Someone says that air pollution problem is not that serious in Hong Kong. As the Air Quality Health Index(AQHI) in Hong Kong was normally 1 to 3 out of 10 for the general stations and 2 to 5 out of 10 for the roadside stations according to the Environmental Protection Department. Well, if you just look at the Air Quality Health Index, it seems like air pollution is not that serious. However, we need to consider the concentration of the air pollutant. When it is in high level, it is not safe for
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quantity of emissions depends greatly on site-specific characteristics. However, current estimates suggest that life-cycle emissions can be over 0.5 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt-hour. To put this very simple, the estimation of the global warming life-cycle emissions for natural gas that is generating electricity are between 0.6 and 2 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt-hour, while the estimation of coal-generated electricity are between 1.4 and 3.6 pounds of carbon dioxide
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How Can Social Psychology Assist Towards Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry? Human society has developed into a stage where environmental issues have become an international concern. A focus and worry on climate change is completely essential. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the planet is warming faster than previously predicted. Madeleen Helmer is Head of the Red Cross and Red Crescent climate change center in the Netherlands. She says problems caused by climate
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There are numerous impactful reasons the environment is suffering, the 1st I feel comes from human population. The increase in human population adds to the problem being that we use various resources that are considered to be harmful to the environment. As the population increases so does usage as well as demand for more innovative ways that can keep up with these demands. People naturally pollute the environment, there are things in place that help to offset and educate around this however the issue
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Air pollution caused by unlawful burning of forests is a yearly issue. The illegal deforestation across Indonesia has covered much of South-East Asia – particularly Singapore, Malaysia, as well as parts of Philippines and Thailand, in an acrid haze, resulting to one of the most severe regional shutdown in years. According to the scientists, the 2015 pollution could surpass the one in 1997 - when it had created an environmental tragedy that cost about US$9 billion in damage. The economic cost
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strike a balance between economy, equity, and environment, which are the objectives of the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach that has now been accepted internationally as the way forward in ensuring sustainability of this resource. Global Water Partnership (GWP) defines IWRM as a ‘process that promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising
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The Research of Robot Path Planning System Keqing LIN College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, P. R. China Abstract: First we analyze all of the aspects of the algorithm in detail, including environmental modeling, path initialization, the fitness function design, the operator design, the analysis and selection of algorithm parameters. Then, use the MATLAB write, simulate and debug the program, continually analyze the simulation result in static environment.
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So it is natural to oppose globalisation. There are many arguments from different views. Some political scientists argue that globalization is making nation-states weaken and that the functions and power of nation-states will gradually take over by global (Dreher et al.,2008). Economists argue that businesses is becoming more competitive and more and more workers may be laid off due to greater competition. For environment, globalization is using up finite resources more quickly and globalization increases
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consumption of fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources and emits greenhouse gases that cause global warming through the production and consumption of energy in manufacturing, electrical and electronic engineering is offering ways to replace the conventional means of producing energy; and it is trying to save our planet through inventions like low carbon solutions and electric vehicles. Global warming will cause rise in sea levels, reduction of fresh water and might put endangered species at
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this subject was that of global warming. There are many things that have been accredited to global warming. Many may wonder what exactly is global warming. Global warming is simply when too much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere and it acts as a shield shielding heat and warm air in the earth (Merriam-Webster, 2014). As humans burns through precious fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal as well as continuing to cut down trees have all important risks of global warming. Nevertheless, the
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