Essays about: "Great Lakes"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 essays containing the words Great Lakes.

  1. 11. Drying Lakes: A Review on The Health Conditions and Restoration Strategies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Anchita Anchita; [2019]
    Keywords : Drying Lakes; Health; Restoration of Lake; Water level; Large Aral Sea; Small Aral Sea; Lake Urmia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Great salt lakes around the world are drying at a rapid rate. The drying salt lakes gives rise to several health and socio-economic concerns for the population in the surrounding region. The respective governments undertook various measures to address the concerns relating to the drying of salt lakes. READ MORE

  3. 12. Defining habitat demands of Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) in a Swedish lake : a look into muddy waters

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : David Spange; [2018]
    Keywords : Wels catfish; Silurus glanis; Sweden; Spawning; Spawning habitats; acoustic camera; ARIS; telemetry;

    Abstract : The wels catfish (Silurus glanis) is a rare species in Swedish waters, it demands higher water temperatures than most lakes and rivers can offer. One of the few locations with naturally occurring wels catfish in Sweden is Lake Båven, situated about an hour and a half south of Stockholm, in the county of Södermanland. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Vulnerability of the Great Lakes Region to Waterborne Diseases in the Wake of Climate Change : A Literature Review

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Emma Tällö; [2017]
    Keywords : great lakes region; climate change; waterborne diseases; waterborne; vulnerability; vulnerability assessment; midwest; drinking water;

    Abstract : Clean drinking and recreational water is essential for human survival and contaminated water cause 1.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Both developing and developed countries suffer as a consequence of unsafe water that cause waterborne diseases. The Great Lakes region, located in the United States is no exception. READ MORE

  5. 14. Upplev vattnet : ett gestaltningsförslag för ett strandstråk i Motala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sofia Svanland; [2017]
    Keywords : strandstråk; strandpromenad; vattennära kontakt; social hållbarhet; estetisk hållbarhet;

    Abstract : Allmän parkmark längs vattnet är rekreativt värdefulla ytor som riskerar bli privatiserade vid en stadsförtätning. Genom att hålla stadsnära platser vid sjöar och vattendrag tillgängliga för allmänheten ges en möjlighet till utemiljöer med god livskvalitet. READ MORE

  6. 15. An exploratory study of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age site locations in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley using landscape analysis : a GIS approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Angela Kabiru; [2017]
    Keywords : geography; geographical information systems; archaeology; Kenya; Central Rift Valley; landscape analysis; Middle Stone Age; Later Stone Age; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Kenyan central rift has witnessed dramatic climatic changes over relatively short periods of time in response to global climatic changes, with the water levels of the lakes within the rift rising and falling with these changing conditions. There is considerable evidence showing extreme wet and dry phases throughout their existence. READ MORE