.// The Spaniard
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The land ethic is a holistic view of ecosystems. It entails an entire view of a biotic community to include all of nature‚ not just the individualistic components which incorporate our environment. Great efforts would be taken by supporters of the land ethic’ to support an ecosystem that was threatened. The individual components that comprise the ecosystem are not of great concern to supporters of this theory; they would argue that a threat to an individual organism‚ even protected or endangered
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Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic Aldo Leopold is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of environmental ethics of all time. Scientist‚ forester‚ environmentalist‚ and professor at the University of Wisconsin‚ Leopold has influenced and shaped today’s environmental ethics. He impacted many environmentalists with his environmental ethics and emphasized the importance of biodiversity and ecology. Leopold’s most praised work is “Land Ethic” in A Sand County Almanac that he wrote. In this essay
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balance of ecosystems that cause unforeseen consequences. The preservation ethic is more relevant to me when an area of land has a delicate ecosystem that would likely be unable to adapt to human influence. Tennessee has many relevant examples of conservation and preservation ethics. Radnor Lake is one area where the conservation ethic was a good choice. The 1‚200 acres of land was originally purchased by L&N Railroad Company around 1910 to supply water for their steam engines‚ livestock‚ and served
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Nicholas Lemann is the author of “The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America”‚ a book that takes place between 1940 and 1970. What sets this bestseller apart from those written about the same time period is the way Lemann gives the Black Migration and Civil Rights Movement faces and voices. He uses interviews and observation to tell the stories of each man and women passionate about making a change during this time. This includes politicians‚ bureaucrats‚ civil rights
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1.) “Throughout its history‚ the US has been a land of refuge and opportunity for immigrants.” Assess the validity of this statement in view of the experience of the Irish in the 19th century urban northeast.Between the years of 1830 and 1860‚ immigration from many Europeans countries very much shows that the United States has been a land of refuge and opportunity for immigrants. Because of the high rate of immigrants‚ looking for refuge from the problems of their homeland‚ the population of the
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So far India has not allowed FDI in retail and allows these giants to operate stores which can deal only with registered business. For e.g.‚ Metro‚ a well known retailing giant of Germany is allowed to sell only to businesses which serve the front end customers like us. The retail industry can be divided into organized and unorganized sector. The organized retailing is which are backed by corporate giants like Reliance‚ Future etc. Unorganized retailing refers to the traditional shops which are
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prefer to hire white women and children over blacks because they would be stereotyped as lazy slackers without common sense. In 1875 the Civil Rights Act made it illegal to racially discriminate in any public areas. With reconstruction put to an end‚ African Americans still didn’t get much freedom. In 1883 the Supreme Court not only vetoed The Civil Rights Act claiming it was a social problem and not a political problem‚ but always made a statement that the 14th Amendment protected people when
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Speaker’s notes Contours on the map are the brown lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal height above sea level. They are labelled with the height and with the topes of the figures uphill. A contour labelled 500 is 500m above sea level‚ and every place on that contour is precisely 500m above sea level. On a 1: 25‚ 000 map‚ they are usually 10m apart. If contours are very close together that means the hill is steep. However‚ is they are wide apart‚ it has a gentle gradient. When
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