common experience to walk in urban park‚ then few steps away‚ you just turn the corner‚ pass through lined tall buildings in a narrow street paved with asphalt and you clearly feel that the temperature is higher than in the park. Or maybe‚ you can recall one day in your life when the city was really hot‚ that you decided to spend some time in a shading park where you found some relief. Most of you didn’t know but you experienced what in climate science is called the urban heat island effect. In scientific
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Technologies such as Facebook‚ Youtube‚ mobile phones and smart phones are just a few of the new technologies and applications being used every day by our generation to communicate. I am going to be looking at what some of these communication technologies are and how they affect our daily lives and finally answer the question if we the youthful generation of today would not be able to function without these communication technologies. First how would we define communication technologies? Information
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roof is erected before the walls on the upper floor are inserted. The roof frame defines the type of the house: a gabled roof (Phteah Rông Daol)‚ a hipped or mansard roof (Phteah Pét)‚ the Khmer house (Phteah Keung). In Battambong province most houses have open spaces beneath the roof. They are called Phteah Rông Doeung‚ which may be derived from thbal kdoeung‚ meaning that a rice mill was stored at the back of the house under a second awning (ref. Wooden Architecture of Cambodia‚ ed. By Francois Tainturier
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How Insecurities Affect Our Choice Making Process People are often unfulfilled by the choices they make in their lives. The reason for this is that everyone has insecurities‚ no one will ever feel satisfied with their work‚ what they create. They fear the judgement of those who are close to them and those who are strangers. The reason this fear is created is because society norms are imposed on us. Societal norms are a set of guidelines that are commonly followed‚ shunning those who do not follow
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How Cell Phones Affect Our Lives Kelly Morris‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network Aug 18‚ 2011 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- Cell Phone Reviews * ------------------------------------------------- Motorola Phones * ------------------------------------------------- Cell Phones in School * ------------------------------------------------- Phone Calls
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How have our views on war changed over time? Nothing can impact society like war. War can be viewed as noble and just‚ or cruel and inhuman‚ as well as everything in between. War affects everyone in society whether they are fighting in a foreign country or waiting at home for a loved one to return. War is an indispensable part of civilization; found at every chapter of human history. It is the culmination of the basic survival instinct when provoked. As has the technique of battle; society’s
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Urban Stress There are many factors that stress out plants and trees around our area. Because we are located in an urban setting‚ these plants and trees are more vulnerable to such stress. During our walk around campus‚ I noticed an enormous amount of stress done to the plants and trees. In this essay‚ I will explain my observations of urban stress around Temple University ’s campus and how each factor plays an important role and how it influences the survival of each plant and tree. Heat
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School of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Implications of Urban Greening March 2013 Geotechnical Implications of Urban Greening March 2013 Report prepared by (Joshua Webb) As part of the MEng research project 2012/13 The material in this report was prepared as part of the M.Eng. course in Civil Engineering and should not be published without the permission of The University of Birmingham. The University of Birmingham accepts no responsibility for the statements made in this document
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6. With reference to one example‚ examine and evaluate a range of visitor management techniques that have been used by destination managers to control or disperse tourism demand and its negative impacts. Visitor management techniques have been developed in order to deal with a constantly increasing demand in tourism industry worldwide. Negative impacts had to be addressed and minimized. As a result‚ in 1995 the Centre for Tourism Visitor Management was set up at Nottingham Business Centre (Shackley
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through a divorce this does not only affect them but also affects the children involved. Children might tend to think they are to blame for the divorce and therefore resulting in feelings of negativity as stated by (Richards‚ 1999). Following divorce‚ change is expected. The single parent family might be forced to relocate to an area where they can afford‚ might be at risk of poverty‚ change schools and this results in distress to the children. This can also have a negative impact on their education
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