Completed in 2009, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world, with a height of 829.8 metres (2,722 ft). It shows a typical skyscraper feature: setbacks. A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building having multiple floors. When the term was originally used in the 1880s it described a building of 10 to 20 floors but now describes one of at least 40â50 floors.
Beyond the Sweatshop: poverty footprints and supply chains. 1  Oxfam's Poverty Footprint project identifies five social impact metrics - building on the example of successful schemes measuring environmental impact.
- People are constantly being affected by tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and fires, and these are all caused by the environment. Humans affect the environment with: - pollution-deforestation, which puts many animals out of their homes.- mining, fishing, drilling for oil, and deforestation are some things that we do that can upset the whole balance of the environment.hey can pollute our environment and can destroy the nature and the animals. They can also improve things. Create fertile land where none existed for instance. Human activities that damage the environment: Burning fossil fuel is damaging the environment which producing carbon dioxide that makes global warming.