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Water Management and the Colorado River Aqueduct, 2008.
A paper discussing the necessity for new water management policies for the Colorado River Aqueduct.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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The author of the paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of water management with regard to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and the Colorado River Aqueduct. With regard to increasing demands for fresh water and the decreasing amount of water available from the Colorado River, the writer examines measures that must, in the writer's opinion, be taken to manage water resources including the implementation of policies to encourage consumers to reduce water consumption.
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"The Colorado River Aqueduct and flow from the Colorado River is being managed relatively effectively today, largely because of the 2007 agreement. The agreement allows the MWD to create an "intentionally created surplus" (ICS) of water, and then store it in Lake Mead for use during shortages or droughts. The surplus water is a result of water conservation in farmlands, and the MWD is testing the program with Lake Mead officials now. There are things that could be managed differently, however. Consumers are the biggest users of water, and lawns and gardens are a large part of that usage. It would seem prudent for Southern California water districts to encourage homeowners to replace lawns and landscaping with low-water xeriscaping, as that would save a lot of water throughout the region. In addition, there needs to be more research and development into alternative technologies, such as desalination, underground water storage, and stormwater management."
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The Impact of Rising Sea Levels, 2008.
The paper is a literature review of the impact of rising sea levels.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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The author of the paper, in the light of global warming, climate change and rising sea levels, examines existing literature that deals with the problems that will be faced by coastal settlements and low-lying countries as water levels rise.
Outline:
Global Warming
Impacts of Global Warming
Sea Level Rise
Examples of Resort Cities Affected by Sea Level Rise
Impact of Rise in Sea Level in Venice
References
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"The Netherlands are preparing to face a future behind a massive seawall, but the additional $10 billion to $25 billion in flood and sea defenses over the next century will have a tremendous effect on the economy of that country. The farmlands are depending on dikes and floodgates to protect them and an atmosphere of stress pervades the land. In 1953 a storm surge drowned 2,000 people, a 1955 flood forced 200,000 people and many more animals from the inundated lands. Heavy rains threaten to drown the countryside if huge pumping stations do not lift flood water over the seawalls. Today, Holland seems to be giving in to the sea. Tourist trade is dwindling, and plans to allow the Meuse and Rhine rivers to drain into the land will let more marshlands and forests to take over what is now farmland, commercial parks and towns."
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, 2008.
An analysis of the impact of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 on America.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper uses John Barry's book "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America" to examine the political impact of the flood. It looks at how Herbert Hoover used the flood as an example of his stewardship by helping the black victims of the flood. It also looks at how that after heavy lobbying in Washington and many Congressional hearings, flood control legislation was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge, who initially opposed using federal money for the rebuilding of Mississippi River areas devastated by the floods.
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"Yet another impact the flood had on America was the decline of New Orleans, which according to Barry was severe. The city "decayed" after the flood, even though prior to the flood New Orleans had "...vastly more economic activity than any city in the South" (411). The city "shrank" and while banks prospered in Memphis, Dallas, and Atlanta, banks in New Orleans - even up to today - were never able to rebound from the flood. Even today - resulting from both the flood of 1927 and from the 2006 effects of Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans struggles. Barry waffles a little on page 411, saying that New Orleans has become a place for "tourists, and picture postcards" but has no economic vitality. "Perhaps all of this had nothing to do with the 1927 flood," he writes. "Or perhaps it did." How can he possibly question the facts presented in his own narrative? "
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Niagara Falls Power Authority, 2008.
This paper looks at the Niagara Falls Power Project and the value of its work as an alternative energy source.
1,793 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the Niagara Falls Power Project is an excellent example of the optimum use of alternative energy sources to produce electricity vital for the nation's economy. The writer notes that the importance of the Niagara Falls Power Project is that it serves not just one but two nations - the United States and Canada - and the communities in these countries have been beneficiaries of this wonder of both natural and human endeavor. The writer maintains that with all the efforts put in the Niagara Falls Power Project, it is definite that the facility will provide the peoples on the United States and Canada a viable and renewable clean energy source not only for years to come, but for generations. The writer concludes that the Niagara Falls Power Project is a project worthy of emulating by other countries because throughout its history, it strived to do things right at the onset and any problems creeping are dealt with immediately.
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"Harnessing power from water sources is one of the most efficient and effective ways of producing energy. Unlike sourcing energy from fossil fuel wherein there is a requirement for the source of oil, drilling for it, and converting the product into various fuels such as diesel, gasoline, etc. Using fossil fuel or oil also harms the environment because of its dangerous by-products. It is a known fact nowadays that one of the causes of the Greenhouse Effect is the result of over burning of fossil fuels. The resulting pollutants mix with the atmosphere and contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer. Fossil fuels' by-products also enter various water sources causing not only water pollution but destroying fish and other aquatic resources. Hydroelectricity is one of the cleanest types of power source. Through its use, burning of billions of gallons of oil and millions of tons of coal per year can be prevented. Hydroelectric power production does not harm our air and water supply and has no dangerous wastes or by-products. Still, there are advantages and disadvantages of harnessing hydro power."
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New York's Central Park, 2008.
A discussion of the vision and design of New York's Central Park.
2,104 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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The paper discusses the original motives behind the creation of New York's Central Park from the perspective of the two architect designers, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead. The paper shows how New York's Central Park began as an extraordinary vision of an urban landscape in a bustling city, a place where city dwellers could escape the stresses of city life. The paper asserts that the park has achieved that goal and is a monument to landscape architecture and park planning.
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"Central Park was created as an urban oasis for a quickly growing city that had little open space. The size of the park was set in 1853, as a historian notes, "The site for the park, a 750-acre rectangle bounded by 59th Street on the south, 106th Street on the north, Fifth Avenue on the east, and Eighth Avenue (present Central Park West) on the west, had been fixed in 1853" (Kowsky 96). A plan had been submitted with ideas for developing the park, but English architect Calvert Vaux, visiting America, saw the plan and knew it needed revision. Eventually, he convinced city officials to hold a competition for the design of the park. When they agreed, Vaux and Olmstead began to work together to create a plan for the park. This Greensward Plan was eventually chosen as the winning plan for the park's design in 1858, and construction began."
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Understanding the Arctic Fox, 2008.
The paper is a study of the arctic fox and the role it plays in the environmental balance of the arctic region.
2,868 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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Peripheral to the concern and implications of the melting arctic regions is the concern about the wildlife supported by the region. The author of the paper focuses his study on the arctic fox. The writer attempts to build an understanding and image of this creature about which very little attention has been given in discussions on environmental concerns. This paper examines the role of the arctic fox in the environmental balance of the arctic region; because in the harsh environment of the arctic where it becomes very easy to forget about global warming and endangered habitats in sub zero temperatures, every life form, including the arctic fox, is but a component in the balance of nature and life in the region.
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"Concerns about the lemming population as a vanishing food source upon which the arctic fox relies is probably less of an issue than what the access to the region will mean to the arctic fox as a species. With the changing weather, it can be expected that mankind will expand his own habitat into regions previously unpopulated in the arctic. A region where the harsh weather itself, the frozen tundra, the snow, are the roaming grounds of the arctic fox, it can be expected that we might see a decline in the numbers of artic fox as a result of man's presence over the environmental changes. The artic fox, described as a "hardy" animal, is no doubt, like foxes in other regions, able to sustain itself as a small predator and as a scavenger of bigger animals; but it probably cannot stave off the harm it faces by the presence of mankind in its environment."
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The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion, 2008.
A discussion of consumer attitudes towards the environmental impact of fast fashion.
4,679 words (approx. 18.7 pages), 37 sources, MLA, $ 120.95
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This paper examines the consequences and effects of fast fashion from an environmental perspective in the modern world. The paper specifically discusses the way that consumers have become more aware of the environmental aspects relating to modern fashion trends and examines consumers' attitudes to the environmental impact of fast fashion.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1.
Introduction
Definitions
Fast Fashion and the environment
Customer awareness
Aims, objectives and limitations
Chapter 2.
Literature review
Methodology
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"As the above quotation implies, the quantifiable method of inquiry provides a more in-depth and open-ended mode of investigation and analysis. Therefore, in order to apply this methodology to the study of consumer reaction, selected interviews will be conducted with as wide a range of participants as possible. This will also be supplemented by email questionnaires that will be sent to gauge the extent of consumer reaction. The questions that will be asked will be based in the information gleaned in the first stage of analysis on the various types of effects of fashion on environmental studies. The questions will however be as wide-ranging and open-ended as possible to encourage comprehensive responses."
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European Union, 2008.
A discussion of the future roles of the European Union on the global stage.
2,663 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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The paper discusses how the European Union is one of the most dominant actors on the contemporary global stage whose role is only expected to grow. The paper explains how the European Union is not like a traditional power; it lacks its own armies, does not pursue a coordinated foreign policy and acts primarily in terms of its economic influence. The paper then shows how it uses this economic influence in a variety of ways that contribute strongly to a very real and powerful role in global affairs. The paper points out, however, that the overarching economic emphasis of the European project can have its negative side in terms of too much control, and a bland homogenization that threatens Europe's diverse cultures and those of other nations as well.
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"The European Union is one of the most dominant actors on the contemporary global stage, and its role is only expected to grow. Yet, the European Union is often seen in terms different from that of the traditional superpower. Few foresee the emergence of the European Union as a military rival to the United States, Russia, China, or other powers. Instead, its increasing power is seen to be economic, cultural, and diplomatic. A united Europe will see its economic cloud spread across the planet. Its values will shape human and civil rights in both the developing and the developed worlds. Europe will be a leader in the "greening" of the world economy, a primary exponent of policy calculated to combat global warming and other pressing environmental issues."
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Permeable Reactive Barriers, 2008.
A review of research and innovative technologies that have evolved to assist the removal of heavy metal from groundwater.
1,204 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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The paper notes that heavy metals pose devastating health risks to humans. The paper comments that methods for removing heavy metals from water has become the focus of the development of remediation technologies and that permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) are the latest technology to be investigated for a multitude of site applications. This technology appeals to the "green" side of groundwater remediation and represents the newest attempts at large scale, low-cost technology for heavy metals and a variety of other contaminants. PRB's are in situ methods for purifying ground water that has been contaminated with a variety of substances. The paper discusses the introduction of this system, its applications, advantages and disadvantages.
Outline:
Introduction
Case Studies
Advantages/Disadvantages
Issues That Could be Encountered with Full-Scale Implementation
Cost Analysis
Alternatives to Technology
Conclusion and Recommendations
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"Another key advantage is that it is highly customizable to the needs of the site. The configuration of the membrane can be modified to fit the hydrogeology of the site. The ability to customize PRBs makes it suitable for a number of sites where other technologies may be inappropriate. One of the key disadvantages of the technology is that it can take a long time before a reduction in contaminant will be noticed. This is particularly true where the natural water flow of the site is slow. There may be some species that are not cleaned by the system. The system must be maintained and repaired as needed. The technology is so new that no one knows how long the barrier will last before it has to be replaced."
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