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Figure 3. Unlinked public transit trips by urbanized area in 2013, National Transit Database. New York’s public transportation system considerably impacts the geography of the City. Due to the people-driven nature of mass transit use, areas with developed transportation systems often facilitate more compact infrastructural projects to conserve and maximize space. Public transportation directly drives this high-density land development, and effectively reduces the distance people need to travel…

According to data from the American FactFinder, the total number of housing units in New York City is estimated to be close to 3.5 million and 42%, almost half of these residential units, are located in buildings that were built in 1939 or earlier. Furthermore, more than half of the pre-1940 historic buildings are one or two family type houses. The Greening NYC’s historic buildings manual by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) stated in their report that solid masonry walls such as…

Environmental education is critical to the progression of any society. A person’s connection with their surrounds is vital because they need to have a sense of place and understand what is around them. In order to understand what your surrounds are you have to learn and be taught which is why environmental education is so important when it comes to societies respecting nature. In education no matter the subject the way the lesson is delivered plays a key role in how the student receives it. A…

Another way to prevent the spread is to clean your shoes, boots, any equipment or gear that may be on your items so that plant and insect parts do not spread invasive species to new parts or areas. If you are ever camping, it’s important to get fire wood from the campsite and any wood that is un-used should stay at the campsite. This way, you are not inadvertently bringing invertebrates and plant species home that could be attached…

INTRODUCTION The Love Canal episode is one of the major and most publicized environmental disaster recorded in America history. In recent time, it has been described as an epidemic. It became a focus of intensive and extensive studies on health effect, environmental studies and epidemiologic research (Friis and Seller, 2014, p.20; Jasanoff, 1998 p.83). This paper attempts to bring to light how a community is forced to bear the consequences of decision made by greedy and negligent corporate…

politics, business, and environmental activism. He was the vice president under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001, the Democratic nominee for the 2000 Presidential Election, a member of the board of directors at Apple, and a senior advisor to Google2. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of California, among others3. Despite all these achievements in the fields of politics, business, and education, Gore’s most lasting impact can be seen in his work with environmental activism.…

knew Fresh Kills was in the process of being capped and that in 30 years, it’d be one of the largest national parks and that parts were already open to the public but I wasn’t expecting rolling hills and seagulls. Fresh Kills was the only place New York City dumped its garbage for nearly half a century. On March 22, 2001 the largest landfill in the world closed and the transformation began. (Withgott, Brennan; 2007) 2,000 acres of trash, piling up to almost 225 ft high…

won’t for many millions of years. Renewable energy, sadly, is an expensive alternative and only 14% of the energy the US consumes is renewable. What if there was a way to gain access to more fossil fuels to give the world more time to adapt to its new circumstances? There actually is and it is called hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking. The concept of fracking is quite simple. Rocks such as shale which are about 2.000 feet underneath us contain natural gasse. To get to them, a…

necessary to successful green-building-project delivery. If there are ambiguities as for varied services or work, problems will instantaneously occur. Facts and Issues. This is one of the first lawsuits related to green construction in the United States. In this case, Shaw Development as the owner, appointed Southern Builders Inc. as the contractor, to construct a $7.5 million, 23-unit condominium and restaurant project, known as Captain’s Galley, in Somerset County, Maryland along with…

promise and paradox; however, it is no longer thought of as a place of promise. Areas of California like Los Angeles and Hollywood have helped develop the ideology of California as creating fame, success, and fortune, but current economic and environmental instability have altered its attractive identity. Many people no longer wish to live in California. Once admired for being “the place that never rains,” California’s lack of precipitation is now a growing concern. The low levels of rainfall…