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China's Farmland, 2005.
A look at the shortage of farmland in China, its causes and possible solutions.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines the lack of arable farmland in China, its causes, and measures that have been taken to address it. The also makes additional recommendations for resolving the problem.
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"China is a country plagued with resource problems that have previously been attributed to overpopulation. Many experts have now determined that China is not overpopulated but has made short-sighted choices based on immediate needs. One of China's greatest resource shortages, the farmland shortage, is due in part to such choices. China has a large land area but most of that land is arid land that cannot be used for farmland. Therefore, China's population is concentrated densely in its large cities which are located near..."
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Wildlife Management, 2004.
This paper discusses the retention of farmland for recreational and wildlife conservation uses.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 61.95
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This paper explains that there is a need to evaluate the economic and social profitability of not selling rural or close-in suburban land for development, but rather retaining the land for farming or other uses, such as hunting and fishing, wildlife observations, running a rural bed and breakfast inn, and other non-farming activities. The author points out that, in 2001, the federal government made grants available to landowners in 28 states and Puerto Rico for conservation activities as part of the Endangered Species Act Landowner Incentive Program, an initiative established by Congress to provide financial assistance and incentives to private property owners who are willing to conserve listed species. The paper relates that the models created by Tara Wildlife Management Services and the Appalachian Growers Cooperative also provide lessons in the uses of land that do not involve ?factory farming? or use of non-biological farm inputs, but rather add to the beauty and small-scale economic utility of a landscape that might otherwise be lost.
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Statement of the Problem
Methodology
Introduction
Literature Review
Farmland
Non-Farmland
Discussion
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"A 24-year old organization, American Farmland Trust, has been on the forefront of a conservation movement designed to bring the benefits of wildlife and land conservation to farmers and to the communities that surround farms, especially if those communities have been encroached by urban or suburban sprawl. Many people would be surprised to know more than half the nation?s food production, in dollar value, comes form communities surrounding cities. ?The amount of U.S. fruit and vegetable production in these rapidly growing areas is even more astonishing, exceeding 75 percent.? The benefits of farm and ranch land as a backdrop for tourism and outdoor recreation is ample, as the chambers of commerce in Colorado?s Rocky Mountains, the Pennsylvania Dutch country around Lancaster, Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia would attest."
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The Pavement Problem, 2008.
This paper discusses the environmental impact of the urban pavement problem.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that urban sprawl and the ever increasing population of the United States is causing one million acres of farmland to be paved over each year in order to build roads. The author points out that the American Farmland Trust (ATF) has been instrumental in developing many policies that that focus on farmland protection and local food systems. The paper relates that paving causes the urban heat island effect (UHI), which occurs when a metropolitan area is significantly warmer than its surroundings. The author underscores that paving impacts the natural seepage of rainwater at the soil surface and creates more soil erosion. The paper states that paving reduces the total area through which the soil absorbs rainwater causing more flooding and decreasing the amount of water in natural aquifers.
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"Soil erosion is the gradual wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or a glacier. Erosion also involves the transport of eroded material from one place to another, as from the top of a mountain to an adjacent valley, or from the upstream portion of a river to the downstream portion. Soil erosion can cause the top soil to be removed from farmlands which has the nutrients for the crops to grow. Also erosion can cause stream and ditch bank erosion which can result in the undermining of structures such as bridges or roads."
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Agricultural Land Commission, 2005.
An overview of the government's Agricultural Land Commission in British Columbia.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the provincial government's Agricultural Land Commission and the policies it enforces on land use in British Columbia. It looks at how the scarcity of agricultural land and the importance of food self-sufficiency, combined with competing demands for farmland for non-farm uses, convinced the government that preserving farmland for agricultural purposes was a matter of provincial interest and importance.
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"Due to increased competition and the increasing demands of the contemporary consumer, the need for establishing sustainable industries that enhance quality of life is crucial when creating a thriving local business environment. However, in recent years business development has taken a back seat to environmental protectionism in part due to the lack of suitable land for agricultural and farm use. "
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The New West, 2005.
An analysis of "Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West" by Timothy Egan.
1,487 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper contains an application and analysis of revisionist theory in the book and Egan's perspective of the "New West." Revisionist theory is any theory that relies on alternative information to devise alternative theories to history and historical happenings. The writer looks at how revisionist theory abounds in Egan's book, "Lasso the Wind," as he travels around the West and discovers a lifestyle and outlook far different from the settlers of the Old West, who came to create better lives for themselves in a land rich with minerals, farmland, and resources.
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"Most people have a romantic or romanticized view of the West. It was settled by homesteaders or gold miners looking for a better life, they brought the land to life, and the rest is history. Egan's view of the New West is far different, a revisionist theory to the romantic view. His West consists of statements such as "I had heard to many lies about the 'Real West,' flimflam and fraud retold as gilded narrative by people whose grandparents took the land by force and have been draining the public trough ever since to keep it locked in a peculiar time warp in history" (Egan 4). Egan's main thesis is that the West is no longer about what is possible and what can be done with the land, the sky, and the water, but today it is all about possession, and who owns the land, the sky, and the water. This is evident in many of the chapters of "Lasso the West," which each look at a different area, but come back to the same main conclusion ? the West may be a state of mind, but in each state, it is the rich, the powerful, and the landowners who decide just what gets done and who does it."
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"The Living Downstream", 2002.
A review of Sandra Steingraber's book "the Living Downstream" on environmental issues.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper is written about Sandra Steingraber's book "the Living Downstream". Sandra Steingraber, in the first chapter 'Trace Amounts', shows through a host of statistical data how Illinois, from which substantial agricultural resources in the US are obtained, has been employing increasing amounts of pesticides in its farmlands over the years, which have penetrated the water systems, soil particles and even the air have been shown to cause breast and ovarian cancer in humans.
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The Awareness Campaign, 2001.
This paper discusses how to prepare oneself for emergencies and disasters.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses emergency management and its importance. It carefully defines the terms emergency and disaster. The author explains how the purpose of an awareness campaign is to look at natural disasters that can strike a community. It gives the fictional community of Los Gotto Feliz as an example. It?s a community in Central California, tucked in a valley, populated by fifty thousand people with a small service manufacturing industry (large machinery vehicles) and farmland (avocado ranching and nut farms). The community of Los Gotto Feliz is most commonly endangered by earthquakes and wildfires, which originate from nearby mountains and national forest. The author provides a step-by-step list of things to do in order to accomplish the goal of preparing a community for disaster.
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"Since earthquakes and fires are the primary dangers to the Los Gotto Feliz community, it is our role to provide the means for individuals to protect themselves, their family, their home, business, and to give aid to others in their community. We know that the ?nature of the community that is struck by a disaster many influence what happens during the warnings, impact, and aftermath stages?.[and] qualities of communities may?include patterns of, and access to, communications; the view and trust of authorities?cultural and ethnic issues; how dependent and independent, rural or urban the community is? (Raphael, 22). The awareness campaign will promote disaster preparedness curriculum materials for classroom use; outreach to local community leaders through national partners; seminars for neighborhood associations; materials for school presentations; special seasonal disaster preparedness campaigns; special preparedness seminars for employees of business, industry, and other organizations. The City of Los Gotto Feliz Disaster Preparedness Program will include the beginning stages of developing a plan for providing appropriate public education for disaster response and recovery; and, implement training, guidance, organization, and structured information for communities to care for themselves, for a significant period of time, with very little assistance from local governmental emergency response services. "
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Steinbeck and the Era of the Dust Bowl, 2002.
A paper which shows how John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and the article "Steinbeck, Guthrie and Popular Culture" by Elaine S. Apthorp, depict California's Dust Bowl era.
2,135 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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The paper shows how the era of the Dust Bowl was an era of mass migration as thousands moved from the region where drought and other factors had ruined the farmland to California, believed to be the land of milk and honey and opportunity. The paper explores how the Dust Bowl and the mass migration it fostered are well illustrated in the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, and both the novel and the era it depicts are further illuminated by the article "Steinbeck, Guthrie and Popular Culture" by Elaine S. Apthorp. The paper further shows how the novel and the article complement one another and contribute to our understanding of the era and of the way Steinbeck shaped that era into an artistic statement in his novel.
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"The didactic chapters referred to by Apthorp are the interchapters where Steinbeck performs the analytical task of reporting on the state of America during the Depression, the plight of the people, and other information included with a journalistic eye for what is most telling. In these interchapters, Steinbeck seems to step back from the story to examine the larger picture, but in truth, the author never forgets the reality faced by his characters. For instance, the different members of the family have characteristics which add to their problems and which also reflect larger forces at the same time. Grandpa Joad, for instance, is senile, and this symbolizes the vulnerability of the entire family."
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Natural Catastrophes, 2002.
Discusses the Great Fire of Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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Discusses the Great Fire of Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871. Compares it to the Great Chicago Fire of the same night. Analyzes the origins, consequences and aftermath of the Peshtigo fire. Damage, death toll, injuries, destruction of farmland and timberland. Causes as natural and manmade. Relief efforts. Development of new fire policies on fighting and prevention.
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"GREAT PESHTIGO FIRE OF 1871
This research paper chronicles the great fire which destroyed the village of Peshtigo in northeastern Wisconsin on October 8, 1871 and analyzes its origins, consequences and aftermath.
Introduction
During the late evening of Sunday, October 8, 1871, a great forest fire destroyed the village of Peshtigo, Wisconsin and went on to wreck havoc in the surrounding area, the farmlands, wooded areas, swamps and communities bordering on Green Bay and both sides of Lake Michigan. The total death toll from the fire and related perils, including injuries from falling debris, suffocation, drowning, exposure to the elements and suicide came to approximately 800 persons in Peshtigo and about 1200 in the ..."
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The World Water Situation, 2004.
This paper discusses the water situation in the world, with an emphasis on Mexico.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper explains that experts around the world are warning of a serious and possible deadly world water crisis in the future if serious efforts are not undertaken to deal with it today. The author points out that the problems in Mexico have several facets: distribution, sanitation, earthquake damage, and the draining off of water from Mexico by Texas farmlands without paying for it. The paper concludes that, whether it is converting saltwater to fresh water, removing contamination from water sources, regulating the sale and cost of available water, or a combination of all efforts, the next few decades will be the determining factor in the fate of the world through the decisions made today regarding water.
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Mexico
Government Involvement
In Summary
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"Measures are currently underway to change the water industry in Mexico. One of the things that is being discussed is the charging of agricultural business for the purpose of supporting the industry. Texas, which is in the United States draws much of its farmland water from Mexico supplies. Add to this the fact that Mexico is in an extremely dry climate and must use significant water to grow its own food supply and it is evident that agricultural businesses are contributing to the depletion of the water supply. Current legislation is moving through the process to begin charging these companies for the water that they are using for their food production."
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