...There are many environmental issues in India. Air pollution, water pollution, garbage, and pollution of the natural environment are all challenges for India. The situation was worse between 1947 through 1995. According to data collection and environment assessment studies of World Bank experts, between 1995 through 2010, India has made one of the fastest progress in the world, in addressing its environmental issues and improving its environmental quality.[1][2] Still, India has a long way to go to reach environmental quality similar to those enjoyed in developed economies. Pollution remains a major challenge and opportunity for India. Some believe economic development is causing the environmental issues. Others believe economic development is key to improving India's environmental management and preventing pollution in India. It is also suggested that India's growing population is the primary cause of India's environmental degradation. Systematic studies challenge this theory. Empirical evidence from countries such as Japan, England and Singapore, each with population density similar or higher than India, yet each enjoying environmental quality vastly superior than India, suggests population density may not be the only factor affecting India's issues.[3] Major environmental issues are forest and agricultural degradation of land, resource depletion (water, mineral, forest, sand, rocks etc.),environmental degradation, public health, loss of biodiversity, loss of resilience in...
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...INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Industrial pollution is the addition of contaminants from industries into the natural ecosystem which have detrimental or harmful effects on it. In this paper we shall focus on the following four areas in regard to industrial pollution in the United Arab Emirates: * The current status of industrial pollution in UAE. * Problems and causes. * Impacts/effects. * Action plan/remedial measures. CURRENT STATUS. United Arab Emirates is a home of many industries which include: aluminum smelting, cement, fish processing, pharmaceuticals, furniture, foodstuff, plastic, fiberglass, fish meal, natural gas liquefaction, oil production, steel milling, chemical fertilizer and textile. The environmental problems that arise out of the above industrial activities are: water pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and generation of hazardous substances. PROBLEMS AND CAUSES. The main causes of industrial pollution in the UAE include: * Unregistered small scale units. * Lack of pollution control systems. * Lack of common treatment facilities. * Lack of awareness. * Lack of economically viable treatment technologies. IMPACTS/EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. Industrial pollution causes various health problems for example: miscarriage, low birth rate, birth defects and premature infant deaths, skin problems, eye irritations, fainting, seizures, dizziness and respiratory infections. ACTION PLAN. These measures...
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...molder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and affords him the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. . . . Both aspects of man’s environment, the natural and the man-made, are essential to his well-being and to the enjoyment of basic human rights even the right to life itself.” Therefore, it becomes very important to study the impacts of industrial pollution and threats to bio diversity closely while studying about Human Rights. Industrial pollution is one of the main causes of pollution worldwide. Industrial activities are a major source of air, water and land pollution, leading to illness and loss of life all over the world. The World Health Organization estimates that outdoor air pollution alone accounts for around 2% of all heart and lung diseases, about 5% of all lung cancers, and about 1% of all chest infections. Apart from health hazards, water pollution due to discharge of contaminated water and Global Warming are some of the harmful effects of industrial pollution. Industry accounts for more than half the volume of all water pollution and for the most deadly pollutants. Human rights cannot be secured in a degraded or polluted environment. The...
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...Economic impact of industrial pollution in China Outline I. Introduction Brief overview why China is the target country II. Overview of the problem a. Large population are suffering from the pollution b. Industrial growth based on coal uses; serious air pollution in most cities in China III. Economic effects c. Reduction of the labor force: high death rate to workers due to the pollution, especially air pollution; high risk for children to grow up in such environment. d. Fewer foreign investments: Foreign companies’ policy or culture require good environment for their employee; high rate of employee turnover because of pollution IV. Possible solutions e. Solution 1: Increased oversight on industrial operations f. Solution 2: Restrictions on development of new industries g. Solution 3: Use of change leadership to overhaul current policies tax subsidy/ mandates /cap and trade invest in new technology V. Conclusion/Recommendation The Chinese government needs to create new laws, borrow a leaf from The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Introduction In an economically competitive world, most countries around the globe constantly compete to attain the top position in the international market in order to reap the benefits that come with such progress. For this reason, most countries insist on industrialization with some showing more zeal as compared to others through political policies...
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...EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONS ON AIR POLLUTION Lu Li, Zhaowei Liu ECON508: Applied econometrics May 10, 2013 Abstract In China, many environmental problems have been ignored when it mainly focused on a higher pace of economic growth for a long time. In this paper, we aim at finding the relationship between air pollutions and its potential contributor—industrial development. And we are also interested in finding out which department in industry contributes most to air pollution. With these questions, it is essential for us to bring our analysis into a practical and comprehensive content. In this paper, we choose air pollution indicators and industry output in provincial level, thus we would like to test it based on different regions. We use the fixed effect model to construct the data and use hypothesis testing to testify our model through three characteristics: normality, heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. After the regression and test, we come to the conclusion that basically our model is an appropriate one although several data and time series problems limit its further accuracy. And what is more, the result is quite accordance with our assumption that industrial sectors do effect the environment to some extent and among all the sectors we discuss, mining is the most overarching element. In order to obtain a better and more convincing result, we still need more information about air quality in our further study and research. Keywords: air pollution; industrial...
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...paper, I will not only attempt to analyze reasons why these populations experience more pollution than other populations and the types of pollution that they experience, but I will also explore the solutions provided by other researchers on how to solve environmental inequalities. Previous research has been carried out to detect why most, if not all, of the polluting industries, such as power plants and waste facilities, tend to be located in minority and poor neighborhoods (Carter; Morello-Frosch; Pellow and Park; Bullard and Wright). Normally, people that live in low income neighborhoods will experience a disproportionately high amount of pollution compared to those living in high income neighborhoods (Morello-Frosch). Therefore, parks, trees, and outdoor recreational areas tend to be located in wealthy neighborhoods. Consequently, minority and poor neighborhoods tend to have the lowest ratios of parks-to-people (Carter). This means that there is a low amount of park space per 10,000 people. Other research shows that even if we ignore the level of income, minority neighborhoods, such as African American and Hispanic neighborhoods, will still experience higher levels of pollution than white neighborhoods (Bullard and Wright). Thus, by looking at both race and social class we can point out the communities that enjoy the availability of parks and trees or suffer from the pollution from industrial facilities. According to Majora Carter, an American urban revitalization strategist...
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...this era of globalization, pollution has become one of the biggest threats to the wellness of human races. The most common types of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, land pollution, visual pollution as well as noise pollution. All these pollution may be harmful to all living things. Due to the increasing population in today’s world, deforestation has been carried out more frequently to make more land available for housing, industrial purposes, agricultural purposes and others. Thus, these uncontrolled human activities eventually lead to destruction of the environment. For example, toxic waste spillage into the sea, the use of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), and inconsiderate customers will cause pollution to occur. The main cause of water pollution is the spillage of untreated toxic waste into the sea. This could be unintentionally caused by the leakage of hazardous waste into the ocean while transferring them. Even households generate hazardous waste from items like batteries, used computer equipments and leftover paints or pesticides. However, the main leading factor is the disposal of toxic waste by irresponsible industrial workers or owners. The untreated toxic waste will flow to rivers and then to the ocean contaminating the water. As a result, the aquatic animals and plants will be affected. Humans may suffer skin rashes or intestinal illness coming into contact with the contaminated water. Besides, another contributing factor to pollution is the use of chlorofluorocarbon...
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...are surrounded by your parents, siblings and other family members where there is a sense of belonging and where early childhood development takes place. [pic] [pic] School environment The school environment is a physical environment that supports learning and social interaction. [pic] [pic] Pollution What is pollution? Pollution is where the natural environment has been contaminated. [pic] [pic] [pic] Name and describe the different types of pollution Air pollution Air pollution is where the atmosphere is contaminated by chemicals and gases such as smoking, use of aerosol spray etc. Air pollution affects the environment when our breathing air (oxygen) is contaminated, rain become acid rain, and damages our ozone layer which shades us for direct sun light. [pic] [pic] Water pollution Water pollution is where the water is contaminated by chemicals, sewage and other commercial and industrial waste. Water pollution affects the environment by contaminating our waters supply which is needed for human, plant and animal survival. [pic][pic] Noise pollution Noise pollution is where the environment is polluted by roadway noise, aircraft noise, industrial noise etc. Noise pollution affects the environment when people and animals...
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...issues. As a result, green GDP has been at the forefront of efforts to marry economic and environmental concerns. 1. The Green GDP— GDP indexes adjusted by the ecological environmental assets. The green GDP = traditional GDP- environmental /ecological cost. The environmental /ecological cost includes four aspects: - the defensive expenditure in the environmental damage. - the loss in resources environment. -the expenditure expenses of the restoration of the resources environment. - the expenses of maintaining resources environment. 2. The Green GDP Accounting based on that of the Input and Output From the perspective of the input, irrational production activity can lead to wearing out of the resource and e nvironment pollution, while the draining of the natural resources and environmental...
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...Consumerism has a massive effect on the environment. Because of consumerism countries now days misuse land and resources for personal use, this misuse of land and resources is very bad because the countries take more than they can replace. This is therefore detrimental in the long run because not only the environment but also the people are affected by this. Another effect that consumerism has on the environment is pollution. Pollution is definitely related to consumption or increased consumption. That is, the consumption itself, plus the production and waste of products used in consumption. Automobiles are a major examples of where increased consumption causes pollution. Because automobiles are in demand every single day and because other technological advancements in automobile production has increased, there is a vast amount of resources needed to build or assemble the automobiles, minerals like metal need to be extracted and can be over extracted to build automobiles. This is an ongoing problem in the world today. Another example is industrial waste. Industrial waste is hazardous on the environment especially when it is dumped into the rivers and ocean, this destroys marine life but can also destroy people’s livelihoods. Wastes also from the tourist industry is hazardous when there are a vast amount...
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... proposed plant, believed to be harmful to the environment and thus affect the health of population. So, we must protest thesetup of factory because the main problem of the construction of this factory is pollution. Beside that many problems result from the construction of this plant such as health and environment noise disturbing the neighbourhood life. The most serious problem form it is environmental pollution. Among the environmental pollution caused by the construction of the plant including waste from this plant contain a variety of chemicals. This waste will pollute water, air and land in surrounding areas. In addition it will impact negatively on the ecosystem by removing the contaminated material such as heavy metals, organic toxins, petrol, nutrients and so forth. The organic waste is causing lower oxygen demand and endangers the whole ecosystem. This causes the water of life such as fish and other species cannot grow well, eventually die. Beside that. air quality will be tarnished when a fire burning factories and mills when the smoke or surplus materials physics, chemistry or biology in the atmosphere as sulphur dioxide gas, nitrojen dioxide, carbon monoxide and dust with a total that could endanger human health, animal and plants. Air pollution affects human health is such as asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory disorders. We must also oppose the construction of this plant because it would contribute the emergence of urban heat island caused many...
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...Free Market Name: Institution: Date: Free Market Introduction The pollution levels in China hit an alarming rate in the recent past. Generally, China has been notorious in breaking environmental conservation pacts signed by all nations in the world. Environmental conservationists in Beijing, China have held the issue of environmental pollution. With 80 percent of the world’s most polluted cities being in China, the nation’s population is at a big risk since these people are breathing air that is clinically unsafe. This situation raises several ethical questions. Ethical questions The high levels of pollution in Beijing and other cities in China raise serious ethical questions. The first is whether China is committed to the internationally signed pacts on environmental pollution and regulation of industrial emissions (Beech, 2013). The international community, especially the developed nations, signed a pact in Tokyo, Japan committing themselves to reducing the level of industrial activity. The aim of the pact was to reduce air pollution and global warming. With the events happening with China, the nation’s commitment to the pact is in doubt. Another ethical question is whether Beijing and China in general are concerned about the welfare of the city residents. The air pollution had caused low visibility on the streets and in the air, risking the lives of pedestrians, motorists and even air safety. The air in residential places is also polluted and even with air purifiers, the...
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...Environmental Issues and the Industrial Revolution Module 1 Assignment 5 Ecology and Environmental Sustainability Instructor: Janet Bargar Argosy University Aisha Freelove 3/13/16 Environmental Issues and the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was introduced in the late 18th century and progressed throughout the 19th century. During this era many advancements were developed. In addition to the many inventions, urbanization expanded, factories were built, and the environment suffered negative impacts due to air pollution, deforestation, and many other factors. Three of the most negatively impacted inventions to the environment, were the Canal, The Railroad and Locomotive, and the Automobile. There were some positive impacts to these three inventions, but the environment unfortunately was not one of them. Dewitt Clinton was one of the men behind the invention of the Erie Canal. Although history has stated that the idea was not originated by Clinton, he was a significant factor in the process. History states that an imprisoned flour merchant by the name of Jesse Hawley He envisioned building a canal across New York State. His initial goal was to provide an alternate route to help others navigate between the Great Lakes, the Hudson River, and the Atlantic Ocean. Hawley developed the idea after failed attempts to successfully transport his own products. Construction started in 1817 and was completed in 1825. The actual mileage span was...
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...Sources of pollution and mitigation measures Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the environment that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or that damage the environment. Pollution takes place because; we process, consume and throw away a high volume of material resources at a very high rate. Then the nature’s way of reabsorbing these resources back into its structure and effectively neutralizing them is much slower than our rates of production or consumption. Hence over production; also inefficient and dirty methods of production and consumptions; careless and thoughtless disposal of post consumption waste resources are the major causes of man-cause pollution. There are fundamental drivers of the pollution; these are the major forces behind the surge in levels of air, water and land pollution throughout the globe. These are Industrialization it set in the motion the widespread use of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) which are now the mail sources of pollution. Population growth with the exploding increase in the population around the world, the demand for goods and services goes up. This demand is met by expanded production and use of natural resources, which in turn lead to higher levels of pollution. Globalization. It has become an effective facilitator of environmental degradation. Developing countries tend to have loose regulations on pollution levels thus global bigger manufacturers tend to move to these areas rather than...
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