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Media Perspective and Place 2: Apr 19, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Sunday, April 19, 2009. Says 5 million could experience extreme food shortages and possible starvation. Delivery of aid and water relief has been complicated as infrastructure and supply routes are under continued attack. While the focus on Afghanistan policy has been on the insurgency and political security, food security has been getting little attention. Deforestation, endangered species, land mines. Sorry, i'm a little late with this. This article talks about the effect...
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Media Perspective and Place 2: Apr 20, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Monday, April 20, 2009. Environmental impact of 9/11 worse than feared. The articles that I found talk a lot about the health effects associated with the 9/11 attacks. The video does not talk much about what the health effects were, but it does show how many sources said that the area was perfectly safe. Our lives here in the U.S. Here's the link (I finally got it to work). Http:/ www.afghan-web.com/geography/environment.html. Waging War on the Environment in Afghanistan.
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Media Perspective and Place 2: When Development is a Step Backward
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. When Development is a Step Backward. The following is a link to an article entitled Iran: Environment Takes a Back Seat to Development Plans. From an online news analysis site:. Http:/ www.rferl.org/content/. These actions would threaten the park not only in disturbance, but it would also ruin the soil and thus vegetation because “the injection of 4 billion cubic meters of gas under the national park would force large amounts of saltwater to...
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Media Perspective and Place 2: Apr 25, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Saturday, April 25, 2009. My apologies, as this posting is going to address last week's country, as well as this week's. I am fighting off a sickness that the more paranoid part of my psyche is almost entirely convinced is the Swine Flu. Http:/ www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/december01 index.php? Http:/ www.sfcg.org/programmes/iran/iran environment.html. Iran, with more than 65 million people, is one of the driest countries in the world. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Here i...
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Media Perspective and Place 2: War with Iran
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Sunday, April 26, 2009. The Buildup to a US-Iran War. I found this article mildly surprising, but the implications of another war with Iran are incalculable. I found the most surprising passage from this article to be:. The final factor moving us closer to war with Iran is the fact that we are already. 160;fighting a proxy war with Iran inside Iraq. The most under-appreciated passage from General Petraeus's congressional testimony. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Media Perspective and Place 2: Apr 8, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Iraq War's Environmental Impact. I found this interesting article from just before the Iraq War, in January 2003 in "THE GUARDIAN". ( http:/ www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/19/iraq5. It talked about the possible effects of a new Iraq war, if it happened.which it did (obviously). It talked about the effect that the First Gulf War had on the environment but also on civilians and it makes some assumptions about the latest war. Article from NY Times.
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Media Perspective and Place 2: Apr 12, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Sunday, April 12, 2009. Environmental Issues linked to Health Issues. Http:/ www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/84318 10084318.html. I know we are discussing the environmental impacts, but because the environment is so obviously inextricably linked to the people, it is interesting to see what impacts the war has on people via the environment. Destroying the Garden of Eden. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Media Perspective and Place 1.
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Media Perspective and Place 2: Gulf War Oil Spill Pictures
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Media Perspective and Place 2. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Gulf War Oil Spill Pictures. The deliberate oil spill of 1991 in the Persian Gulf negatively impacted those waters, as well as the coastal ecosystems of Iran, destroying wildlife and plant habitat, as well as contaminating the water source. . Here are some photos of the largest oil spill ever (1,450,000), some of them are better than others: . April 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Media Perspective and Place 1.
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Media Perspective and Place 1: 04/23/09
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Media Perspective and Place 1. Thursday, April 23, 2009. How to Spot a Persian Prostitute. Unintentionally, I found a great article relating back to geography and space for prostitutes in Iran. Where are they? I also find it sad that since the rules are so strict and the unemployment rate reported by Iran in 2008 is 12.5% (probably higher) that women cannot find jobs. They need a means of living and have to turn to this as an option. The British Journal of Verneal Diseases. The prostitutes there are very...
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Media Perspective and Place 1: 04/25/09
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Media Perspective and Place 1. Saturday, April 25, 2009. Afghan Opium, Iranian Drug Addicts, and a Worldwide Epidemic. Though a bit dated, this Washington Post article. Provides an interesting summary of. 8217;s problem with opiates. About 60% of Afghan opium travels through. On its way to other foreign markets and. According to this Guardian article. There has been a fivefold increase. Between 2003 and 2008. In the amount of opium passing through. Although opium is not new to. Unemployment-related depre...
