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Incineration Technologies in Toronto, Canada, 2008.
This paper discusses waste management issues in the Toronto, Canada area.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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The paper looks at Toronto's current waste disposal problems - with special attention being paid to the city's heavy reliance on landfills. The paper then looks at the challenges and possibilities presented by recycling and how some new technological innovations (chiefly incineration) might be the most useful change. Also the paper looks at the potentialities of waste diversion techniques, examine the allure of bio waste recycling and the hope offered by the elimination of plastic wrapping. Finally, the paper delves into the issue of technologically-advanced incinerators and how they might help resolve Toronto's garbage problem.
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"All in all, in light of the problems facing Toronto, more recycling/waste disposal techniques should be considered - and high-technology incineration is right at the top of the list. Also near the top of the list is an "old" approach to waste management that, really, has not gained the widespread traction it deserves: old-fashioned recycling. Maureen Carter-Whitney writes that recycling, as compared to waste disposal, reduces energy consumption, relieves strain on the environment, diminishes the risk of dangerously high levels of eutrophification and acidification, cuts down air pollutants, and makes ecological toxicity less prevalent than it would be otherwise."
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Toronto Rehab, 2006.
A look at Toronto Rehab, Canada's largest academic hospital concerned with adult rehabilitation and complex continuing care, and its management.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, £ 62.95
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Toronto Rehab is Canada largest academic hospital concerned with adult rehabilitation and complex continuing care. The complex is divided over five sites. In 1999 in response to variables in the external environment, the hospital undertook a process of strategic management to match objectives with major changes in the external environment. This paper discusses this process and its outcome.
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The Halton Incineration Proposal, 2007.
This paper presents an analysis of the arguments for and against the proposal for an incinerator in Halton, Ontario.
1,942 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper explores the issues confronting the proposed incinerator for waste disposal in Halton, Ontario. The paper discusses NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard), the economic rationale of incineration, the scientific rationale of the incineration process and alternatives to incineration. The paper then provides a comparative analysis of real-world incineration projects from North American and European jurisdictions. Additionally, the paper analyzes the pro and con arguments related to the project. Finally, the paper concludes that these arguments and substantiating data present a strong case in support of the Halton incinerator proposal.
Outline:
Introduction
Planet NIMBY
Disposal Methods and Rationales
Addressing NIMBY: The Swiss Example
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"The Halton proposal for the siting of a waste incineration plant shares with other environmentally sensitive projects - such as landfills or nuclear power generation - a particular vulnerability to the phenomenon known as NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). Since the early 1980s local public opposition to waste disposal projects throughout the industrialized world - in diverse jurisdictions from Europe to the United States - have resulted in the abandonment of many proposed projects to address the waste disposal requirements of our societies (Dente and Fareri 3). The characteristic feature of this phenomenon is that while the majority of our populations continue to produce enormous quantities of waste - as much as two-thirds of a tonne for each man, woman and child in the United States (Course Reader 185) - no one wants projects to dispose of this waste situated in their locality."
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Waste Incineration, 2007.
This paper examines the sustainability of incineration as a form of waste management.
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The writer defines sustainability, particularly as it applies to waste management. The paper then examines incineration and its sustainability by examining the environmental, economic and social factors involved andby comparing it to landfills and the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. The paper shows how, from the perspective of sustainability, the 3Rs are the best waste management option. The paper concludes that incineration can be a more sustainable solution for waste management if it were considered as a last resort, after the 3Rs, rather than as the optimal solution.
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"The topic that I have chosen for this paper is the issue of waste management and in particular waste incineration. There are several reasons why this topic is of importance and why it is of interest to me. First of all it is a very 'hot' topic as we saw recently in the last two months as Toronto was trying to 'solve' its waste problem. In 2000, for example, Canadians generated 1021 kg of non-hazardous waste per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002). 747kg of this waste were disposed of per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002), while the rest was recycled. It is also a problem that in increasing literally and figuratively. In Canada for example "non-hazardous waste disposal per capita was 7 per cent higher in 2000 than in 1996" (Mclaren, 373). It is also a global issue - we all produce waste and need a way to deal with it. Finally it is a question of sustainability."
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Sustainability, Waste Management and Incineration, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of waste management and waste incineration as a way to manage waste.
2,573 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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In this article, the writer points out that waste is a non-avoidable result of high-technology industrialized economies, as more things are produced and more waste is generated. Environmental, economic and social factors involved are examined and waste incineration is compared and contrasted with land filling and the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. The writer discusses that the growing concern for the environment, a constant increase in the amounts of waste produced, economic, land and social costs involved in developing new landfill sites and public opinion have brought about the need to approach waste management in a new way. The writer maintains that the use of waste incinerators does provide certain advantages to landfill, particularly in terms of waste reductions as well as through waste-to-energy schemes. The writer concludes that the 3Rs method of waste management has the greatest potential for growth and improvement and is a sustainable way of approaching waste management.
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"A waste incinerator involves burning waste at high temperatures inside a specially engineered and purpose-built incinerator facility. Some of the positive impacts include the reduction of the volume of waste, less fossil fuel use and less land required for disposal of leftover solid residue as well as the potential of energy-from-waste incinerators. For example, by incinerating waste, its weight and volume are greatly reduced, often by as much as 90% . Pitchtel also stated that a third, albeit unintended benefit of incineration is detoxification - the destruction of microbial and other pathogenic organisms - of the waste . Waste-to-energy incinerators boil water to make steam for heating spaces or for production of electricity."
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A Toronto Neighborhood: Little Korea, 2005.
This paper discusses Little Korea, an ethnic neighborhood in Toronto, Canada.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, £ 50.95
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This paper describes an area in Toronto that has attracted Korean businesses and others to make up a diverse section called Little Korea. This neighborhood is typical of Korean business districts in other North American cities. The author points out that Toronto's Little Korea has developed piecemeal rather than as an extension of the Annex area to the east The paper's methodology is mainly descriptive, based on an informal oral survey obtained directly in the district.
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"Introduction to the Area Bloor Street, between Bathurst and Euclid presents a typical Annex district area of mixed development in a comparatively old or 'traditional' area of central Toronto. This paper results from an exploration of Bloor Street that commenced at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst Street, by the landmark "Honest Ed's" store that has long served new Canadians, students and others in need of low-cost household goods. Until the 1980s, the continuation of Bloor Street, westward from this point, featured a lessening of businesses of interest to the student population of the Annex."
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Marketing Geography in Toronto, 2005.
This paper evaluates two different retail developments in Toronto, Canada.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 31.95
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This marketing geography paper addresses two different retail developments in Toronto: (1) Commerce Court, and (2) Danforth Avenue. The author reports visits to each site and estimations of customer density based on 15 minute point observations. The paper describes Commerce Court as a convenience-oriented planned retail area catering to locally employed consumers and the Danforth Avenue as a surface, neighborhood retail area encouraged by local residential areas, specialty shops and restaurants, which also draw leisure consumers from other areas.
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"Ken Jones (2004) noted retailing as a major component of the Canadian economy (p. 185). In the next pages, two very different Toronto retail areas provide a sense of how successful retail areas are geared to expected, often particular, clienteles. North American research has shown the great importance of the shopping environment to customer tastes and encouragement given to different kinds of retail ventures (Walmsley & Lewis, 1993, p. 159). "
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Toronto After Kyoto, 2002.
Examines the role of Toronto, Canada as a source of atmospheric pollution, particularly greenhouse gases.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper identifies automobiles as the principle source of atmospheric pollutants in Toronto. It then examines the role of suburbanization, commuting and congestion. It then looks at the city's plans and alternative proposals for addressing the problem.
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The City of Toronto, 2002.
Presents a look at the social gegraphy of Toronto, Canada.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, £ 27.95
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The purpose of this paper will be to provide an examination of the social geography of the City of Toronto. This will include an evaluation of the extent to which mapped patterns correspond with the classic social area/factorial ecology model, a comment on the relationship between income and English as a mother tongue, explanations for the observed patterns and relationships, as well as a critique of the variables selected.
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Afro-Caribbeans in Toronto, 2008.
This paper explores the difficulties of the Afro-Caribbean community in the Oakwood/Eglinton areas of Toronto, Canada.
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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The paper looks at the economic and social situation in the Oakwood/Eglinton areas, examining the integrationist efforts which have been undertaken to alleviate some of the struggles men, women and children face. The paper discusses the inclusionary tactics practiced by the larger communities housing Afro-Caribbean families and investigates the barriers which frustrate any sort of integrationist initiative. The paper concludes that the past and present have been difficult for recently-arrived Jamaicans in a city that prides itself on its racial tolerance, but there is hope that concerted community action can brighten the future.
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"The first thing which must be done in a paper of this sort is to look at the economic and social situation which exists within Oakwood and within Eglinton. In truth (simply by glancing at the ward profiles provided on the official web site of the City of Toronto), it appears as though Oakwood and Eglinton are not conjoined as many might think at first glance. Furthermore, a look at the city's neighborhood profiles is only a little more helpful - and it, too, marks the two areas as distinct. Be that as it may, some things can certainly be deduced which offer insight into how the Jamaican community is treated in Canada. For one thing, when looking at household income distribution in the neighborhood of Oakwood-Vaughan (for 2001), it is striking that the income bracket with the largest percentage of the population is that bracket housing those making $10,000 - $19,999 per annum. Ironically, the next-largest income bracket is comprised of those making $100,000 per annum or more (City of Toronto, "Oakwood-Vaughan: Social Profile #3," 3)."
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Landfills and Incineration, 2006.
A discussion on how best to manage the garbage from large urbanized areas.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, £ 56.95
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This essay compares landfills versus incineration as a solution to garbage sites. It takes the stance that modern incineration is a better solution. In terms of garbage disposal, it would be an understatement to say there are downsides to both landfills and incineration as waste solutions. The reality, however, is that major urban centers, let alone rural locales, genuinely need to employ one or the other.
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"In terms of garbage disposal, it would be an understatement to say there are downsides to both landfills and incineration as waste solutions. The reality, however, is that major urban centres, let alone rural locales, genuinely need to employ one or the other. As part of Toronto's comprehensive waste strategy, for instance, the city has made great strides in reducing, reusing, and recycling. But Hogtown, as it is aptly nicknamed, along with the Greater Toronto Area at large, has never dealt with its existing landfill needs. As a result, long since it became clear that Toronto's main source, the Keele Valley landfill, would close in 2003, Toronto simply did not..."
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Toronto Transportation, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of public transport in Toronto and compares what Toronto is doing versus what it should be doing in this regard.
3,113 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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In this article, the writer notes that transportation woes are a problem that every city must confront at some point. With this in mind, the writer looks at the phenomenon of spatial mismatch and explores to what extent Toronto's poorest residents are concentrated in one place, while the job opportunities are concentrated elsewhere. The paper then examines how public transport in Toronto is letting those residents down as they seek employment opportunities. The paper analyzes studies which explore spatial mismatch in large urban centers and offers a critical analysis of one such source in particular by Karen Chapple. The paper also assesses what the study means for transportation geography/planning in Canada's largest city. In addition, the paper compares what Toronto appears to be presently doing - or is looking at doing in the near future - vis-a-vis transportation geography planning and what it should be doing. In the end, the paper concludes that Toronto should be devoting less time to a proposed Spadina Subway expansion and more time to a complex network of bus rapid transit (BRTs) and light rail transist (LRTs) systems that will actually cost less money in the long run.
Outline:
Introduction
A Review of the Karen Chapple Article
Implications of Her Article for Toronto
What Toronto is Doing Versus What it Should Be Doing
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The implications of the Chapple article for Canada's largest metropolitan center should be fairly obvious - even if this paper is more generally concerned with the geographical mismatch between jobs and poor job-seekers than is Karen Chapple. To start with, it is duly noted by Jean-Paul Rodrigue in his online text, The Geography of Transport Systems, that mobility is a reliable predictor of economic development. In other words, (urban) economies which develop a diversified and prosperous business and professional climate do so because human resources are readily connected to employment opportunities; at the same time, transportation networks link together all of the various aspects of production. Again, where there is mismatch there will be economic dysfunction and bridging the gap between the job-giving and the job-seeking will help cities like Toronto ameliorate their social ills."
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Does Recycling Make Sense For The Environment?, 2002.
A look at whether recycling works in Toronto, Canada.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper discusses whether or not recycling is good from an economic perspective. This paper looks at Toronto Canada as an example for this study. The cost of recycling versus its benefit is addressed.
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SARS in Canada, 2002.
A brief examination of the effect of SARS on Canada.
758 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper presents a discussion about SARS with a focus on the impact it is having in Toronto, Canada. The writer explores what the epidemic is about and what Toronto officials are doing to combat and contain it.
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"Around the world the medical community is focusing on a new virus called SARS. When SARS first began to surface the concentration was in China. Travelers to and from there were cautioned to be careful and there were many quarantines occurring throughout the area. In more recent history however the focus has moved from China to Toronto as the virus has made the leap and is now in North America. While America watches its northward neighbor with a watchful eye Toronto scrambles to contain and eradicate its existence among its residents."
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