Coastal Environment Sensitivity
Introduction
Increased industrial activity, international trade, natural resources extraction and population pressure correspond to an increase in the pressure on natural and human environments in the coastal zones of the world.
These pressures include increased air, water and soil pollution and consequential habitat destruction. Degradation can be slow and continuous, or can take place during sudden unfortunate events involving hazardous materials or oil and chemical spills and leakage.
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OBJECTIVES
- The generation principle of the BRUNDTLAND REPORT
- The MILLENNIUM DECLARATION – to improve life conditions for 100 million slum inhabitants until 2020
- The key objectives of the ”COALITION OF SUSTAINABLE URBANISATIONS”
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Swedish Industry has long enjoyed a worldwide reputation for advanced products and technical capacity, focused on extremely high standard of quality control in production and impeccable after sales service.
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The aim of Sustainable City – a Swedish partnership initiative” is to offer a holistic concept for sustainable urban development. Main parties from Sweden are the Swedish Government through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Environment and the Swedish environmental technology industry through the Swedish Trade Council.
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There is a rising global interest in renewable liquid biofuels for transports. In Sweden several small plants for the production of liquid biofuels have been built. The production of biogas and ethanol, which are the most common types of liquid biofuels in Sweden, amounts to the equivalent of 1.8 TWh annually.
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Up to now an expansion of the use of biofuels to produce electricity in Sweden has been hindered by the fact that fossil fuels are not taxed for carbon dioxide in the production of electricity. As of 1 May 2003 the new law on electricity certificates came into force, with the purpose of stimulating electricity production using renewable sources of energy: bioenergy, photovoltaic, wind power and small-scale hydropower.
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Bioenergy is definitely on the upswing. Every year biofuels in Sweden produce 3-4 TWh more energy than the previous year. The share of biofuels supplied to the Swedish energy system is now larger than the share supplied of electricity from hydropower or nuclear power, or the share of oil for heating. Heating is the main market, but there are also good conditions for producing electricity. Large-scale use of liquid biofuels for transports can also become a reality.
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General overview
Modern waste handling is a complex system that can be divided into five basic areas of operation: generation, collection, transportation, treatment and utilization or final disposal.
Today it is recognised that waste, properly treated, constitutes a resource of considerable value that can be used in a number of ways.
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HTML clipboardRecently, the Reputation Institute has published a study that assesses the reputation of the country and outside its borders. The result of it shows that Spain is in fourth place of adventure travel and is only surpassed by Switzerland, Canada and Italy.
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Sweden has great potential for achieving a sustainable waste handling system because of its infrastructure, its technical knowledge and the general spirit of co-operation that exists between the authorities, municipalities, research centres and the waste handling business. However, more knowledge is needed. In the last decade, priority in Swedish waste management research has been given to research that facilitates appropriate management of natural resources, reduction of waste quantities and protection of the environment. An interdisciplinary approach has been promoted in this work.
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