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Behind the gorgeous landscape nowadays: the Rhine was a misery for the nature

- This article gives you a historical background of Rhine River; and discuss how human influence the original landscape of the Rhine River. The author criticized most of river users do not bear responsibility of protecting this natural habitat.

Austin

- Rhine River has been significantly modified by human activities; adverse impacts have long been revealed. Should we protect and conserve the Rhine River? This article may give you some ideas ...

Carman

Rhine has long been an important base of economic and industrial activities, given its locational advantages. Even the industrial production has changed in types and patterns, River Rhine still dominates as one of most important industrial location factors ...

Carol

- The development of tramways has long been controversial issue for people. Based on travel experiences, the writer has examined the issues and how it can be implemented in the transportation system in Asian countries more efficiently.

David

- This article will introduce how Basel enjoys its locational advantages at Rhine region; and how it derives huge economic benefits from trading businesses.

Denise

- The pattern and characteristics of the old town centers in Europe will be introduced; and how Hong Kong can learn from it under urban redevelopment will be examined.

Eric (Tak Hin)

- A brief introduction of our field trip focus - Rhine River; and the article will compare different characteristics between Upper Rhine and High Rhine.

Eric (Wai Kuen)

- Based on fieldtrip observation and conversation with local people, this article will examine the differences in lifestyle, prospects and parents' expectation between Western people and Chinese people.

Fanz

Freiburg: A sustainable city

- Freiburg is regarded as the German's greenest city; with the provision of several sustainable policies and approaches. This article will examine the issue and how we can learn from this "sustainable city".

Gloria

- This article discuss the industrial activities and related noise pollution along the Rhine Region. It is suggested that noise pollution should be more aware of; apart from air and chemical pollution in the Rhine Region.

Heyson

- For those of you have not been to Europe, this special section gives you a chance to explore some spots - that we visited during 2006 Central Europe Fieldtrip. A brief introduction of places visited and useful links are provided in the article.

 Jacky Li

- During the field trip visit at EuroAirport; the airline alliance and its impacts have been examined; this article will analyze this issue with the case-study in Europe. 

Kevin

- The unique relationship between Switzerland and European Union will be discussed in this article; when compared with the case between Hong Kong and China.

Nancy

- Organic farming has become popular in European countries; this article will discuss the concept, development and difficulties of organic farming; with the case-study in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Newton

- Strasbourg was a good example to illustrate the Franco-German conflicts along the border in the past; because of its strategic position. A historical background of Strasbourg will be given in this article.

Samson

- Hundreds and millions of people rely on Rhine River for transportation, electricity and many other purposes. However, human impacts have already changed the original landscape of Rhine River. This article will discuss the above issues with examples.

Yanchap

- The author evaluate the quality of public transport services among Hong Kong and European countries. This article argued that even Hong Kong has the most efficient public transport system; there is still a lesson to learn from European countries.

Yutin