already a great number of countries encouraging using bicycles as a form of public transport, such as Taiwan, Netherlands and Germany. Since riding bicycle can reduce carbon dioxide emission, it plays an important role in promoting environmental sustainability, riding bicycle can also bring benefits to physical health. However, some educators doubt the feasibility of using bicycles as public transport in Hong Kong. This essay will cover both benefits and challenges that cycling
natural environment and humans. Transport is among the activities that society has embraced since it affects people’s way of living by contributing to efficiency in moving from one place to another. Transport also has greater effects on the environment, although it is vital to the societal development and people’s mobility. The increased urbanization has resulted in the growth of transport industry due to the demand for moving from one place to another. It means transport services acts as a linkage of
important to track sustainability of a town. Transportation places key role for land use planning and to reduce greenhouse gas emission and effective energy use. The essay talks about the internal connectivity/ accessibility to various services by different age grouped people with respect to gender. The “Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport (Departments of the Environment and Transportation, 1994)” supports integration of housing and service provisions for neighborhood planning to introduce travel methods
population growth and insufficient developable land in Hong Kong. While some studies indicate that high-density living poses some negative impacts on the public’s health and facilities’ demands, some researchers disagree with these assertions. This essay examines both the negative and positive effects of high-density living on people’s physical health and the support of infrastructure facilities. The poor air quality caused by the high-density living is one of the central arguments. As pointed out
of the city. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY It has been projected that the population in Singapore by 2030 will be around 6.3 to 6.9 million people. With this estimation, the government needs to ensure that housing, resources like water and even transport are available to its people without compromising the environment. Housing The city has been segregated into five main regions: West, Central, East, North and North East. In these regions, the government has planned to increase the land allocated
triggering change. This essay will explain the ways and aspects in which the Civil Rights movement affected the Indigenous Rights movement. The Civil Rights movement was an important occurrence; it was a source of powerful influence upon the Indigenous Rights movement. The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was an African-American organization, established in 1914 and founded by Marcus Garvey.
The aim of this essay is to evaluate two contradictory models of ideal urban form: the compact city model and the dispersed city model as contribution to sustainable development and examine whether the two ideas that have evolved in developing countries in the West have any relevance in the context of Southeast Asia. The cities in Southeast Asia are currently subjecting to rapid urbanisation and expansion. Through the case study of Jakarta, the essay will evaluate upon three major aspects namely
Chloe K Period.2 Cause and effect essay 10-26-14 Wasted Water (The strong effects that water bottles have on the consumers and the environment) Did you know that in 2009, United States consumers bought 8.45 billion gallons of bottled water? “Bottled water is a drain on the environment: The U.S. public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year, and most of those plastic containers are not recycled” wrote Elizabeth Royte's in her 2008 novel Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and
thus a highly controversial issue in the modern society. In his discussion of the problems facing future presidents, Professor Richard A. Muller of the University of California looks at the issue of nuclear and gives his views on the same. In his essay entitled Nuclear Waste, the professor of physics makes use of scientific facts and personal opinions in order to support his ideas. While some of his views are valid, others seem to be oversimplified. In this argument paper, the author agrees with
This is because, as I have clearly written in my essay, with the way we are dealing with the world problems like poverty, we are going on the right track and the goals can be achievable. In reference to poverty and sustainable cities, these two goals are being tackled appropriately and can really help