Difficulty in Measuring Social Carrying Capacity Introduction The growing interest in sustainable development in the tourism industry has accelerated the experts’ concern about the social and biophysical effects of tourism. In this context, the carrying capacity is deemed to evaluate how the tourism development sustains local communities and their cultural and environmental circumstance at a specific tourism site. This evaluation is getting more and more importance, as the researchers, or perhaps
1.0Introduction Saltmarsh, known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open salt water or brackish water, and is widely recognized as significant components in providing essential natural resources and ecosystem services. For example, by reducing wave energy in front of tidal defences, saltmarsh provides demonstrable flood and coastal risk management benefits. It is of immerse value to wildlife, supporting habitats and
People are also being harmed by toxins in the water. Why is this happening? The ocean is full of trash and other forms of pollution from humans like noise pollution. The ocean is not a garbage can, people! People are creating too much trash and a lot of it is ending up in the oceans. What can be done about this? People could create less garbage. The environment could be helped by taking simple steps like bring your own bags to the grocery store or carry a reusable water bottle. These simple steps
tectonics and the rock cycle shape the Earth Central Case: The Gulf of Mexico’s “Dead Zone” Gulf of Mexico brings in 600 million kg/year shrimp, fish, and shellfish Gulf “dead zone”= a region of water so depleted of oxygen that kills or drives away marine organisms Hypoxia = low concentrations of dissolved oxygen water Caused by fertilizer, runoff, sewage Earth’s environmental systems Our planet’s environment consists of complex networks of interlinked systems Matter and molecules Organisms,
The sediments in the intertidal zone are predominantly composed of silt and clay that display substantial distribution in grain size distribution due to hydrodynamic and vegetation cover changes, such as grass, mangroves and other plantations. Sediment pH, total Corg (%) and percentages of sand, silt and clay obtained from the samples of 13 sampling stations are summarized in Table 2, whilst sediment pH was in a narrow alkaline range of 7.2 to 8.6. Similarly, Corg varied little from 0.47 to 0.91
Screening and Preliminary Assessment - It is the first step of EIA process. Screening is a regulatory process. The developers normally does the work and submits the report to the regulatory board. Screening’s outcome decides whether a EIA is required or not, if yes then whether it is of Rapid EIA or Comprehensive EIA after which they also check for whether a project requires clearance as per statutory notification at state level or national level. And suppose it is a Rapid EIA- one season data is
the physical systems, depending on the pressure and temperature by dissipating heat. The essential modes of transferring the heat are convection, conduction or diffusion and radiation. Heat is transferred from region of high temperature to low temperature region. 1.0 Heat transfer The various modes of heat transfer are as follows: 1.1 Conduction: Conduction mode of heat transfer is the process in which transfer of energy is taken place between the objects that are having the physical existence
The oil and refined products are a mixture of various hydrocarbons and other compounds whose physical and chemical properties vary; during an oil spill, the composite determines the behavior and impact on the environmental elements such as physical, biological, ecosystem, and the economical impact. During this Case Study I will continue to discuss the characteristics of each affected ecosystem including organisms commonly found in the Deepwater Horizon Spill affected area, potential threats based
exists between the physical systems, depending on the pressure and temperature by dissipating heat. The essential modes of transferring the heat are convection, conduction or diffusion and radiation. Heat is transferred from region of high temperature to low temperature region. The various modes of heat transfer are as follows: Conduction Conduction mode of heat transfer is the process in which transfer of energy is taken place between the objects that are having the physical existence. In this
of such varied geography provides many elements to consider when analyzing Korea’s physical environment. This essay will seek to provide a general understanding of the geography, climatology, and biogeography of the components that make