Environmental Issues Case Studies Samples For Students

This video talks about the ever-growing effect of the human race on nature and on the resources that are available to the human race on this planet. First the video talks about how much resources are consumed to produce the everyday goods that people use, and this translates to a lot of trees, water, and other materials. There is special emphasis on the amount of candy and sugar people consume annually, and this also results in the use of an enormous amount of resources. The way goods travel around the world seems to be wasteful also in terms of ...

The City of Cape Town case study on water management illustrates an urgent need for resource planners to integrate climate into water management and planning (New, 2002, pg. 2). In addition to this, the planners should take immediate actions as soon as possible. In the same line of thought, is imperative that actors agree on the importance of climate change adaptation so that multiple benefits are realized from the adaptation actions. Moreover, the actors in water management and planning need to find appropriate pathways that will provide near-perfect adaptation solutions to climate change. Of particular interest are the levels ...

At the time this documentary film was shot the question existed whether the global warming was such an alarming issue, whether it would affect our planet so drastically, and whether our human race is the main cause for all this happening. Well, it was obvious, and it is even more obvious now that the answer is yes, and humanity is the main factor that is causing those climate changes.
About 15 years ago scientists all over the world would argue over the question of whether Earth has entered just another natural period of climate change that happens regularly from ...

- Pressure= 1000 x (0.5)5.6/5.6
Pressure=500 mb
Pressure=1000 x (0.5)8.85/5.6
Pressure=334.40 mb
Pressure=1000 x (0.5)11.2/5.6
Pressure=250 mb
Pressure= 1000 x (0.5)50/5.6
Pressure=2.05 mb
- The temperature of the upper stratosphere is greater than that of the lower stratosphere due to the presence of the ozone layer. It is here where ozone absorbs ultraviolet light, which triggers chemical reactions. These chemical reactions produce heat, a process which is not found in the lower stratosphere.
- Conduction is the transfer of heat through solid objects such as metal and wood when the molecules come in contact. Conversely, ...

- I do believe that polar bears are endangered as a species. The main reason for this is that their number or population is decreasing drastically. Moreover there is a threat to their species itself due to global warming. Wildlife is an extremely important part of the ecology and crucial for the purpose of maintaining environmental balance. In case of there being human intervention it leads to a disruption in the environment and in wildlife. The main impact of global warming on the community and culture is that it is leading to health issues and higher levels of pollution. ...

Statements1. Scientists are making up climate change data in order to get more research funding. 
Pro: Some scientists are being paid by high officials in the oil industry to censor or suppress their findings on climate change. Also, there are some climate change scientists who are fighting for commercial funding; thus, making their researches unique.
Con: Climate change is real and is not being made up by the scientists. There are evidences all around the globe that climate change is real. Storms are much stronger now. Hurricanes are more devastating. In some parts of the world, there are droughts. ...

Theory of Global Warming and Climate Change

Theory of Global Warming and Climate Change

Greenhouse Gases and their Sources

Greenhouse gases are chemical compounds that are found in the earth’s atmosphere. These gases allow the sun’s harmful sunlight to enter freely in earth’s atmosphere. Three of the greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
Carbon dioxide is the main contributor to the manmade greenhouse effect. This gas is normally present; however, there are sources that add the carbon gas level in the planet. Humans, animals, and plants release carbon dioxide when they die. Also, smoke that comes out from factories, machines and vehicles add carbon emission ...

Introduction

Since ancient time, forests, grasslands, water bodies, hay fields, and other forms of vegetation covers have remained preferable habitants for millions of birds’ species. Based on their biological, eating, and breeding habits, different birds’ species occupy designated ecological zones, which are found in various parts of the world. Some bird species prefer habitants that are near water bodies, forests, and grasslands while others prefer living near residential places, in plains and mountainous regions, and in cold and hot conditions. In the same breath, some of the birds’ species play an integral role in human life, and in maintaining a ...

Climate change coupled with global warming remains one of the challenges facing the world. Researchers have established that natural and human factors contribute significantly on this issue, but at different levels (Drake, 44). Human activities such as combustion of fuel fossils, deforestation, and emission of green house gases from industries remains some of the factor fuelling global warming, depletion of ozone layer and climate change. The media has aired and addressed the impacts associated with global warming and climate change and recommended the use of environmental friendly energies. Although the media remains vital in addressing impacts accruing from climate ...

Introduction.

Atmospheric pollution can be described as the process to which chemicals, biological material or particulate matter, that are harmful to humans and other living organisms, are introduced into the atmosphere (Jacobson, 2002). Man is considered as the prime polluter of the earth’s atmosphere from his daily activities that involve release of hazardous gas into the atmosphere (Cheremisinoff, 2002). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the following six pollutants as principle contributors to atmospheric pollution: Carbon Monoxide, Lead, Sulfur Oxides, Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Particulate Matter like Sulfates, Nitrates and carbon based molecules (Vallero, 2008).

Indoor air pollution and environmental impacts.

Many energy consumers focus ...

Steps

- Step 1: Public or Private Water Management
- Step Two: -Purpose: I want to bring to the audience’s attention on the benefits and importance of good water management. The audience should clearly know who can be entrusted with the management of the community’s water.
-Audience: this argument targets the US community but is however for the benefit of the whole world. Water is the pillar to which life is anchored and therefore it must be valued and properly managed. With persistence in climate change, this resource is endangered and a major concern.
-Stance: I want my ...

Perez case study

According to the age-stage approach to personality, almost all people undergo a period in life, which is called midlife transition. It has been defined as the re-evaluation of various life aspects, associated with the realization of time limitation and the approaching death. The main challenge of this period is to cope with disillusions about the dreams and goals, which have never been achieved. The second question to answer for the people during midlife transition concerns the future life strategy, which often involves marriage challenges and maturing children. The result of the transition is often the decision about the future ...

In the context of international trade, the term “Covered Interest Rate Parity” implies to the situation in which there exists equilibrium between interest rates and forward and spot currency values of two economies. Consequently, there are no opportunities for arbitrage between these two currencies. As an illustration, consider nation A, whose currency is trading at par with nation B’s currency, (Robert, 2005, pp. 21-6). However, the rate of interest in A is 5% while in B is 2%. Ceteris paribus, it would be beneficial to borrow currency of nation B, change it in the spot market to the ...

The market selection for that company in that specific country was as a result of an analysis carried out before the establishment of the business in that country. After the establishment, the company should use the market direction to be able to operate in that environment. In this case, the market direction is a market that is full of corrupt business practises. What my fellow executive members are not seeing is that when your competitors go west; try to go east i.e. fair competition. That could be my policy if I was leading the subsidiary. Hence, the ideology ...

Environmental problems are issues that affect or change the normal setting of natural resources to a level of depletion, or where the rate of use is more than the rate of the resource in question naturally replacing its used part. This has necessitated for actions both from the governments and citizens through Non Governmental Organizations to fully embrace conservation of the ecosystem over the years. Conservation of the ecosystem is the preservation of natural environment with its physical composition which includes animals, insects and micro organisms among ...

Autonomy and terminal illness

Ethical dilemmas especially those due to a conflict with the principle of autonomy are bound to arise in the management of patients with terminal illness. This essay will discuss the case of Sally a patient with terminal breast cancer. In particular, it will address the issue of whether Sally’s attending physician should write a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” (DNR) if she experiences respiratory arrest during thoracentesis. It will explore the issue based on the rights and responsibilities of the various stakeholders involved.

Discussion

Sally has the right to autonomy that ...

Question 1

In every work done, the main source of motivation is the pay or the remuneration. The pay should be according to the type and nature of work done. All the three groups: assembly workers, end-assemblers and technicians; are not satisfied with their pay system. As a result, the level of motivation is generally low. The technicians and the end assemblers are the least satisfied as they have limited chances of promotions. With respect to the complexity of the work they handle, their salary is relatively low, as compared to other companies. However, the assembly workers ...

Jean Piaget’s theory

The theory of cognitive development is very critical in understanding the behavior of human beings both psychologically and physiologically. Cognitive psychologists view development as consisting of reorganization and acquisition of cognitive structures through which human being process and store information (Ellery, 1925).
Piaget asserts that there are various stages in the development of an individual. Children in these stages often have different physical, emotional, social, and psychological differences. In the case of a twelve year old, who weighs 180lbs and is 5’1 tall, his behaviors will differ with that of a grown ...

Recommended Action

World Wildlife fund`s role in the future of the Marine Stewardship council should be to increase its support in all areas so that it maintains its point of actions that were adopted. It should enable the marine stewardship council to maintain its governance and transparency help it to be consistence with quality of fishery certification, and motivate it to promote environmental performance and sustainability.
Marine stewardship council (MSC) started in 1997 and experienced difficult circumstances. For instance, the council experienced tension with the conservation community, lack of trust and opposition from the industry and ...

Executive Summary

Organizations operate in an environment that is highly uncertain and that is largely beyond their control. Environmental analysis not only feeds the marketing process but is the backbone of any planning process of an organization (Comeford and Callaghan , nd). For any organization to have successful business strategies it is imperative for the external environment to be analyzed. This paper will therefore explore the environmental factors that affect the business operations of the California Pizza Chicken-USA, hereinafter referred to as the CPK. To conduct the external environmental analysis the paper will explore the macro- environment (PEST analysis) and ...

Sea Level Rise in Australia

Introduction
This case study focuses on the sea level rise in Australia. It is with no doubt that rising sea levels are a major impact of the adverse effects climate change and may affect millions of lives in the coming years. Understanding the causes and effects of the rise in sea levels, would further be able to provide solutions to mitigate and provide solutions to this emerging problem in Australia and the whole world. The purpose of the study is to provide clear information on the direct and indirect impacts associated with sea level rise in Australia, to explain ...

Risk management cycle and strategy of disaster

Introduction
Hurricane sandy is one of the major disasters ever to hit North America. The storm caused devastation in parts of the Northeastern United Sates, mid-Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Other parts of the region also experienced effects of the storm but the severity was mild. The storm is linked to the impact of climate change experienced in the globe. Scientists have argued that increased emission of greenhouse gasses is causing one of the major environmental risks of global warming and climate change. Some of the major disasters witnessed in the world today are a direct result of increased emission ...

Executive summary

Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment as development that meets the needs of a generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (OECD, 1987)

In this age and era, the world is faced with many challenges including economic crises, global warming, poor health and loss of diversity. Sustainable development is thus employed to reconcile human developments and the earth’s ecological systems. Public policy all over the world and especially in Canada has been centered on sustainable development and environmentally centered decision making. Sustainable development is thus centered on ensuring that future quality of life is improved in Canada. ...

Introduction

Increasingly difficult geographic conditions and harsh climatic conditions coupled by climate change have emerged as key causes of migration as persons affected by the crisis escape from the rigors that come with the conditions. In most cases, it is vulnerable persons who are most affected by the extreme geographical and climatic conditions and who seek to find ways of grappling with the problem. Most of the time, migration has always presented itself as a viable solution for the vulnerable persons to other areas in a bid to cushion themselves against the tough conditions. Nonetheless, migration, albeit seen as a ...

- Executive Summary
Quench is a brand leader in the bottled water sector. The company was founded in 1998 and has steadily expanded operations to become a global multi million pound company. Its main strengths have been competitive pricing, strong advertising campaigns and a positive brand image. Their main market sector consists primarily of customers with sporty, healthy, clean-living lifestyle aspirations. It sponsors several sporting events not only in Britain but worldwide. The Quench brand is associated with trust and reliability. With increased competition and economic recession, the company has registered low sales volumes and reduced profit margins.
This report ...

The global society embarks a large portion of its economy on the level of productivity initiated by industries, factories and manufacturing companies that employ several engineers to run the power plants. Information denotes that these are entities, which employs a large global population to enhance their ability to manufacture the final products. Critically, the entities require trained personnel to handle the material and machines in a professional and ethical approach securing the globe from side effects manipulated by the role of productivity (Davis et al, 40). Critically, sources assert that coal is an important product, which is, used to ...

Risk management cycle and strategy of disaster

- Introduction
Recent studies on the climate have linked global warming to the occurrence of earthquakes. Even though it does not seem real that climate change would affect plate tectonics movement, scientists have managed to identify a probable linkage between the movement of plate tectonics and global warming. This provides in depth insight into the recent occurrence of strong earthquakes such as the 2010 earthquake in Chile, 2004 in Indonesia, and the 2010 earthquake that ripped Haiti. The past decade alone has witnessed three of the strongest earthquakes to ever hit the earth. Therefore there could a link between ...

Abstract

The issue of free will (freedom) versus determination has been around for a long time. It has continued to be a puzzle for philosophers ever since. Philosophers face such trouble with the issue of freedom versus determination because without freedom morality would be unheard of among the humankind; and such there would be no good, no wrong, or evil. All of humankind’s behavior would be priory determined, and; therefore, man would be left with no choice or creativity (Fischer 1994). ...

One of the most detrimental outcomes of climate change, particularly unpredictable rainfall patterns, is water shortage. Since water is essential, it is highly important that concerned public and private entities prevent or address water shortage. Fortuitously, opportunities exist to manage water shortage. Infrastructure development, for instance, is one of the solutions to water shortage. Communities, particularly those with limited water sources such as countries in the dry regions of South Africa, need infrastructure that would curb shortage. Existing infrastructure include those that contribute to water supply management as well as other systems or schemes that aim towards similar goals. ...

Abstract

The number of worldwide issues concerning environmental safety and corporate social responsibility has been on an ever-increasing rate. This is why we can also see a significant growth in the demand for environment-friendly and self-sustaining buildings. The number of domestic and international organizations that monitor and facilitate the standardization by means of a tiered certification of such buildings has also been on an ever-increasing rate. The LEED certification program is one of the most prominent ones in the U.S. and the UC Davis Brewery, Winery, and Food buildings have received platinum grade certification under such program. The objective of ...

Degrading Nature: Rising Sea level in Caribbean Sea

Lately, rising sea level is among the contentious environmental issues and has become more challenging in environmentalism. Rising sea level has various impacts on both the natural environment and human populations, more especially those living on islands and the coastal regions. It is estimated that the sea level rose by about 1.8 yearly in 1950-2010, and this rate keep on increasing with time. There are a number of factors that are associated with the rising sea level. The Caribbean sea-level rise serves as a good illustration of how the sea-level rise is an environmental challenge (Gallagher, 2006). This paper ...

General Electric Co. chairman Jeffrey Immelt faces several problems since he instituted a policy to make GE a corporate leader in addressing climate change. In 2007, he joined with other corporate leaders to ask the U.S. government to limit carbon emissions and reduced GE’s emissions by 4% to 6% between 2004 and 2006. He reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to work on cleaning up the Hudson River. He also launched a campaign called “ecoimagination” to sell more eco-friendly products. Green Order certifies those products. The value Green Order certification carries with environmental groups is not ...

Theme A: Knowing the Market, Cloud Models, and Ecosystem

1. Describe which market segment(s) Zuora serves in the time-frame and setting of the case?
Zuora Inc had been engaging in the industry as a top player in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) billings and in the payment systems. This was due to the experience and expertise that had been brought to the company by the technical management and the technicians (UC Berkeley 2009). There is also The Z-billing that the company had been majoring was aimed at the market of the development community, offline subscription businesses and all the businesses including the smaller ones such as the plumbers and ...

1. Introduction
The Enron collapse, occurred in October 2001, consequently caused the bankruptcy of the whole Enron Corporation, the world’s leading energy, commodities and services company, as well as the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the top five largest audit and accountancy firms in the world. Noteworthy it was not only the largest bankruptcy proceeding in American history at that time, but also the most serious audit failure, so that one says, “Enron is fraud and fraud is Enron”. The rise of Enron was almost as fast as its failure. Actually, it was an unbelievable ...

The concept of cloud computing has tremendous advantages for organizations of the future. Organizations can use cloud computing to save cost and time that are usually involved in the implementation and development of the traditional software. It has been observed that leading organizations spend a substantial amount of time on the upgradation and maintenance of the traditional software that adds to the cost of the organization. The IT department usually spends the majority of the time in the planning and the implementation of software so as to improve the operational efficiency of the organization. However, the role of IT ...

Introduction

Logistic is the process of planning , organization, and the management and to get details the control and the execution of the transport operation. In The P& G company this Implies the transport of manufactured product to the market and the raw material to the industry. The logistic that is in P&G is to create an economical transport system that also reduces emissions of CO2 in the atmosphere.
This company has more than 140 plants for manufacturing all over the world. Transport continues to be a major challenge to this company. Transport entail a transport of raw material to the ...

Section 1

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is world-known multinational corporation, which possesses chains of large-scale department stores, where the majority of goods can be bought at discounted prices. The success of the business model, developed by Wal-Mart, is determined by wide range of factors, which form the combination, which allows Wal-Mart to have competitive advantage in the rivalry with such competitors as Kmart and Target in the USA and CostCo in Canada.
The first and most important factor of corporation’s success is the fact that Wal-Mart makes best possible use of price-based differentiation. Selling products, which are used by great numbers ...

An Upscale Sporting Goods Retailer Becomes A Leader In Trendy Apparel

Answer # 1:
A&F is a very old and renowned brand. It was started as a small scale business in the end of the 19th century by two business partners Abercrombie and Fitch. It indulged in producing several different products with time with the change in customer wants. It was established as a sporting goods retailer which later became a leader of the market in retailing trendy apparel with several stores in line (Rovenpor, 2007).
In the early 1900’s A&F was in the starting stage. It faced several management issues and change in the business line with time. This ...

- Introduction
Innovation is an interesting ideology, one that sounds good to follow, but behind the veils of its looming success is a challenge in its implementation. According to Phaal et al. (2010, p34), the early stages of strategic development in technology and its innovation stance is more of a challenging situation. The main challenge in implementation of innovative ideas is the fact that the company flexibility must be assured in the wake of both commercial and technical uncertainty (Phaal et al., 2010. p34). Logitech has relied heavily in investment in computer accessories and gaming accessories, aspects that it ...

Developing a workplace sustainability policy

Practice Task 1
Items included in a sustainability policy
Prestige printing and office supplies is one of the leading companies globally and especially in Australia. Regardless of its headquarters being in Australia, its location is in a regional town that has a university and populated with large private and public schools. Prestige printing and office supplies have shown economic development in the past years. Talking of the type of growth, there are three items included in its sustainability policy namely social development, environmental protection and economic growth. When the company is including the items, it takes into account the ...