EARTHSC 2WW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hamilton, Ontario, Vegetation Type, Jet Stream
25 Dec 2015
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Understand modern issues with the management of water resources. Have an understanding of the history of the development of water resources. General scientific understanding of important water issues and water in general. Be able to contribute to any conversation on the topic. Ideas that may stem from the map? the concept of environmental justice leads to questions like does water scarcity come to those of lesser means or do those of lesser means come to the water scarcity?". There are over 77,000 dams in north america. What is the most common primary purpose for their creation: 97, 9 days, mining, navigation, irrigation, flood control, recreation, brazil overall (non-available, denmark overall (most available, iceland most water per capita. Initially humans organized almost exclusively around water sources. Grand canal (pictured right) is 1795 km long and is longest in world. In china canals in use today were built in the 600 b. c. Waterwheels developed in rome and greece 200 years ago.
