Sustainability of Marina Barrage a Critical Analysis

[pic] SUSTAINABILITY OF MARINA BARRAGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS DipHTM intake: DipHTM 10 Module: 3-month Project Lecture: Aji Divakar Student name: Li Zi Rong Student Number: DipHTM1022 Submission Deadline: 2nd November 2009 |I declare that all materials included in this essay / report / project / dissertation is the end result of my own work and | |that due acknowledgement have been given in the bibliography and references to ALL sources be they printed, electronic or | |personal. | Abstract Sustainable tourism acknowledges the fundamental link between long-term planning, concerning the environment,†¦show more content†¦(All business, 2009) The Marina Barrage is not only an attraction, but also make big progress in environmental, economical and social project. However, there appears to be some problems in environmental control segment to make the Marina Barrage become a sustainable tourism. The aims and objectives of this report are to improve the environment quality of Marina Barrage and to make it become a sustainable tourism so that it can attract more and more tourists from all over the world to visit the Marina Barrage. 2.0 Background of Marina Barrage The Marina Barrage is built across the mouth of the Marina Channel, and it creates Singapore’s 15th reservoir, and the first in the heart of the city. With a catchment area of 10,000 hectares, or one-sixth the size of Singapore, the Marina catchment is the island’s largest and most urbanised catchment. Together with two other new reservoirs, the Marina Reservoir will boost Singapore’s water catchment from half to two-third’s of the country’s land area. The Marina Barrage is the result of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s vision nearly two decades ago when he envisaged damming the mouth of the Marina Channel to create a freshwater reservoir. (PUB, 2009) The Marina Barrage is a dam in Singapore built across the Marina Channel between the reclaimed lands of Marina East and Marina south. It was officially opened on 1 November 2008. The S$226 million project turns Marina Bay and Kallang Basin into a newShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesE SSAYS ON TWENTIETH-C ENTURY H ISTORY In the series Critical Perspectives on the Past, edited by Susan Porter Benson, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosenzweig Also in this series: Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture