Coastal Management strategies need to consider not only physical processes but also factors associated with human geography.
Coastal Management strategies need to consider not only physical processes but also factors associated with human geography. Analyse why this is the case. Coastal management is a means of controlling development and change in the coastal zone and undertaking work according to agreed principles and criteria. By taking into account physical and human geography factors and people who come from the local areas views will help to ensure that there is good coastal management strategy. There are usually three stages in a management strategy, understanding the reason for the problem, undertaking work to resolve the problem or reduce the effects of the problem and to improve prediction and make a contingency plan. Physical processes are things that occur on the earth's surface, coastal processes are things that occur around the coastline examples of this would be erosion, deposition; sub aerial processes and long shore drift. Human geography is related to people and the way people interact with their surroundings. Examples of this would be the movement of people, the management of areas where people live. Coastal management schemes are very important because a large amount of the worlds population live and work on the coast, coastlines can be a very important way for an area to boost their economy; usually through tourism. There are two types of coastal management one is soft
How successful are the regeneration schemes in Liverpool?
How successful are the regeneration schemes in Liverpool? Index Title Page Purpose of Investigation 3 Data selection, Collection and Recording 4 Data Representation, Analysis and Explanation 7 Conclusion and Evaluation 11 Bibliography 13 How successful are the regeneration schemes in Liverpool? Purpose Of Investigation The purpose of this investigation is to find out how successful the regeneration schemes in Liverpool were. The things that I am looking for is comparing the 'then and now' of the projects so I can see how they have improved the area. The improvements consist of the population and the environmental quality of the neighbourhood. I think what I might expect is that the quality has risen to a high started as most of the buildings are going to be modernised and have careful planning. In the Industrial Revolutions times everything was done as a rush because the more goods they produced, the better the profits, and people moving to the area to find work, so worker houses were need to be there for when they came. I think that the population would have gone down since the schemes, even though the region has been improved. This would have been because there were so many people cramped up in smaller houses in he late 19th and early 20th Centuries, that
How do humans affect the environment?
Tuesday, 08 May 2007 How do humans affect the environment? The condition of today's environment has been affected by many factors, some of which are positive, which benefit the environment, while other effects on the environment are negative meaning they damage or cause harm to the environment. One factor, which affects the environment, is humans. The negative ways, which we affect the environment are, through building, farming, pollution, and quarrying. However, there are some positive effects on the environment caused by humans such as, the conservation of endangered species, protection of the o-zone layer, and the conservation of the earths resources. This essay therefore will be set out into two main parts. The first of these two parts will discuss how humans have a negative effect on the environment; this will focus on the issue of pollution. Secondly, I will discuss the positive effects, which we have on the environment; this section of the essay will discuss conservation and the protection of the ozone layer. I will then conclude this essay by giving my personal view on how humans affect the environment and whether the overall effect is negative or positive. As, mentioned above there are many negative ways in which we as humans negatively affect the environment. One-way which we harm the environment is through our polluting. Polluting is a very important issue when
This project is about the farming in the Bahamas. Areas we are going to cover are agriculture, subsistence farming in Bahamas, marketing of local crops, and also the result and effects of poor agricultural practices
Introduction Farming in the Bahamas This project is about the farming in the Bahamas. Areas we are going to cover are agriculture, subsistence farming in Bahamas, marketing of local crops, and also the result and effects of poor agricultural practices. There are other areas I am going to cover as you will see. Define Agriculture Agriculture is the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. It is also the process of producing food, seeds, fiber and desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). The practice of agriculture is also known as farming, all methods of production and management of livestock, crops, vegetation, and soil can be done in farming. Describe local methods of subsistence farming in The Bahamas, that is crop and animal farming in the major islands. Subsistence farming is farming on a small scale, mainly to meet family's needs. This type of farming produces enough food staple items to feed the farmer's family with some remaining for sale. Some animals that are raised by subsistence farmers are chickens, goats, and pigs. Plants grown by these farmers are tomatoes, peppers, pigeon peas, limes, bananas etc. There are two types of methods used in subsistence farming and they are the slash and burn technique and pothole farming. Slash and Burn Method * Using cutlasses a diminutive area of
Problems In Tokyo.
Japan Essay Problems In Tokyo The main problem in Tokyo is the population density. As about 83% of Japan is too mountainous for people to build houses or places for people to live. Most of Japans 127 million inhabitants are crowed onto only 17% of the island. Tokyo is so crowed that some parts of the city have more than 20,000 people living in 1 square kilometre. At the moment the water supply in Tokyo is stable but if the population of Tokyo continues to increase so will the need for water and Tokyo will not be able to cope with the demand. After 2 oil crises' Tokyo has stopped reeling on oil and now uses electricity and gas, as it's main fuel. Japan used to suffer from chronic air pollution now the state of air pollution has improved but there are still problems from car exhaust fumes. One of the biggest issues for the local authorities in the metropolis is waste, both industrial waste and household waste, and in particular non-combustible waste, not because the technology is not available to process such waste, but rather because of problems in the geographical location of processing facilities. The local administration has to cope with its citizens' "NIMBY" (Not-In-My-Back-Yard) attitudes. The average weight of daily waste per person has almost doubled in the past two decades, and in the metropolitan areas is twice as great as that in the metropolitan areas. In Tokyo,
How Do Human and Natural Factors Affect the Global Population Distribution?
Population Distribution-Essay "How do human and natural factors affect the global population distribution?" There are many factors that can affect the way a population is spread over the earth's surface, these factors are what make the spread of the population un-even. The factors are split into two sub categories: human and physical factors, within each of these there are positive and negative factors. I am going to look at a wide range of factors that are thought to affect population distribution and see whether they are positive or negative affects or, they could have both affects. Areas such as Japan which are wealthy and industrial are densely populated, areas like Antarctica which are hostile environments are likely to be sparsely populated. The initial reason for people settling where they do is the resources that were originally available to them. A good example of somewhere which had resources readily available when people first settled there is the south east of England a good example being around London. People settled along the river Thames so there was water available, also the river could be used to transport goods up and down the river, there was `protection because the area was quite woody, the wood also provided fuel also being near to the coast there were good communication links. These basic factors that were there 100's of years ago influenced where
Britain between 1750-1900
Britain between 1750-1900 There were many changes in Britain between 1750-1900.These changes included; Population, Work, Transport, Health, Culture and Politic. This essay will analyse how greater a difference it made throughout the years in detail. One of the biggest changes were population. Population changed dramatically. In 1750 the total population was about 11 million. Many babies died before their first birthday. The annual death rate was 28 deaths per 1000 people. In 1825 the total population was about 21 million. Many babies stilled died in their first year of life but families were very large. The annual death rate was 22 deaths per 1000 people. In 1900 the total population was 40 million. The population of England had risen at a rapid rate since 1825. In Scotland and Wales population was also rising but more slowly than England. The population of Ireland had actually fallen owing to a dreadful famine and the emigration that followed it. In England about 75 per cent of people lived in towns. Huge urban areas had developed. The annual death rate had fallen to 18 deaths per 1000 people and the birth rate was falling too. One reason why population grew was because of the improvement in health and hygiene. People did not know that germs caused disease and they could do little to fight diseases like smallpox, diphtheria, which killed many
Urban Areas have a significant impact on climatic characteristics Discuss.
Katie-Jane Sullivan "Urban Areas have a significant impact on climatic characteristics" Discuss. An urban area is characterised by a high population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanisation. Other characteristics of urban areas include high rise buildings, good transport links and large amounts of vehicles. These characteristics, together with the high population density, means they have a significant impact on climatic characteristics. One climatic characteristic that urban areas affect is the cloud cover. Urban areas generally have 5-10% more close cover due to the greater concentration of condensation nuclei. This encourages the cloud formation due to the heating which increases the uplift of air. Similarly urban areas also have a significant impact on the precipitation levels. For example, urban areas are more prone to thunderstorms due to the enhanced convectional uplift. Another climatic characteristic that is affected is the wind. Urban areas have lower wind speeds due to the roughness of land surfaces. This is due to the varying height of buildings which exerts a fractional drag on the air moving over and around these buildings. This creates turbulence, giving rapid and abrupt changes in the wind speed and direction. Usually the greater area of buildings
The growth in international tourism is providing many LEDCs with new opportunities of economic development, but few derive full benefits from their primary resources for tourism. Discuss this statement.
The growth in international tourism is providing many LEDCs with new opportunities of economic development, but few derive full benefits from their primary resources for tourism. Discuss this statement. This statement is true; many LEDCs do not take full benefit from their primary resources as large transnational companies set up in the country and large leakages occur. However, TNCs would not set up in the particular country if they did not feel that the area provided them with the sufficient resources to ensure a profit. Primary resources are existing resources that encourage people to visit, and are not purposely provided for tourists such as lakes, historic buildings and climate. Secondary resources, on the other hand, are provided for tourists, to enhance their experience and to enable them to access the area. International tourism has grown due to a number of factors, such as people being more adventurous, more disposable income, the cost of long haul flights are becoming cheaper with package holidays and there is an improved infrastructure in the destination. However leakages are the main limitation of tourism in LEDCs. These can come from foreign developers and hotel owners taking profits, foreign works sent over by the companies and hotels sending money back to their own countries, payments for goods imported for tourism, to repay loans and travel costs taken out
With reference to either Waste management in urban areas or Transport management in urban areas, discuss the extent to which sustainability can be achieved.
With reference to either Waste management in urban areas or Transport management in urban areas, discuss the extent to which sustainability can be achieved. Sustainability in urban areas is seen as a major problem in the world today. A sustainable city is a city that can meet the needs of the present population without hindering the needs of the future generations. To create a sustainable city many issues and areas need to be considered such as energy resources, waste management and transport. Transport in particular is an issue that needs to be dealt with. As the levels of traffic are increasing, many urban areas are putting into place traffic management schemes to deal with the problems having a high traffic level can pose. This essay will examine if sustainability of cities can been achieved by only managing the traffic problems opposed to managing other issues. Transport management is different in both LEDC and MEDCs; however the problems of high levels of traffic in the countries such as rush hour, slow movement of traffic and air pollution remain the same. Traffic is seen as an issue in the UK due to traffic levels rising by 11.4 per cent since 1997. With more traffic on the roads there are many problems that threaten today's society and future generations, such as air pollution. Air pollution due to the traffic levels can cause health problems such as asthma and
