What is smart growth? List five tools cities can use to promote smart growth.

What is smart growth? List five tools cities can use to promote smart growth.

Need some help with an environmental project.

(I Selected the Amazonian Region) First I need to identify at least two serious environmental problems, such as soil degradation, air or water pollution, pesticide misuse, overpopulation, wildlife extinction or threatened biodiversity, and deforestation, that impact this region. What seem to be the root causes of these problems? • Second I must determine what strategies local governments, businesses, or individual citizens can implement to lessen the negative impact on the environment in this region and help prepare it for a more sustainable future. This region might have very limited resources. Are there practical solutions to these problems that can be funded, developed, and implemented... click for more

Compare and contrast the practices of preservation and conservation

Compare and contrast the practices of preservation and conservation as they relate to the maintenance of ecosystems.

Taking Cattle to the Bank

Taking Cattle to the Bank More than a century ago, western rangelands in New Mexico consisted of occasional trees widely interspersed with open areas of grasses. Over-grazing and fire suppression have changed much of the western landscape from the native grasses that grew so prolifically to forests thick with trees and woody shrubs. The woody plants predominate now because the grasses were so overgrazes by cattle that they would not support the periodic fires that used to burn through the area, killing off the woody vegetation. As a result of the loss of grassy areas, the cattle that graze today are crowded onto unsustainably small areas of rangeland, further damaging the grasses and stre... click for more

Sustainable development

With regards to conservation, environment, and tourism I could use some understanding on the following questions. In what was is "sustainability" simply a new name for an old issue? In what ways is "sustainability " something new and different? Sustainable means to conserve, development, means to develop conservation stands for development The concept of sustainable development has been around for a few decades. The basic definition is using resources to meet the needs of society while ensuring their ability to meet needs of the future.