Posts Tagged ‘garbage’
Garbage Analysis of Prospect Park
December 21, 2014
Throughout the course, we have brushed up on urban spaces that have been created to make an overpopulated place like New York City a sustainable space in which to live. Parks are one of these urban spaces where we can keep in touch with our Earth system and remain in sync with the environment in […]
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Garbage Inspection of Prospect Park
December 21, 2014
Our goal is to understand a possible association between the types of trash and the locations of randomly selected transects within the park. We hope to shed light on the use of the park based on demographics of people and how the trash left behind reflects social background, as well as interest in being in […]
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Examination of Prospect Park’s Artifacts
December 21, 2014
Prospect Park, an urban park in Brooklyn, New York, was created in the1860s as a place for social congregating and for admiring nature. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were responsible for designing Prospect Park and Central Park, and today Prospect Park is maintained by the Prospect Park Alliance, a nonprofit organization formed in 1987. […]
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“Garbage”- Human Activity in Prospect Park
December 21, 2014
New York City creates around 14 million tons of waste annually, most of which ends up at waste disposal sites including landfills, (Sylvan, Municipal Solid Waste in New York City). This creates a host of problems–limited landfill space, increased levels of greenhouse gases produced by sanitation vehicles, and contamination of soil and water supply. While […]
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Cleaning up NYC
December 11, 2014
Densely populated areas such as New York City often accrue high levels of pollution. Polluted waterways and air negatively impact human health, as well as the surrounding environment. While not as commonly recognized as sources of pollution, the abundance of light and noise created by the urban landscape can also have a detrimental affect to […]
