The City Council of Boomtown, a fictitious city, wants to expand their current borders and is considering building new houses and apartments on one of three locations: Green Hill, Delta Wetlands, or Seaside Cliff. Though each of the landforms have differing advantages and disadvantages, the cliff would be the best place to build. It is located along the East Bay, north of the Rolling River. Seaside Cliff has the most stable land and the easiest solutions to its problems. It is also the least flood-prone and damaging to the environment. The most logical location to build in Boomtown is Seaside Cliff for several reasons. To begin, Seaside Cliff has the most stable land out of all the possible building locations in Boomtown. In Activity 26: Boomtown’s …show more content…
Topography, the topographical maps of the cliff from 100 years ago to today show that there is little change in the land. The less that the shape and size of the land changes over time, the more stable the land is. Seaside Cliff had the least and most constant change; showing that the stability of the landform is the greatest. It is important that the building location in Boomtown is stable because homeowners will not have to be concerned about the safety of their homes and the ability of it to fall over easily. In addition, flooding on the cliff is not an issue because it is an elevated area.
When analyzing Boomtown’s weather in Activity 27, we found that the hillside and the marsh would be most affected by flooding, or any other excessive precipitation. Green Hill would be affected by extra precipitation during the wet season because it could cause mudslides. Mudslides could cause the houses on the hill to be unstable and the neighborhoods below the hill to be in danger. Also, excess water could affect the marsh because it would flood the area. Since not all water can be absorbed by the marsh, houses built there would easily flood during the rainy season in Boomtown. In contrast, houses constructed on Seaside Cliff wouldn’t easily be affected by additional …show more content…
precipitation. Along with low flood risk and stable land, another advantage of building on the cliff in Boomtown is that it would be the least harmful to the environment compared to Green Hill and the Delta Wetlands.
In Activity 35: Building in Boomtown, the ecologist’s reports regarding all three locations prove that this is true. The marsh is a habitat for many distinct species and building there would completely destroy their habitat. Not to mention that building on the Delta Wetlands would also prevent the river from naturally depositing sediments into the marsh and lead them directly to the ocean. This can cause species that rely on the ocean such as fish and birds to become endangered. Compared to the cliff, building on the marsh and the hill have much more impact on the environment and its animals. Many animals live on Green Hill because they have access to water, trees, and food. According to the ecologist’s report for Green Hill, building their would “not only directly reduce the wildlife population by destroying their homes, but it will also stress the animals by preventing them from moving between areas with food and water” (SEPUP C-55). On Seaside Cliff, few animals’ habitats would be destroyed and there would be less of an impact on the environment. This evidence verifies that building on the cliff would be less environmentally damaging. Wildlife and environment is an important factor when considering building because it is better to have minimal amount of damage to the
community. Seaside Cliff is a building site that allows Boomtown to be ecologically friendly and decrease the amount of negative impact that building has on the environment. While opposing sides may argue that Seaside Cliff will erode too quickly and be hazardous to those living there, evidence shows that the cliff is the most stable landform and that there are many solutions to prevent further erosion. In Activity 31, we learned that the more dense the soil is, the less that erosion has an impact on it. We realized that the soil on Seaside Cliff was the most compact. Despite the additional force of the ocean waves eroding the cliff, the erosion would have less of an impact. Plus, the topographical maps show that even with the extra force, the cliff is the most stable out of the three building sites. In the future, if erosion becomes a bigger problem, there are many efforts that Boomtown can take to prevent and slow down the erosion on Seaside Cliff. When observing different solutions in Activity 33: Earth’s Processes and Boomtown’s Coast, we saw that methods including dredging, jetties, breakwaters, and seawalls were all solutions to avoid erosion. These options could help Boomtown in the future by preventing further erosion on the cliff. Some people may think that the Seaside Cliff is not a valid building spot because of the dangers of erosion, however our experiments show that it is not an issue. In conclusion, Seaside Cliff is the best place for Boomtown to build compared to Green Hill and Delta Wetlands. This is because it has the most stable land, lowest risk to flooding, and least impact on wildlife. Although the ocean creates an additional force of erosion, evidence shows that it does not impact the stability of the land. All in all, Boomtown’s city council should decide to build on Seaside Cliff.
All along the bay are trees and shelters with barbecues and places for children to run and play. This particularly is a defining factor of this suburb’s environmental quality. There is plenty of greenery around and no lacking of native wildlife. The houses all have nice designs and are in good condition. Although there are some
I believe that killer whales held hostage, should be retired and allowed to live freely because of the unnatural punishment and torture that Seaworld is putting them through. There has been 151 cases of aggression between Orcas and their trainers. Also 100% of male Orcas in captivity have a collapsed fin compared to the 0.01% in the wild. In fact, every single mother within captivity has had its calf taken away around age 2. This isn't going to stop without your help. So, here are some more facts to convince you to SAS ( strike against Seaworld. )
711 million people a year sponsor the act of kidnapping, torture, and starvation around the world. If you’ve ever been to a zoo, aquarium or a Seaworld park, you’re one of those 711 million people. Lately, controversy has struck the world over the treatment of animals in those types of facilities. There are many good rehabilitation centers in zoos worldwide that help injured, endangered or ill animals, which is why a lot of people do support them. However, there is a darker side to these parks and facilities. These animals cruel pasts and hidden lives will never be heard unless we help. Help them escape their tortured lives, and see their families they were ripped from when they were only babies. Be the voice of the voiceless and shut down
The Glass Castle is a book about the childhood and adolescence of Jeannette Wells, the daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Throughout her childhood, she moved all over the country with her family, moving from one town to the next, often lacking food and good clothes, and living in a state of perpetual poverty. Once the children have grown up, they go to New York, where they live out their dreams while their parents live on the streets. There has been much debate whether Mary and Rex are bad parents are not. Even though their childhood was less than ideal, the fact that they survived and are now productive citizens means that they were better off living with their parents than in a foster home.
Even thought the Oak Ridges Moraine is a very tempting place to build, but the city of Toronto has countless of other places to build homes. One area that Toronto can build on is the Major Mackenzie and Keele area, that land will be put to good use, because we are expanding the city, and preserving the Moraine.
In 1893, Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii gave up her throne to the United States of America. About five years after in 1898, Hawaii was officially annexed and became a part of the U.S.A. During this time, the Hawaiian people were bitter and mournful as they watched the foreigners slowly take over their kingdom. Many foreigners came to Hawaii to achieve one goal, to increase the power of foreigners and decrease the power of Native Hawaiians. The kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown with the use of force and was unethically taken. Although Hawaii received benefits that were mainly in their economy, it still does not make up for the wrongful taking of the Hawaiian kingdom.
What would have it been like without the nuclear test on the Bikini Atoll? Would it have been good or bad? Let’s find out! The test on Bikini Atoll contained two tests named “Able” which is the Airdrop. And “Baker” which is the underwater tests. Both were deadly, inflicting immense damage upon the environment of Bikini Atoll. So if It was without these two tests what would happen? The US could may have not found a way to defend from another country’s atomic bomb if It were to happen. But we may just elaborate another solution to defend against other countries from bombing our place. So It would be a great idea to never have bombed Bikini Atoll.
"Hey mom!" "Yes, my dear?" "It's starting to look like that Orca wants to drown its trainer." "Oh no sweetie. It's just your imagination." But what if it's not?
I have recently examined my latest patient, on OCtober 23 at 10:45 A.M. The patient has been accused with the murder of the old man. The patient admits to what he has done but his beliefs make him think that he is completely sane and not mad. “The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them”(Poe 203).
There is so much that can be learned from the past. Especially from an event that was as catastrophic as this one. How does one person gain such a grip on so many people? How was he able to influence them to change their entire life’s to conform to what he wanted. Somehow he was able to get them to move to a completely new place and create a world all their (his) own. How does one person convince and force so many people that it was time for their life to end? How does he force them to kill themselves? So many questions that are still being answered to this day. There are plenty of movies and research done on this event but there is still a lot to learn.
The effects of erosion and loss of marsh land in the Southern United States has devastating consequences to all of these benefits, both local and national. The loss of land can mostly be attributed to subsidence, erosion, and severe weather events. The USGS reports that a total of 118 square miles of land has been transformed to new water areas in a 9,742 square mile area from the Chandeleur Islands to the Atchafalaya River. This land loss is from fall of 2004 to the fall of 2005, after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (USGS, February 2006).
Major erosion has been occurring in Collaroy for nearly 100 years; Major storms in 1913/14, 1944/5, 1966/67 and 1974 saw buildings damaged or washed away starting with the Collaroy Surf Lifesaving Club and Dressing Sheds in the summer of 1913/14. Since the 1920s, the council has still continued to allow massive over-development even after houses and structures had been damaged and washed away. Source B is a photograph from 1966 showing destruction caused to infrastructure as a result of building houses too close to the waterline, in spite of the risk of
Riker’s Island may be closing its door, but it certainly won’t be anytime soon. The plan to close is contingent on minimizing the jail population from 10,000 to 5,000 the doing of which could take up to ten years. Furthermore, the plan would include the resurrecting of modern jails in all five boroughs of New York. With the closure imminent politicians have already voiced concerns of NIMBY, the theory of “not in my backyard” and have begun issuing statements protesting the “new Riker’s.” This is especially true for Staten Island where Congressman Dan Donovan has been quoted as claiming that
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James has been the cause of many debates about whether or not the ghosts are real, or if this is a case of a woman with psychological disturbances causing her to fabricate the ghosts. The story is told in the first person narrative by the governess and is told only through her thoughts and perceptions, which makes it difficult to be certain that anything she says or sees is reliable. It starts out to be a simple ghost story, but as the story unfolds it becomes obvious that the governess has jumps to conclusions and makes wild assumptions without proof and that the supposed ghosts are products of her mental instability which was brought on by her love of her employer
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