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Universitas Indonesia

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ASSIGNMENT AS MIDTE!M TEST
C"U!SE# SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT S$%&'()* & S+S
,ecturer# El +-o.ar M/ Na0ec-
Assignment s-ould .e collected# Tuesday Marc- &12 &'()
BE HONEST TO YOURSELF/
(/ Ma3e a list of t-ings you do t-at are consistent 4it- a sustaina.le society/
5-at area could use some improvement6
&/ ,ist and descri.e t-e factors t-at contri.ute directly to animal and plant
e7tinction/ 5-ic- ones t-e most important6
)/ Discuss t-e 8ecological9 factors t-at contri.ute to species e7tinction/
$/ Define t-e term deforestation and list t-e effect of deforestation/ 5-at are
t-e steps ta3en .y t-e government of Indonesia to tac3le t-e deforestation
pro.lem6
:/ Descri.e several 4ays to use forest more sustaina.ly/
;/ 5-at is t-e relations-ip .et4een o7ygen cycle and car.on cycle6
</ E7plain t-e -uman influence on nitrogen cycle and -ydrological cycle/
1/ Discuss t-e tragedy of t-e commons/ Give some specific e7amples of
8commons9 and -o4 t-ey are mistreated6
=/ 5-at are t-e factors leading to t-e increased resource consumption on eart-
in recent years6
('/ E7plain t-e -ierarc-y of Municipal Solid 5aste Management options/
Ada .e.erapa pili-an dalam megelola lim.a- padat#
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((/ Descri.e -o4 4e can reduce 4aste and pollution6
(&/ For ( >one? 4ee32 3eep a list of t-e solid 4aste you t-ro4 a4ay/ 5-at
percentage of t-is 4aste consists of materials t-at s-ould .e reduced2 reused2
recycled and disposed6

()/ In 4-at 4ays can you personally reduce paper and 4ood 4aste and increase
recycling6
($/ @o4 to manage construction 4aste and demolition de.ris6
(:/ 5-at are t-e maAor arguments for and against 4ilderness preservation6
(;/ Discuss t-e advantages and disadvantages of solar energy/
(</ Using your critical t-in3ing s3ills2 de.ate t-e statement Bconservation is our
.est and c-eapest energy resourceC
(1/ @o4 is geot-ermal energy formed6 @o4 can it .e tapped6 Descri.e t-e
.enefits and ris3s of geot-ermal energy6
(=/ Define nonrene4a.le and rene4a.le mineral resources2 and give e7amples
of eac-/ @o4 are t-ey different6
&'/ 5-at are t-e c-ronic -ealt- effects of air pollution6 5-ic- pollutants are
t-oug-t to .e t-e cause of t-ese effects6
&(/ Descri.e t-e green-ouse effect/ 5-at causes it6 5-at are its effects6 @o4
can .e done to lessen its impacts6
&&/ E7plain t-e possi.le impacts of o0one depletion on ecosystem/ @o4 can 4e
avoid it6
&)/ Identify t-e core causes of current 4ater crisis in t-e 4ord/
&$/ B5ater could .e t-e source of t-e 4orld9s ne7t .ig conflictC Dlease e7plain
>consider movie# Euantum of Solace?
&:/ Ma3e a complete list of your ideas for controlling air pollution in your city
or to4n2 and ran3 t-em according to t-eir effectiveness and t-eir feasi.ility/
5-ic- ones are practical6
&;/ Descri.e t-e maAor c-aracteristics of a more environmentally sustaina.le
and liva.le ecocity or green city/
&</ Classify t-e rain4ater -arvesting/ Find out t-e rain4ater -arvesting
met-ods currently .eing adopted in your locally and try to propose
suggestion for improvement/
&1/ 5-at are t-e causes and effect of acid rain6 @o4 can 4e avoid it6
&=/ Discuss t-e various 4ater conservation tec-niFues t-at can .e practiced .y
individuals/
)'/ E7plain t-e conseFuences of population gro4t- on t-e follo4ing# a/ food
resources* ./ 4ater resources* c/ energy resources/
)(/ E7plain t-e various popular definitions of t-e term of sustaina.le
development and 4-at is t-e concept of sustaina.le development6
)&/ 5-at are t-e maAor o.stacles in t-e pat- sustaina.le development in
Indonesia6
))/ 5-at are t-e greatest strengt-s and 4ea3ness of t-e system of government
in your country 4it- respect to# a/ protecting t-e environment and ./
ensuring environmental Austice for all6 5-at t-e maAor c-anges6 If any2
4ould you ma3e in t-is system6
)$/ 5-at is t-e role of science and engineering in t-e protection of t-e
environment6
):/ Descri.e t-e .enefit of green development and e7plain t-e process elements
of green development/
);/ Give a .rief e7planation of t-e design2 construction and operation of
sustaina.le .uildings/
)</ Suppose you -ave a dream to .uild an ideal -ouse for your o4n family2
descri.e your design criteria of your -ouse/ Gou are going to reuse and
recycle all of 4ater2 e7plain your plan/ @o4 are going to manage your solid
4aste at your -ome6 Gou also planned to -arvest rain 4ater/ Illustrate your
-ouse layout/
)1/ Using internet finds CHellagio DrincipleC E7plain 4-at it is/ 5-at related to
Sustaina.le Huilt Environment6 Give your idea to implemnt t-e CHellagio
DrincipleC in your daily activities
)=/ T-e UNCED conference in !io de Ianeiro in (==& 4as t-e last maAor
international conference on sustaina.ility/ !esearc- 4-at -as .een done
since t-e !io conference to implement its recommendations2 and prepare a
paper summari0ing your findings/
$'/ T-e concept of sustaina.ility maintains t-at prevent s-ould .e designed to
insure t-at future generations 4ill -ave t-e a.ility to meet t-eir o4n needs/
@o4ever2 .ased on past e7perience2 it can .e argued t-at people are
adapta.le and find 4ay to cope 4it- a c-anging 4orld/ For e7ample2 3no4n
petroleum reserves may soon >in a fe4 decades? run out/ Some argue t-at
t-is is not a reason to conserve on gasoline usage no42 .ecause .y t-en ot-er
undiscovered petroleum reserves may .e found or alternative fuels 4ill .e
developed/ Detroleum.ased fuels may .e of little value in t-e future/ Discus
t-e pros and cons of t-is argument and give your vie4s/
$(/ 5e are no4 in position to ma3e a su.stantial contri.ution to t-e 8greening9
of t-e planet t-roug- ecological and ecosystem restoration/ 5e find
ourselves in a retrospective period of -uman -istory2 .ot- politically and
ecologically2 4-ere alt-oug- not necessarily Fuestioning all 4e -ave .uilt
and engineered to date2 4e are determining (/ 5-et-er to continue practices
as usual >and 4-et-er 4e can afford to do so?* and &/ 5-at ne4 approac-es
are availa.le for restoring t-e 8.odily function9 of nature2 on 4-ic- 4e
depend on6 Dlease e7plain your opinion regarding t-is condition/
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