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Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory There are close parallels between the mathematical expressions for the thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted by S, of a physical system in the statistical thermodynamics established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s; and the information-theoretic entropy, usually expressed as H, of Claude Shannon and Ralph Hartley developed in the 1940s.
Entropy of mixing The entropy of mixing (also known as configurational entropy) is the change in the entropy, an extensive thermodynamic quantity, when two different chemical substances or components are mixed. This entropy change must be positive since there is more uncertainty about the spatial locations of the different kinds of molecules when they are interspersed.
Entropy ry Entropy ry is a non-profit student organization for the advancement of electronic music culture at the Helsinki University of Technology. Founded in 1993 it is the oldest active organization of its kind in the Helsinki metropolitan area and one of the oldest in Finland.
Entrust Entrust, Inc. (), headquartered in Addison, Texas, is a publicly traded Internet security company that offers a range of solutions that include multifactor authentication, fraud detection, secure messaging, disk security, SSL certificate and public key infrastructure(PKI).
Entry (cards) An entry, in trick-taking card games such as bridge, is a card that allows a player to win the trick, thus getting the right to lead the next trick. Gaining the lead when some other player (including one's partner) led to the previous trick is referred to as entering one's hand; a card that wins a trick to which another player made the lead (except the last trick) is therefore known as an entry.
Entry by troops Entry by troops is a term that developed in the Bahá'í Faith to describe a process of expansion when the Faith would emerge from relative obscurity, and masses of people would become Bahá'ís. It is not meant to suggest militancy - the word "troops" is used for its secondary meaning of "large groups of people".
Entry certificate An Entry Certificate under UK Immigration legislation is the term for an Entry Clearance issued to a non-visa national. Certain types of entry to the UK require the person seeking entry to have prior clearance before entering the UK and because a non-visa national cannot be issued a visa, the clearance that is issued is called an entry certificate.
Entry Permit of HK and Macao Residents to the Taiwan Area Entry Permit for HK and Macao Residents of the Republic of China on Taiwan (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國台灣地區多次入出境證, more commonly known as 台證 or 入台證) is issued for Hong Kong and Macau residents holding PRC nationality to enter Taiwan. It is issued by the Immigration Office of the National Police Agency of the ROC.
Entry Sequenced Data Set An Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS) is a type of data set used by the VSAM computer data storage system. Records are accessed based on their sequential order, that is, the order in which they were written to the file; which means that accessing a particular record involves searching all the records sequentially until it is located, or by using a relative physical address, i.
Entry-criteria Entry criteria are the criteria or requirements which must be met to enter a specific process. For example for Fagan Inspection the high- and low-level documents must comply with specific entry-criteria before they can be used for a formal inspection process.
Entry-shifting squeeze In the card game contract bridge, an entry-shifting squeeze is a mixture between a material squeeze and an immaterial squeeze. The material part is the same as in a trump squeeze or a squeeze without the count.
Entwicklung series The Entwicklung series, more commonly known as the E- series, was a late-World War II attempt by Germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in six different weight classes, from which several specialised variants were to be developed.
Entwicklungsring Nord The Entwicklungsring Nord (Northern development circle) - abbreviated ERNO - was a 1961 joint venture of Bremen-based Weserflug and Focke-Wulf with Hamburger Flugzeugbau to develop parts for rockets and get involved in space activities.
Entwistle railway station The remote Entwistle station is served by Northern Rail services on the Manchester Victoria/Bolton 'Ribble Valley' line towards Blackburn and Clitheroe. Owing to the remote location and dwindling passenger numbers, Entwistle has been a request stop for nearly two years.
Enuff Z'nuff Enuff Z'nuff is an American rock band from Blue Island, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), founded by Donnie Vie (guitar, keyboards & vocals) and Chip Z'nuff (bass & vocals). Their main influences include Badfinger, The Raspberries, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, Queen, and most notably, The Beatles.
Enugu Rangers Rangers International football club of Enugu popularly called Enugu Rangers is one of the only Nigerian division one football teams that has never been relegated. They are based in Enugu and play their home games at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu
Enugu State University of Science & Technology The Enugu State University of Science and Technology was founded in 1979 by Chief Jim Nwobodo as the Anambra State University of Science and Technology (ASUTECH) Enugu. It was the first ever state owned university in Nigeria.
Enumerated powers Enumerated powers is a term referring to Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution which lists the specific powers of legislation granted to the United States Congress. The concept of enumerated powers implies that the legislature may exercise only those powers that are stated in the Constitution, limited, of course, by the Bill of Rights and the other protections found in the Constitutional text.
Enumerated Powers Act The Enumerated Powers Act is a proposed bill in the United States House of Representatives which would require that any law passed by congress cite the provisions of the constitution that gives them the power to pass such legislation. The bill has been proposed by Congressman John Shadegg in every congress since the 104th, and frequently draws many co-sponsors.
Enumerated type In computer programming, an enumerated type is an abstract data type, each of whose values take on exactly one of a finite set of identifiers chosen by the programmer. Enumerated types are typically used for categorical variables (like the suit of a card), which do not have any numerical order.
Enumerative definition An enumerative definition of a concept or term is a special type of extensional definition that gives an explicit and exhaustive listing of all the objects that fall under the concept or term in question. Enumerative definitions are only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets.
Envelope An envelope is a packaging product, usually made of flat, planar material such as paper or cardboard, and designed to contain a flat object, which in a postal-service context is usually a letter or card. The traditional type is made from a sheet of paper cut to one of three shapes: the rhombus (also referred to as a lozenge or diamond), the short-arm cross, and the kite.
Envelope (aerospace) In aerospace, an envelope is the limits within which an aircraft can operate. Specifically, the range of altitudes is represented by the vertical height of the envelope and the range of speeds is represented by the horizontal width of the envelope.
Envelope manufacture Envelope production, whether by hand or by machine, involves the manufacture of envelopes to carry mail. Of the estimated 450 billion envelopes made worldwide each year at the beginning of the 21st century, virtually all of them were machine-made.
Envelopes (band) Envelopes is an indie/pop band consistently likened to Australian band Architecture in Helsinki. Envelopes, with members hailing from Sweden and France consists of Henrik Orrling, Audrey Pic, Fredrik Berglind-Dehlin, Filip Ekander and Martin Karlsson.
Enver Hoxha , (IPA , October 16, 1908–April 11, 1985) was the leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Communist Albanian Party of Labour. He was also Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1953.
Enver Masud Enver Masud is founder and CEO of The Wisdom Fund, and the recipient of the 2002 Gold Award from the Human Rights Foundation for his book The War on Islam. He is also a co-author of Islam: Opposing Viewpoints, and 9/11 and American Empire.
Enver Villamizar Enver Villamizar is general secretary of the Communist Youth Union of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), the youth wing of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). He is named after Enver Hoxha, the former Albanian head of state.
Envigado FĂştbol Club Envigado FĂştbol Club, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Envigado. The club was founded October 14, 1989 and plays its home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 12,000 seats.
Enviroboard Enviroboard is a construction panel, generally manufactured using compressed ecologically safe sourced material. Most often this means employing the use of agricultural waste fibres, such as the post-harvest straw of rice, barley, wheat, and elephant grass or alternatively, a more urban waste stream such as newspaper fibre.
Enviroku Enviroku is a relatively new medium for used by many environmental activists all over the world. This method seeks to implant messages in not only the minds but also the hearts of the its target audiences by combining the ancient Japanese art of haiku with important messages about today's issues.
Envirolink Northwest Envirolink Northwest is an organisation which exists to promote, strengthen and support the environmental technologies and services sector in England's Northwest. Envirolink hosts a network of over 1500 companies based in the region related to the environment.
EnviroMission EnviroMission () is an Australian listed company. It proposes to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura.
Environment 2004 Environment 2004 is a group organized by Frank Loy, a former Clinton administration State Department official to "harness outrage about George W. Bush's stances on issues like logging, global warming and drilling in Alaska and the Rocky Mountains" among environmentalist voters in the U.
Environment and Heritage Service The Environment and Heritage Service is a Northern Ireland Executive conservation agency within the Department of the Environment. Unlike the equivalent bodies in England, Scotland and Wales, it aims to promote and conserve both the natural environment and the built environment and to promote their appreciation by present and future generations.
Environment and Planning The Environment and Planning journals are four influential academic journals. They are described as as 'interdisciplinary', though they have a highly spatial focus, meainging that they are often of most interest to human geographers.
Environment Agency The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) of England and Wales was created by the Environment Act 1995, and came into existence on April 1 1996 along with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. It took over the roles and responsibilities of the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) and the waste regulation authorities in England and Wales including the London Waste Regulation Authority.
Environment Agency Wales Environment Agency Wales is that part of the Environment Agency that covers an area corresponding approximately to Wales. The Regional divisions of the Environment Agency are based on the concept of catchment management and administrative boundaries therefore follow the watersheds of major rivers.
Environment Campus Birkenfeld The Environment Campus Birkenfeld (Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld) is a branch of the largest University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Trier) in the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is close to the small town of Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Paladine, close to the border of Saarland, Luxemburg, Belgium and France.
Environment Canada The Department of the Environment or Environment Canada is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife. Environment Canada is the lead department within the federal government when it comes to cleaning up hazardous waste and oil spills.
Environment of Brazil The majority of biodiversity on the planet Earth, approximately two thirds of all species, are found in tropical areas, which is often where developing contries are. Brazil is often said to be the country with the most important biological diversity on the planet because of the huge number and variety of species which are distributed under different ecosystems in several kinds of biomes such as Amazon Rainforest; Atlantic Forest, which included Atlantic Coast restingas; Caatinga; Cerrado; and Pantanal.
Environment of China One of the serious negative consequences of mainland China's rapid industrial development has been increased pollution and degradation of natural resources. A 1998 World Health Organization report on air quality in 272 cities worldwide concluded that seven of the world's 10 most polluted cities were in China.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline.
Environment Victoria Environment Victoria is an Australian not-for-profit, charitable group and Victoria's peak non-government environment organisation. It works in collaboration with over 150 groups Australia-wide to protect Victoria’s environment and relies on financial support from donors, members, grants and sponsorships.
Environment Wales Environment Wales is a partnership of voluntary organisations in Wales, United Kingdom whose aim it is to contribute to sustainable development, mainly by awarding grants for projects which contribute to this aim.
Environmental accounting Environmental accounting can be considered either a subset or superset of accounting proper, because it aims to incorporate both economic and environmental information. It is a growing field that identifies measures and communicates costs from a company’s actual or potential impact on the environment.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies. Founded in 1984 by a bipartisan and bicameral group of Congressional Members, EESI seeks to be a catalyst that moves society away from environmentally damaging fossil fuels and toward a clean energy future that sustains people, the environment and the natural resources upon which present and future generations depend.
Environmental and Left List in Tanum Environmental and Left List in Tanum (in Swedish: Miljö- och Vänsterlistan i Tanum) was a joint list of the Left Party and the Green Party in Tanum, Sweden for the 2002 municipal elections. The list got 624 votes (8.
Environmental and Social Studies Environmental and Social Studies is a subject area in the Junior Certificate examination, an Irish secondary school test. Introduced with the "new" Junior Certificate examination, ESS is an integrated subject comprising history, geography, and elements of civics, town planning, cartography and many other subjects.
Environmental archaeology Environmental archaeology is the study of the long-term relationship between humans and their environments. Various sub-disciplines are involved to document and interpret this relationship, including paleoethnobotany, geomorphology, palynology, geophysics, landscape archaeology, human biology and human ecology.
Environmental audio extensions The environmental audio extensions (or EAX) are a number of digital signal processing presets for audio, present in Creative Labs later Sound Blaster sound cards and the Creative NOMAD/Creative Zen product lines. EAX displaced the alternative A3D (Aureal 3-Dimensional) in 2001.
Environmental Assessment Institute Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) (Danish: Institut for Miljøvurdering) is an independent body under the Danish Ministry of the Environment. It was established in February 2002 by the Liberal/Conservative Danish Government with the task of making environmental and economic cost/benefit analyses.
Environmental benefits of Vegetarianism The production of meat and animal products at current and likely future levels is often considered as environmentally and ecologically unsustainable. It is also argued that even if sustainable, modern industrial agriculture is changing ecosystems faster than they can adapt.
Environmental biotechnology Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation.
Environmental Bill of Rights The Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) is a piece of legislation enacted in Ontario, Canada in 1994 that allows citizens to help protect and restore the natural environment. The bill provides every resident with formal rights to play a more effective role.
Environmental communication Environmental Communication refers to the study and practice of how individuals, institutions, societies, and cultures craft, distribute, receive, understand, and use messages about the environment and human interactions with the environment. Environmental communication as an academic field basically emerged from interdisciplinary work involving communication, environmental studies, environmental science, risk analysis and management, sociology, and political ecology.
Environmental consulting Environmental consulting is often a form of compliance consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with environmental regulations. There are many types of environmental consultants, but the two main groups are those who enter the field from the industry side, and those who enter the field from the environmentalist side.
Environmental criminology Environmental criminology focuses on criminal patterns within particular built environments and analyzes the impacts of these external variables on people’s cognitive behaviour. It forms a part of the Positivist School in that it applies the scientific method to examine the society that causes crime.
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario is an office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada. The Commissioner is a public servant and does not report to any single ministry, but rather to the Legislature itself.
Environmental Communication Options Environmental Communication Options (ECO) is a speciality firm that handles strategic counsel and related communication services for environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs), government departments and agencies, trade associations and private sectors in Canada and the United States.
Environmental Conservation Organisation The Environmental Conservation Organisation (ECO, better known as ECO-UNESCO), is an Irish environmental, education and youth organisation, which was established in 1986. Affiliated with the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations "WFUCA", it aims to raise environmental awareness, understanding, and knowledge in young people, along with promoting conservation and personal development through projects and activities.
Environmental Control System The Environmental Control System of an airliner provides air supply, thermal control and pressurization for the passengers and crew. Avionics cooling, smoke detection, and fire suppression are also commonly considered part of the Environmental Control System.
Environmental design Environmental design is the process of addressing environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. Classical prudent design may have always considered environmental factors; however, the environmental movement beginning in the 1960s has made the concept more explicit.
Environmental determinism Environmental determinism, also known as climatic determinism, is the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture. Those who believe this view say that humans are strictly defined by stimulus-response (environment-behavior) and cannot deviate.
Environmental disaster An environmental disaster is a disaster that is due to human activity and should not be confused with natural disasters. In this case, the impact of humans' alteration of the ecosystem has led to widespread and/or long-lasting consequences.
Environmental Defense Environmental Defense (formerly known as the Environmental Defense Fund or EDF), is a US-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health.
Environmental Design Research Association The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) is an international, interdisciplinary organization founded in 1968 by design professionals, social scientists, students, educators, and facility managers. The purpose of edra is the advancement and dissemination of environmental design research, thereby improving understanding of the interrelationships between people, their built and natural surroundings, and helping to create environments responsive to human needs.
Environmental economics Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues (other usages of the term are not uncommon). In using standard methods of neo-classical economics, it is distinguished from green economics or ecological economics which include the nonstandard approaches to environmental problems, environmental science/environmental studies, or ecology.
Environmental education Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystems in order to live sustainably. The term is often used to imply education within the school system, from primary to post-secondary.
Environmental effects on physiology The environment can have major influences on human physiology. Environmental effects on physiology are numerous; one of the most carefully studied effects is the alterations in thermoregulation in the body due to outside stresses.
Environmental engineering Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthful water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. Negative environmental effects can be decreased and controlled through public education, conservation, regulations, and the application of good engineering practices.
Environmental enrichment Environmental enrichment, also called behavioral enrichment, refers to the practice in animal husbandry of providing animals under managed care with environmental stimuli. The goal of environmental enrichment is to improve an animal's quality of life by increasing physical activity, stimulating natural behaviors, and preventing or reducing stereotypical behaviors.
Environmental ethics Environmental ethics --or more properly designated, 'environmental philosophy'-- considers the ethical relationship between human beings and the natural environment. It exerts influence on a large range of disciplines including law, sociology, theology, economics, ecology and geography.
Environmental factor In epidemiology, environmental factors are those determinants of disease that are not transmitted genetically. Apart from the true monogenic genetic disorders, environmental factors may determine the development of disease in those genetically predisposed to a particular condition.
Environmental geography Environmental geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world. It requires an understanding of the dynamics of geology, meteorology, hydrology, biogeography, and geomorphology, as well as the ways in which human societies conceptualize the environment.
Environmental geology Environmental geology, like hydrogeology, is a multidisciplinary field of applied science and is closely related to engineering geology and somewhat related to environmental geography. They all involve the study of the interaction of humans with the geologic environment including the biosphere, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, and to some extent the atmosphere,.
Environmental geoscience Environmental Geoscience helps us seek balance between acceptable living standards & environmental preservation. Our existence is dependent on our ability to understand, utilize, manage and maintain the environment we live in - Geoscience (Geology) is the science that seeks to achieve these goals.
Environmental graphic design Environmental graphic design (EGD) is a design profession embracing many design disciplines including graphic design, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture. Practitioners in this field are concerned with the visual aspects of wayfinding, communicating identity and brands, information design, and shaping a sense of place.
Environmental Green Political Assembly The Midori no kaigi (), known in English as Environmental Green Political Assembly, was a right-wing political party in Japan which had a mix of platforms. In addition to being an ecologist party, it was one of the few of those "green" parties which is conservative, and to a degree, reformist.
Environmental hazard 'Environmental hazard' is a generic term for any situation or state of events which poses a threat to the surrounding environment. This term incorperates topics like pollution and Natural Hazards such as storms and earthquakes.
Environmental health Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the natural environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those factors in the environment that can potentially affect adversely the health of present and future generations.
Environmental Health Specialist An Environmental Health Specialist, also referred to as Environmental Health Inspector, Environmental Health Officer, Environmental Health Professional, Environmental Health Sanitarian, Environmental Health Scientist and Sanitarian conducts research or performs investigations for the purpose of identifying, diminishing, and/or eliminating sources of pollutants and hazards that affect either the environment or the health of the population. They may collect, synthesize, study, report and take action based on data derived from measurements or observations of air, food, soil, water, and other sources.
Environmental chemistry Environmental chemistry is the scientific study of the chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in natural places. It should not be confused with green chemistry, which seeks to reduce potential pollution at source.
Environmental Change Network The Environmental Change Network (ECN) was established in 1992 by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to monitor long-term environmental change and its effects on ecosystems at a series of sites throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Measurements made include a wide range of physical, chemical and biological variables.
Environmental Choice Program Environmental Choice Program is an Environment Canada program designed to help consumers choose greener products and services. If the product/service meets the established criteria, in addition to meeting or exceeding any applicable safety and performance standards, the company may then use the EcoLogoTM in their marketing and promotional campaigns.
Environmental impact assessment An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an assessment of the likely human environmental health impact, risk to ecological health, and changes to nature's services that a project may have. The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that decision-makers consider environmental impacts before deciding whether to proceed with new projects.
Environmental impact design The theory and practice of Environmental impact assessment developed from the appreciation that development projects can have negative impacts - externalities which harm the environment. This led to the enactment of the US National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Environmental impact statement According to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the US Federal Government takes a "major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" it must first consider the environmental impact in a document called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Environmental indicator Environmental indicators are variables or measures that supply information about what is happening in the environment when it is not possible to monitor or measure every component of the environment due to technical and/or financial reasons. Environmental indicators normally include physical, biological and chemical measures.
Environmental issues in Afghanistan Although little studied before recent times, the environment of Afghanistan is assumed to have been spared large-scale disturbances until the Soviet invasion of 1979. Since that time, however, numerous events have caused severe damage.
Environmental issues in Africa Environmental issues in Africa are caused by anthropogenic effects on the African natural environment and have major impacts on humans and nearly all forms of endemic life. These issues are ultimately linked to over-population in Africa, as well as on a global scale.
Environmental issues in Bolivia Environmental issues in Bolivia land-use survey conducted in 2001 revealed a 6 percent loss of primary forest over the previous two decades. Even with this encroaching desertification, however, forests still cover more than 50 percent of Bolivian territory.
Environmental issues in India Environmental issues in India include various natural hazards, particularly cyclones and annual monsoon floods, and various combinations of poverty, population growth, increasing individual consumption, industrialization, infrastructural development, poor agricultural practices, and resource maldistribution have led to substantial human transformation of India’s natural environment. An estimated 60% of cultivated land suffers from soil erosion, waterlogging, and salinity.
Environmental issues in Indonesia Environmental issues in Indonesia associated with human activities are forest degradation (unregulated cutting, fires, smoke and haze, and erosion); water pollution from industrial waste and sewage; air pollution from motor vehicles and industry in urban areas, and generally from smoke and haze caused by forest fires; and threats to biodiversity and rare plant and animal species.
Environmental issues in Kazakhstan There are a number of environmental issues in Kazakhstan, in large part due to its years under the Soviet Union. Partly because of the country's enormous semi-arid steppe, the Soviet government used Kazakhstan as its nuclear testing site.
Environmental issues in Kenya Environmental issues in Kenya include deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, water shortage and degraded water quality, poaching, and domestic and industrial pollution. Water resources are under pressure from agricultural chemicals and urban and industrial wastes, as well as from use for hydroelectric power.
Environmental issues in Kyrgyzstan Because it was not designated as a heavy industrial zone in the Soviet system, Kyrgyzstan has avoided the grave environmental problems encountered by the other Central Asian countries. The main problems are inefficient use and pollution of water resources, land degradation, and improper agricultural practices.
Environmental issues in Nepal Environmental issues in Nepal are numerous environmental problems. Sedimentation and discharge of industrial effluents are prominent sources of water pollution, and fuelwood burning is a significant source of indoor air pollution and respiratory problems.
Environmental issues in New York City Environmental issues in New York City are affected by the city's size, density, transportation policy, and location at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York City also plays an important role in national environmental policy because of its size and influence.
Environmental issues in Nigeria Environmental issues in Nigeria are most prevalent in the Niger Delta,an area comprised of 20,000 square km, 70,000 square km of wetlands formed primarily by sediment deposition. Home to 20 million people and 40 different ethnic groups, this floodplain makes up 7.

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