introduction Noise pollution is the disturbing or excessive noise that may harm the activity or balance of human or animal life. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused bymachines and transportation systems‚ motor vehicles‚ aircraft‚ and trains.[1][2] Outdoor noise is summarized by the word environmental noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential areas.
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Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment
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place without causing major harm to the environment we live in (Kahn‚ Yardly 2007). While rapidly growing air pollution in China brought on by harmful factory production and out dated fueling methods has created an abundance of health inequalities as well as permanent damage to the surrounding ecosystems‚ the solution to these issues prove difficult to solve. With a communist styled
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SOUND POLLUTION NOISE CONTROL Noise has the potential to impact on us all every day‚ in different ways. Any form of noise can be considered pollution if it causes annoyance‚ sleeplessness‚ fright‚ or any other stress reaction. noise is transient; once it stops‚ the environment is free of it we can measure individual sounds that may damage human hearing‚ but it is difficult to monitor cumulative exposure to noise or to determine just how much is too much the definition of noise itself is highly
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1. Module Code:FC501 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
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Cause and Effects of Water Pollution Water is a key resource on our planet and is undervalued by humans causing water pollution. Water makes up 70% of the earth and 60% of the human body‚ therefore the pollution of water is in need to come to an end because it is essential to all living aspects on earth ("Causes and Effects of Water Pollution…"). Water pollution is typically caused by littering‚ industrial waste‚ oil pollution‚ and primarily‚ by the human carelessness. It needs to be taken more
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consequences of light pollution |1 |Imagine yourself walking on the 18th September square at the center of Eindhoven at midnight. The stones where you are walking on are | |2 |illuminated. When you look at your left side‚ you could see the Bijenkorf with all its colored panels. When you look up‚ you see trees | |3 |decorated with lights. It is a beautiful sight‚ but it is questionable whether all those lights are necessary. | |4 |
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H A B I T A T INTL. Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 279-292‚ 1995 Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0197-3975/95 $9.50 + 0.00 0197-3975(94)00071-9 Sustainable Development and the Construction Industry* ROBIN SPENCE and HELEN MULLIGANt Cambridge University‚ UK and tCambridge Architectural Research Limited‚ UK ABSTRACT The construction industry‚ together with the materials industries which support it‚ is one of the major global exploiters of natural resources‚ both physical
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2013 Light Pollution Sin City‚ better known as Las Vegas‚ full of its twinkling bright lights and flashing advertisements at night‚ is a huge tourist attraction. However‚ can you look up at the desert sky and see the Milky Way? The answer to this question is no. The light pollution in Vegas is so strong that it can be seen from outer space. Light Pollution is misdirected and misused light. This results from an inappropriate application of exterior lighting products. Light Pollution comes in different
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Industrial pollution is pollution which 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; in the United States‚ for example‚ the Environmental Protective Agency estimates that up to 50% of the nation’s pollution is caused by industry. Because of its size and scope‚ industrial pollution is a serious problem for the entire planet‚ especially in nations which are rapidly industrializing‚ like China
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