important features of the natural environment
Introduction This report is going to look into the harmful effects on the environment, specifically related to the construction industry. The provision and use of buildings has a greater impact on the global environment than any other human activity. ... Soil Quality and Natural Drainage What are the effects on soil quality and natural drainage? ... This also affects the natural drainage in the soil. ... How does construction affect soil quality and natural drainage? ... With lorries, dumper trucks, sloughs, rollers, etc driving over the soil all the time the soil below gets compressed, which adversely effects the natural drainage as the water cannot escape through, this is why tons and tones of hardcore gets put over the top of the soil leaving a gap between the soil and the vehicles, allowing the water to drain through the soil over time. ... There are becoming less and less areas for landscape, certainly natural landscape. ... Construction immensely affects the landscape as obviously the more buildings that are built, the more natural landscape, which is taken over. ... Natural Amenities What are the effects on natural amenities? Natural amenities are plots of land, which have outstanding beauty, such as costal areas, beaches, etc. ... These areas tend to be protected from building on in most countries in order to protect the natural beauty from the demoralising effects of increasing tourism. For example natural coastal rock, if every visitor that visits takes away a piece of rock, there will soon be no coastal rock left, and it is only the new buildings created for visitor centres that promote the scenes. There are also many other natural amenities in our land, which we have such as coal, gold, etc. ... How does construction effect natural amenities? There are many items used in construction that effect natural amenities, for example the quarrying of stone for use in laying of hardcore for roads, uses in concrete. ... Construction site managers can reduce the quantities of materials used and create an environment effective site. ... There are organisations that have been set up such as World Heritage which aims to: “protect natural and cultural properties of outstanding universal value against the threat of damage in a rapidly developing world” How does construction effect heritage? There are many building that have natural heritage listings. ... The construction industry quite often builds tourism attraction close to these building of natural heritage, as they know that they can draw in more people. ... Marine Environment, water resources and water quality What are the effects on marine environment, water resources and water quality? ... Marine environment is all of the elements that are in the sea, rivers, canals, etc. ... How does construction affect the marine environment, water resources and water quality? ... Natural Habitat and Wildlife What are the effects on the natural habitat and wildlife? Wildlife has a privilege to roam wherever it wants in our natural habitat. As time goes by there natural habitat in which they live is getting smaller and smaller. ... Its is slowly, but surely destroying the natural habitat in which these animals live in. How does construction affect the natural habitat and wildlife? ... The natural habitat is shrinking all the time and soon certain species of wildlife will become extinct because of it, not all because of construction, but construction certainly adds to the harmful effects.