A report concerning new business development in the local area, which is the Paddington Basin Regeneration Project. As this development will have many different and significant environmental impacts
Bojana Simulija 13A1 Paddington Basin Development Assignment INTRODUCTION For this assignment our group is requested to write a report concerning new business development in the local area, which is the Paddington Basin Regeneration Project. As this development will have many different and significant environmental impacts, it is our group's objective to further investigate the effects of this development on the local residents. We are aiming to explore the background to the development, the effects on the environment, the social costs and benefits in terms of quality of life indicators. Additionally the various stakeholders (in our case local residents), and also pressure groups involved. Furthermore, legal constraints or government intervention which would evidently effect this development, are other key areas our group shall consider in order to gain a clear insight into the benefits and drawbacks as a result of this development. As stated on the Paddington Basin Development website, Paddington Basin is no longer simply a major regeneration opportunity, and is fast establishing itself as a premier business, residential, healthcare and leisure district of central London. It offers unrivalled, first class opportunities and its position in the central London and links with west London make it a perfect location for international business modern living and unsurpassed
Photochemical smog and its production is a reason that is causing wide concern.
OXFORD CAMBRIDGE AND RSA EXAMINATIONS CHEMISTRY (SALTERS) Lawrence Johnson OPEN BOOK PAPER Photochemical smog and its production is a reason that is causing wide concern. It happens when primary pollutants, which are air pollutants that enter the atmosphere directly from things such as motor vehicles, power stations, industry and domestic sources, interact under the influence of sunlight to produce secondary pollutants. Secondary pollutants are therefore atmospheric pollutants that are created chemically when primary pollutants and other components of air react. The main primary pollutants emitted as a result of motor vehicles are Nitrogen oxides (NO?) hydrocarbons(C?H?), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Sulphur oxides (SO?). The main secondary pollutants formed as a result of vehicle emissions are Ozone (O?) and peroxyacetyl nitrate) H O. (1) Coal fired power stations are another way in which primary pollutants are emitted into the air and thus contribute to the production of photochemical smog. This is because the outputs as a result of fuel combustion are things such as NO? gases. The emission of these nitrogen oxides occurs as flue gases from burning the coal contain oxides of nitrogen. In the combustion of coal the nitrogen compounds are oxidised to form the fuel NO?, which is a primary pollutant.
Environmental Audit Assignment: The Company that I am analysing is BP (British Petroleum).
Environmental Audit Assignment From: Petra Belo To: Eddie Pargeter Hand In Date: 12/12/03 Course: BA Marketing Management Abstract: The Company that I am analysing is BP (British Petroleum). British Petroleum Company PLC Public Company Incorporated: 19909 as Anglo-Persian Oil Company Employees: 118,050 Sales: £41.71 billion (US$80.51 billion) Stock Exchanges: London, New York, Toronto, Tokyo, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Frankfurt Company History British Petroleum (BP) is one of the worlds leading oil companies, and one of the United Kingdoms largest corporations. The company, which was the pioneer of the Middle Eastern oil industry, having discovered oil in Iran before World War I, is now engaged in all aspects of oil exploration, production, refining, transportation, and marketing. It has significant interest in chemicals and plastics, including a range of specialty products- mostly detergents, advanced composite materials, and advanced ceramic engineered materials. The new BP The new BP has a long and exciting history that goes back more than a century. The company is made up of four companies, each with its own proud history: BP, Amoco, ARCO and Castrol. These histories are so often intertwined, that coming together as one company makes a great deal of sense. It's the power of one. Bp BP's origins date back to May 1901, when a wealthy Englishman, William
This is the Residential Development proposal of the R (e) Zone of the Outline Zoning Plan on the Yau Tong Inland.
Induction This is the Residential Development proposal of the R (e) Zone of the Outline Zoning Plan on the Yau Tong Inland with Lot. No. 37, 29, 28, 24, 23, 22 and the road surrendered inside those Lots, which are located on the Junction of Cho Yuen Street, Sze Shan Street and Sam Ka Tsuen. According to the Yau Tong Outline Zoning Plan, the lots are zoned as R (e), which is a residential zoning with domestic plot ratio not more than 5 and non-domestic plot ratio not more than 1. The whole development would be designed based on the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines (HKPSG) and the Building (Planning) Ordinance. Our development would be composed of 2 60-storey buildings with maximum 944 flats, 98,500-sq.ft clubhouse and landscaped garden, and 261 units of car parking spaces. The details will be shown as follows; General Data Site Area YTIL No. 37 6,243sq.ft ( 580.00m2) YTIL No. 29 34,370sq.ft (3193.08m2) YTIL No. 28 25,070sq.ft (2329.08m2) YTIL No. 22 22,990sq.ft (2214.81m2) YTIL No. 23 17,240sq.ft (1601.65m2) YTIL No. 24 23,840sq.ft (2135.83m2) Road 15,891sq.ft (1476.32m2) Total Site 45,644sq.ft (13530.77m2) Residential Development Area per Flat Flat A: 617sq.ft (57.32m2) Flat B: 897sq.ft (83.33m2) Flat C: 888sq.ft (82.50m2) Flat D:
Examine the management opportunities and challenges associated with the use Of a named global vegetation system.
Examine the management opportunities and challenges associated with the use Of a named global vegetation system The global vegetation system that I am going to be using is the tropical rain forest. Tropical rain forests (TRF) are usually found along or near the equator. These are equatorial climates and inn these climates there are no seasons. The TRF has a very large range of species. There are a lot of tropical hardwoods here, such as mahogany, Oak, Ipe and many more. The direct use for people is to burn the wood that they cut down from the tropical rainforests. An indirect use would be to sell the wood on. There are three scales of how humans affect the TRF, small scale is shifting cultivation, on a medium scale there would be plantations and on a large scale the is deforestation. Equally there are challenges caused as a consequence of how we use it. There a number of environmental challenges that humans face. Firstly the climate here, it is hot wet and humid. These conditions make it hard for humans to live there. There can also be disease here, and pests such as spiders, snakes etc. These become a physical challenge for people to over come. The surface of the TRF can become very swampy in places, this means that it can be very hard for people to move around in the TRF. The density of the TRF is immense, it is incredible difficult for people to get into and to move
Coral Reefs.
Coral Reefs A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem. They are the largest animal-made structures in the world. Coral reefs occur in mainly nutrient-deficient waters in tropical regions, which have warm waters of about 18-30°C. A coral is a living organism because it consumes food, excretes, breathes and reproduces. The coral has a white skeleton made up of limestone rock, which also helps to keep it rigid. Reef-building corals are brightly coloured organisms built by small animals called coral polyps. The polyp has stinging tentacles that beat backwards and forwards and hairs called triggers that help to catch the coral's food, chiefly phytoplankton (small food-producing plankton). The coral shares a symbiotic relation with algae or zooxanthellae, tiny microscopic plants, which perform photosynthesis with the help of the sun's energy. These algae provide the polyp with necessary nutrients and energy components. A symbiotic relation between the algae and the coral polyps mean that one depends on the other and cannot survive alone. Just as forests and jungles protect us from the various elements of the environment such as wind and rain, the reef fish use the coral reef for protection of their young and food sources. Human Impact Pollution from various human sources disturbs the clarity of the water and causes it to turn cloudy, so sunlight cannot enter and the algae cannot
Compare the effects of droughts on both DCs and LDCs. Assess the strategies used to predict, mitigate and respond to the effects of droughts in these countries.
Compare the effects of droughts on both DCs and LDCs. Assess the strategies used to predict, mitigate and respond to the effects of droughts in these countries. (16) Droughts impact both developed and developing countries but their effects vary due to localized differences. While droughts seldom lead to fatalities in developed countries, in developing countries droughts can cause fatalities. Drought in India has resulted in tens of millions of deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.In the past, droughts have periodically led to major Indian famines such as the Bengal famine of 1943, in which over five million died from starvation and famine-related illnesses. In Mozambique in Southern Africa, the 1982-83 drought was considered the worst in 50 years and led to many deaths. While fatalities resulting from drought have been reduced greatly in recent decades, the extent of impact remains great. During the last 50 years, Bangladesh suffered about 20 drought conditions. The drought condition in northwestern Bangladesh in recent decades had led to a shortfall of rice production of 3.5 million tons in the 1990s. In Brazil in 1983, about 88% of the northeast region - including 14 million people - was affected by drought. The drought caused a 16% decrease in agricultural production and many subsistence farmers lost all their production. Some food prices
Deforestation and Desertification
Deforestation Deforestation is the removal of large numbers of trees, along with the loss of the animals that habitat the area. Deforestation occurs in many ways. Most of the clearing is done for agricultural purposes-grazing cattle, planting crops. Poor farmers chop down a small area (typically a few acres) and burn the tree trunks-a process called Slash and Burn agriculture. Intensive, or modern, agriculture occurs on a much larger scale, sometimes deforesting several square miles at a time. Large cattle pastures often replace rain forest to grow beef for the world market. Commercial logging is another common form of deforestation, cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp. Logging can occur selectively-where only the economically valuable species are cut-or by clear cutting, where all the trees are cut. Commercial logging uses heavy machinery, such as bulldozers, road graders, and log skidders, to remove cut trees and build roads, which is just as damaging to a forest overall as the chainsaws are to the individual trees. The causes of deforestation are very complex. A competitive global economy drives the need for money in economically challenged tropical countries. At the national level, governments sell logging concessions to raise money for projects, to pay international debt, or to develop industry. For example, Brazil had an international debt of $159 billion in
I am going to research waste pollution. I have chosen to research waste pollution because it is a topic of general interest which is effecting the environment and health of many people.
Task 1: Introduction I am going to research waste pollution. I have chosen to research waste pollution because it is a topic of general interest which is effecting the environment and health of many people. I am going to research this topic area by first using primary sources, writing letters and trying to interview waste disposal, incineration and landfill companies and also local governments and councils to get their views and what they are doing to stop waste pollution. I will also be interviewing and giving questionnaires to the local public. I am also going to use secondary sources such as the internet, news papers reports, books and leaflets to find out if there has been any previous research on waste, and also to get information to back my research. The different types of waste pollution in the UK are: * Radioactive waste * Household waste The waste is either taken to landfills or incinerators where they are disposed. Incineration with energy recovery makes use of waste as a resource. Incineration disposes of waste by combustion with or without energy recovery. 'co-incineration' takes place in some industrial processes that produce energy or materials. Of the 7,000 incinerators in England and Wales: * 11 burn municipal waste * Some 60 burn waste including chemicals, clinical waste and savage sludge * Over 10 are cement kilns or power stations
"The North Sea is the dustbin of Europe".
The North Sea is the dustbin of Europe" The sea is the engine room of the planet. The sea produces water through evaporation and rain. This water is essential for life on land, but the sea is vulnerable to upset and abuse. And, if the sea is upset, all of life on earth can be upset. Our activities destroy life in the seas and oceans. The North Sea is a sea which is mainly surrounded by land. The main problem is that in many instances raw sewage as well as sludge is pumped into the North Sea, that's not to mention the tons of direct dumping, atmospheric pollution, agriculture run-off, oil spillage, industrial waste including chemicals and other factors. Even larger oceans have become badly contaminated but the smaller, shallower seas, such as the North Sea, are in danger of becoming poisoned beyond recovery. Sewage is a major pollution problem. Untreated raw sewage, incuding excretment, condoms and sanitary items are pumped into the sea. Rivers run into the sea taking excess water and rubbish from the land. Society uses the sea directly as a dumping ground. Atmospheric pollution is another form of pollution to effect the North Sea. Air pollutants eventually are blown into the sea. The more atmospheric pollution we make on land, the more the sea is effected. Oil pollution at sea poses a great threat to wildlife. Oil comes from various sources. There are natural 'leaks'
