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.
14: Public Health Issues: The current environmental problems pose a lot of risk to health of humans, and animals. Dirty water is the biggest health risk of the world and poses threat to the quality of life and public health.Run-off to rivers carries along toxins, chemicals and disease carrying organisms.ome of them are small and only affect a few ecosystems, but others are drastically changing the landscape of what we already know. Our planet is poised at the brink of a severe environmental crisis. Current environmental problems make us vulnerable to disasters and tragedies, now and in the future.