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Definition of Ecological Footprints

consideration how rich countries use trade and technology to import resource they do not possess (Holtzman, 1999). Other factors...

Canadian Arctic and Toxins Bioaccumulation

many threats, perhaps one of the greatest is the slow bioaccumulation, or bioconcentration, of toxins in the Arctic primarily from...

IOM Ecological Model/Bioterrorism

On further examination, the cause of death is determined to be smallpox. As the World Health Organization (WHO) completely eradica...

Road Construction Environmental Impact

This could have an adverse health impact on citizens who already have respiratory problems and could cause new problems in all peo...

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves

National Nature Reserve (which well refer to as the Reserves to avoid all those diacritical marks) comprises the A?r Massif, a "va...

Bottled Water

a very powerful aspect of the entire plastic industry. Or, as noted by the author in offering the words of another, "Bottled water...

Sustainability, Economic Stability, and Regulation in International Fisheries

world society as though they were controlling the pieces on a chessboard, every individual in that great game of chess has the inn...

Ballast Water and Invasive Species

and the Issue Group on Sustainable Shipping (IGSS) are the coordinating agencies seeking the cooperation of the European Union, OS...

Ecological Crisis of the Earth

ozone layer is that portion of the Earths atmosphere that contains high concentration of ozone (Busman and Belen). This exists in ...

Ecological and Social Issues Associated with Synthetic Pesticides

pesticides, such as DDT and chlodane (Cook 34). However, any advances made by these activists can be eradicated with the stroke of...

Secondary Succession and Farmland

in ecosystems, which is the overall environmental unit that functions (Homestead.com, 2004). This can be seen in terms of ...

The Impact of the Growing World Population on the Supply of Fresh Water

cycle, nitrogen cycle and water cycles have been disrupted or destroyed, and those are just the cycles that are known. It may not ...

Consequences of Overusing Natural Resources

the relationships among species in some ecosystems by weakening links in the food chain. Many species could be at risk"(Grossman 8...

Endangered Species Conservation, Cultural, Economic, and Political Constraints

interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural behavior. According to Berkes (1993), "traditional ecological kn...

La Nina, El Nino, and Ecological Impacts

the number and severity of cyclones, disruptions to fisheries and destruction of coral reefs, flooding, mudslides, death inflictin...

Plastic or Paper/A Research Proposal

the origins of the bag materials. Paper is renewable; plastic, of course, is not. All products based on fossil fuels are suspect...

3 Human Development Domains

1. The Microsystem: these are the settings in which the individual lives with differentiated roles in each setting. These are the ...

Sim Van der Ryn's Ecological Design

In ten pages the ecological architecture described by Van der Ryn in his text is examined. Eight sources are cited in the bibliog...

Westward Settlement and Environmental Effects

Americans from the land). In addition, during the early part of the century and by Congressional Act, the U.S. forbid fore...

Keystone Species, Bimodal Distribution, and Competitive Displacement

occur even if resources were not limited. However, other regulatory factors such as temperature, humidity, food quality and so on ...

Article on Teen Birth Rates Analyzed and Critiqued

they posit that in order to reduce teen birth rates, it is imperative that there should be further comprehension regarding the sig...

Ecological and Economic Impacts of Food Choices

I also purchased honey produced in the state and coffee roasted from a local business. My thought was that these efforts to chang...

Coke’s Green Initiative

consideration of where the facility would attract the most tourists, it is to be applauded because it could have been built on lan...

Differing Ecological Viewpoints

"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...

Nursing and Social Ecology

& Kantor-Kaufmann, 2002). The meso level of the ecological model looks at the role of institutions and organizations in shaping ...

The Ocean Basins

"deepest waters above oldest oceanic lithosphere" (Allen, 2004). Imagine that one were one shore and walking out into the ocean; a...

Ecological Modernization Theory

or sphere" as distinct from the three foundational analytical spheres that define modern society, namely, "political, economic and...

Accepting the Harsh Realities of Global Warming

Global warming is one of the most concerning issues of our time. It is also one of the most controversial. The contention...

Two Theories, Domestic Violence

This paper pertains to two theories that explain the causation of domestic violence, feminist theory and the social-ecological mod...

Is Organic Food Really Better

This paper looks beyond the popularity of organic food and towards the more applicable issues. Ecological balance is one of the m...