CARBON SEQUESTRATION AS A TOOL FOR CITY GREENING(A case study of Atunrase, a residential estate in metropolitan Lagos. ) *Williams, Fadera. A1, Adejumo, T.A2 1. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. (faderawilliams@yahoo.com, +2347088772009.) 2. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.(tadejumo@unilag.edu.ng, +2348034431439.) ABSTRACT Urban greening
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Action. Objective [9] The program sets the guidelines to be used by nations in their road safety plans. Specifically, the program is divided in five pillars, which describe the direction that should be followed by nations [9]: Pillar 1 – Road Safety Management: • Strengthen institutional capacity
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My Environmental Worldview. Now at the turn of the two centuries the mankind comes to grips with the sharpest global problems of the modern world menacing to the existence of a civilization and even of the life on our planet. Inability to foresee and to prevent negative consequences of scientific and technical revolution threatens to cause to fall the mankind into thermonuclear, ecological or a social disaster. In many cities and rural areas the present state of the environment
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How Does The World Leading Companies Interact with Society: An investigation into the performance of Louis Vuitton Founded in 1854, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) had become the world's largest luxury fashion house brand group and manage to gain sales revenue of 20,320 million euros in 2010 to 23, 659 million Euro in 2011 and 28, 103 million Euro in 2012 (Jin, 2012). Nowadays in business world, the survivability of business depends on how it interact with the society. The way of a company behave
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have increased by a staggering 40% (Doney, Fabry et al. 2009), resulting in a lesser known consequence: ocean acidification. Anthropogenic activities such as deforestation and burning of fossil fuels continue to drive these levels higher. (Doney, Fabry et al. 2009) Ocean acidification occurs when the pH of the seawater declines as CO2 dissolves in water by changes in temperature and sea-air gas transfers, causing changes in chemical balances. (Buck and Folger 2009
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South Carolina's Coastal Zone Management Act required land owners near beaches to obtain permits from South Carolina Coastal Council before starting constructions. However, in 1986 Lucas purchased beach front land for $975,000. Lucas planned to build a family home on one of the lots; but before he could build the family home, in 1988 (2 years past his purchase) South Carolina’s General Assembly passed the Beachfront Management Act. The Beach Front Management Act deprived Lucas from building
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1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC The weather is changing. Adverse weather patterns are increasing around the world. Natural catastrophes and particularly severe weather events are increasing in frequency and severity all over the globe. Extreme rains, heat waves, cold snaps, blizzards, floods and droughts are just some of the many weather events that are impacting peoples’ life and company’s profitability. For many businesses a small deviation from normal weather patterns can adversely affect their financial
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nations reluctant to commit to a new global climate-change deal -- particularly China and India -- were simply hiding behind the United States, whose enthusiastic engagement was all that was needed for a breakthrough. Now the longawaited shift in U.S. policy has arrived. The Obama administration is taking ambitious steps to limit carbon dioxide emissions at home, and Congress is considering important cap-and-trade and clean-energy legislation. The road to a global treaty that contains the climate problem
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inner balances of ecosystem, disturbs living beings original rest patterns, and used large amounts of energies. Additionally, numerous artificial lighting and other energy consuming cause the excessive emissions of carbon dioxide, which aggravate the global warming. Therefore, many experts suggest reducing non-residential lighting time to protect the ecosystem and save limited energy resources. Regard to our company, lighting and running other office equipment occupies near 40% of total energy costs
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building services engineers’ general perceptions of climate change. The participants’ (1) opinion and knowledge on “global climate change”, “climate change in Hong Kong” and “building services engineering in Hong Kong” and (2) their perceptions towards the perceptions and actions from different groups were measured. In summary, no respondent disagreed with the occurrence of the global climate change but they appeared to be generally not showing strong feelings or opinions towards the climate change
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