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A study of a
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Introduction:
Every year millions of dollars
of public and private funds is dedicated to the study of
shorelines for different purposes. Shoreline studies may have many
different reasons. Some may want to study the environmental
factors such as pollution and erosion. They may also study the
economic effects of such environmental factors. Others
may do feasibility studies for the purpose of construction of
roads, barriers, homes, bridges, ports or preparation of plans for
services such as cleanup or even creation of a public beach. In
general the study of a shoreline is the study of environmental
factors for a specific purpose. In one specific study, engineers
wanted to determine if there is adequate wind speed to
economically justify development of a wind farm by the shore line. |
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Project
description:
In this project you will study a specific shoreline of a river, ocean or
lake. Select a shoreline that its environmental conditions may have
some economic effects on the area.
Find out if the shoreline is suitable
for urban development or construction of roads, ports, public
facilities, etc. In each case discuss the environmental and economic
effects.
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Details
of this project
More details or support for this project is available for the
members of ScienceProject.com web site. Material
needed for experiment or a science kit about this title may be
available at MiniScience.com. |
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