entities‚ health and sanitation authorities and the general public and all other concerned. The new standards cover requirements for the acceptable values of the determined parameters in measuring water quality. These parameters include microbiological‚ physical‚ chemical and radiological compositions of the water. The standard also delineates values established in conforming with the medical and health implication of the parameters as opposed to values established purely to satisfy aesthetic requirements
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Urban Planning/Development For my topic I chose to research Urban Planning which also goes hand in hand with Urban Development. Urban Planning integrates land use planning and transportation planning to improve the economic and social environments of communities‚ where Urban Development is the actual process of taking these plans and putting them to work by the selling‚ leasing‚ building of land‚ buildings‚ stores‚ homes‚ etc. For my interview I contacted Dode Harvey‚ who has worked in‚ or owned
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Jordan Groll American Society: Urban Legends in the Classroom What is it about America that causes students and people to crave an education? Could it be the intense pressures of society‚ or could it even be the simple fact that we want to educate ourselves? For centuries people were fine with being un-educated and life was simple and laid back‚ but when John Cotton (a noted Puritan Minister) established the first public school in America‚ people began to eat it up. And thus was
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MODERN URBAN CULTURE What is urban culture? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1)‚ urban culture is any of the behavioral patterns of the various types of cities and urban areas‚ both past and present. Urban culture is basically the culture of cities. Cities around the world‚ past and present‚ have behaviors that differ from the rural areas. In today’s modern world‚ urban culture refers to a city’s sense of fashion‚ music‚ and way of life. Types of modern urban culture are skateboarding
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A lot of decent Filipinos are getting fed up with arrogant squatters July 10‚ 2013 by Ilda The squatters in the Philippines have wreaked havoc in the country and they are out of control. The problem is quite obvious and the solution is staring everyone in the face; there are just not enough public servants with enough guts to address the issue. But someone has to put an end to the vicious cycle of squatting particularly in Metro Manila where most poor Filipinos from the provinces seem to converge
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Notes on significant figures When we use an equipment to take measurement‚ it is important to be honest when reporting a measurement‚ so that it does not appear to be more accurate than the equipment used to make the measurement allows. To achieve this‚ we can control the number of significant figures used to report the measurement. When we look at a number‚ its first significant figure is the first digit from the left‚ other than 0. E.g. - in the number 539 the first significant figure
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parks‚ grassland for social gatherings etc. - Economy- Abandoned factories have no use except take up space and continue to pollute the area. Built dwellings and shops to boost economy. - Environment- Polluted waters which killed much marine life. No plants were growing due to the bad quality of the soil - Health- Many chemicals that were being manufactured in Rhodes were cancer causing if exposed for long periods. This report is to outline and explain and investigate the urban growth‚ renewal and
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Explain why Pope Urban II called for a Crusade in Clermont 1095. One reason‚ or trigger for Pope Urban calling the crusade would have been Alexius’ request for his help. Alexius asked for Pope Urban’s aid in helping him to fight the Turks; this is because they were closing in and starting to invade Constantinople‚ which was the main frontier between the Christian and Islamic worlds. Emperor Alexius felt threatened by the Turks‚ and knew that Pope Urban in him being the head of the Church (the
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Gravity Hills: Urban Legend Urban Legends are stories‚ usually false or exaggerated‚ that are repeatedly told and embellished over time until they are believed to be true. Gravity Hills is known to be an urban legend and it is also surrounded by scary stories. It’s said that in various hills of California‚ if a car is parked on neutral it will somehow roll up the slope of the nearby hill. There have been stories due to this belief that children died in the hills as they helped push their school
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Sustainable Cities: Building the Future City for the Next 100 Years Songdo International City-S. Korea In his book Urban Geography‚ Michael Pacione‚ discusses the “Future City-Cities of the Future”. In his analysis there are several principles that must be included in the future city in order for it to strive and be successful‚ “by 2025 65 percent of the world’s population will be in urban areas” (Pacione 2005) The need for the city of the next 100 years to be sustainable in all aspects is paramount
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