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Urban Sprawl: Impact On Air Quality And Waterway Pollution
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19 pages in length. The Industrial Revolution has long represented the deepest cut a double-edged sword can make; on the one hand, it established a no-boundaries approach to human progress while at the same time opened up myriad new and different ways for man to interact with the environment. However, this interaction soon took a turn for the worse as the environment fell into various stages of ruin with each subsequent step humanity made toward greater progress. Now with over six billion people inhabiting the planet, Earth's ecosystems are being systematically destroyed by the ever-growing girth of urban sprawl. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Urban Sprawl; The Role of Technology
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This 5 page paper considers the phenomenon of urban sprawl. The paper looks at the causes and effects of this trend, how it is encouraged by technology and argues that it should be halted giving suggestion on how this may be achieved. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEurbspl.doc

Urbanization, the Creation of Cities and the Impacts on the Natural Environment
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the correlation between urban development and the impact that this has on the natural environment. This paper considers how cities are impacted by air pollution and how cities impact the natural environment. This paper specifically assesses the significance of issues like acid rain. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MHairpol.wps

Urbanization, the Creation of Cities and the Impacts on the Natural Environment
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the correlation between urban development and the impact that this has on the natural environment. This paper considers how cities are impacted by air pollution and how cities impact the natural environment. This paper specifically assesses the significance of issues like acid rain. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MHairpol.rtf

Using Forests as CO2 Sinks to Combat Global Warming
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A 6 page paper discussing the controversy arising from the UN Kyoto Protocol of 1997 as it has taken shape in 2000, with an explanation of the process of photosynthesis as the mechanism by which green plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and replace it with pure oxygen. Environmental groups claim that giving credits to industrialized nations for reforestation efforts only encourages clear cutting of old growth forests, thereby damaging biodiversity. Other groups claim that forests themselves can contribute to increased global warming. Bibliography lists 6 sources in 13 footnotes.
Filename: KSCO2sinks.wps

Using Geographic Information Systems for Wildlife Conservation
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A 10 page paper which discusses Geographic Information Systems technology and illustrates how it can be used for wildlife conservation. The paper discusses the general uses of GIS and clearly indicates its usefulness in the field of wildlife conservation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAgiswild.wps

Utah Wilderness
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This 3 page report gives a very brief overview of the controversy surrounding the Utah wilderness issue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Utah.doc

Vaclav Smil's "Energy At The Crossroads"
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5 pages in length. Who knows where the world's gluttonous energy appetite will lead in the coming decades, with the overextended use of fossil fuels, the ever-growing dependency upon Middle Eastern crude oil and the escalating and irreparable damage being done to the environment reflecting the most critical components of an energy love affair that shows no signs of slowing. Vaclav Smil provides a forecast of the legacy of today's generation and what it will bequeath upon those that follow; in his book entitled Energy at the Crossroads : Global Perspectives and Uncertainties, Smil (2003) projects what he sees happening in decades to come if the dependence upon fossil fuels continues. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCEnergCrs.rtf

Valentin Rasputin's Farewell To Matyora
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Valentin Rasputin has given the ignorant reason to pause and consider the many levels of technological progression in his novel, Farewell To Matyora. This 5 page paper explores the story's view on technology as opposed to nature. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTmatyra.wps

Value of Maintaining Natural Ecosystems: Preservation Versus Conservation
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A 5 page discussion of the many complex consideration which go into environmental management. The environmental management approaches of preservation and conservation are defined and contrasted. The author contends that rather than get caught up in the semantics of the preservation verses conservation argument, however, we must selectively employ each of these approaches if we are to find the most workable solution to insure the future of our world's natural resources as a whole.
Filename: PPenvPrs.rtf