AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALLITY OF TOURISM IN VALKENBBURG RESEARCH QUESTION To what extend the the environmental quality in Valkenburg tourism impact? Name: Leticia Augusta Dos Santos Ferreira School : UWC Maastricht Year : 2013-2015 Chapter 1: Introduction Valkenburg is a small municipality city located in south-eastern of Dutch province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Its population is about 17,778 people with 36, 91 km2 of area. It is also known as municipality
among the country’s top export products. Profile of the Province of Marinduque Marinduque (Tagalog pronunciation: [marinˈduke]) is an island province of the Philippines located in Region IV-B MIMAROPA region. Its capital is Boac. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is located south and west of Quezon, east of Mindoro, and north of Romblon. Marinduque is touted as the heart of the Philippines which is attributed to its being at the center of the archipelago
advantage of the climate and context in order to improve the wellbeing of both user and nature alike, it is obvious why sustainable architecture is growing in usage in this modern day and age. An outstanding example of passive design is that of natural ventilation and lighting systems, which extensively uses the building site context in order to create a unique co-existence between nature and architecture. In order to further explore the various purposes of these systems, literature reviews on the
2.2. CONCEPT OF BIODIVERSITY It has been estimated that more than 50 million species of plants, animals and micro-organisms are existing in the world. Out of these, about 1.4 million species have been identified so far. Each species is adapted to live in specific environment, from mountain peaks to the depth of seas, from polar ice caps to tropical rain forests and deserts. All this diversity of life is confined to only about one kilometre thick layer of lithosphere hydrosphere and atmosphere which