The Local Environment: Bicentennial Park-Sydney Olympic Park

Mangroves are woody trees and shrubs with a thick, exposed network of roots that grow down from the branches and into the water and sediment. All mangroves are found on the intertidal zones between ocean and the land. When the sediment accumulate little wave occurs, the saline depend on the frequency. Some of the indirect impacts are the sediment runoff and also including chemical runoff, global warming is one of main effects of the mangrove ecosystem. In Tannum there are various types of mangroves. Such as the river and grey mangroves located at south tree and wild cattle in both Tannum sands and Boyne Island along the Boyne River. Leaves are around 7cm long gland that secret salt, the

Disease was introduced to Sydney cove when the first fleet arrived in Botany Bay on the 24th of January 1788. The outbreak of disease had many effects on both European and Aboriginal communities. Whilst many of the effects from the event have lingered over to today’s communities in many ways.

Mangrove Forest is another type of ecosystem in South Texas. Mangrove Forests are found along the coast in salty waters and the general abiotic conditions are high salinity flooded soils, low wave energy, high temperatures, and muddy soils. Black Mangrove and Buttonwood are the dominant plant species in South Texas Mangrove Forest ecosystem. Buttonwood is adapted to this ecosystem because it resides inland where there is less salty conditions. Black Mangrove is adapted to sandy salty clay soil and requires protection from wave action and they are sensitive to cold weather. Some common animal species that live in Mangrove Forests are many species of fish, crabs, mollusks, and birds. Mangrove forests provide a habitat, shelter, and nursery to these species that reside in this ecosystem. Mangrove forest serve as a coastal protection from severe storms and hurricanes also help remove pollutants and erosion. The economic importance of Mangrove forest is that they support fisheries, water purification, tourism, and coastal protection. Human activities pose a threat to Mangrove Forests because of the removal of some mangroves, boat waves, oil spills, dredging, draining, and diking.

The soil and biotic/abiotic features of the park vary greatly depending on the area of park being studied. The volcanic rock that underlies the

Zonation is the distribution of animals and plants into specific zones according to abiotic factors and characterised by its dominant species [15]. Mangrove zonation is the distinguishable categorisation of a mangrove ecosystem that extends from shore to inland regions. Definitive spatial variation of mangrove species has been recognised amongst different ecosystems worldwide and is accredited as being influenced by abiotic and environmental factors [16]. In Eastern Australia, the majority of mangrove forests may be divided into landward, middle and seaward zones, based off of their placement in relation to tidal position. The following points represent the typical physiognomies characterised by mangroves in their corresponding zones:

“Drainage patterns, the hilliness of the ground, the range of soils, the nature of the bedrock,

This valley, future home of a ski resort and other activities, has a history of its own. It is divided into three major areas: The Poplar Region, The Bud Site, and the Gasville, areas which descend from North to South respectively. It is assumed that climatological conditions are similar to those found in the same area thousands of years ago, with some minor changes in temperature that may have increased due to the Green house effect and global warming.

Extracted soil samples indicate simultaneous reduction of rainfall and occasional erosion. Both soil and sediment features show establishment of marked

Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from Geoscience Laboratory. Select answers are provided for you in red font to assist you with your lab work. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet, you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own.

In more recent times, the interactions of people and the landscape have influenced the landscape and the life that depends on it. Swampland has been drained, cleared and cultivated, roads have been constructed, and homesteads established. Wildfires were stopped and non-native vegetation was introduced. Pollutants have also degraded water quality. Non-native

The task was to investigate the Condamine riparian environment and create a scientific report outlining; the interrelationships of the ecosystem, the impact of change and recommendations for the future. The area we investigated was behind the agriculture block. A riparian zone is the place at which the land adjoins with a river or stream. It is used habitat of daily movement, seasonal migrations and permeant habitats. Having a good riparian zone regulates the rivers temperature and light as well as having stabilised river banks.

This project aims to analyze The GPT Group’s masterplan proposal for the Central Precinct of Sydney Olympic Park. An initial compliance study indicated how the proposal responded to the broader objectives of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority and the specific objectives of the Master Plan 2030 for the Central Precinct. A gap analysis was then undertaken for the proposal’s compliance with the Living Community Challenge. From the results of the gap analysis, design and programming recommendations were made. Overall, this project outlines recommended changes for how GPT can achieve a masterplan that maximizes sustainability, is prepared to achieve Living Community Challenge certification, and ultimately positions itself as a world’s best practice

Desertification is a term few people recognize and even fewer are concerned about. This paper will cover what desertification is along with why it is a global crisis, what the root causes of desertification are, what can be done to reverse the harm full desertification process, it will also cover how farmers can work together to prevent future desertification.

From 1964 to 2001, there were more than 20 times of inning activity that occupied over 14198.2 hm. The inning activities becomes increasingly frequent and large-scaled that result in the wetlands/tidal flats shrunk from 12,432 ha in 1990 to 7915ha in 1997, and 3856 ha in 2000. In contrast, the orchard /plant nursery had increased from 80 ha in 1990 to 3863 ha in 2000. (Zhao et al., 2004) The detailed situation of land structure changes had been listed in the following tables:

The landscapes are divided into two categories; the semi natural and man mad landscapes. In the semi natural landscape there is very little evidence of human activity while on the manmade landscape, the influence of man is evident from the widespread terracing of sloping land, and the creation of made ground through soil material and the deposition on rock or rubble walls. Maltese soil is characterized by the close similarity to the parent rock material and the Maltese soil is classified into three main groups. The Terra soil which is also known as the Red Mediterranean soil, the Xerorendzinas and the Carbonate Raw soil. The Terra soils are formed during the Pleistocene and are little effected by the climate and develop on karstland. The Xerorendzinas are immature soils with high calcium carbonate content and are low in organic matter. This type of soil is mostly found on weathered Globigerina Limestone and is also found on valley deposits. Another immature soil is the Carbonate Raw Soils and this have a high calcium carbonate content and is also low in organic matter, same as the Xerorendzinas. These develop on quaternary sandstones, Greensand, Blue Clay, Globigerina limestone and also on the lower beds of the Upper Coralline Limestone.