Apart from many social and economic benefits of urban environments, there are also environmental problems that come along with it. The city is characterized by its ‘bright-lights’ theory, which is a pull factor from the rural areas to the urban environments. Pollution has been related to the process of urbanization which is encouraged by economic growth and city expansion of industrial revolution. Urbanisation has been seen as a process of movement of people from rural areas to urban areas as industrial economies grow. The edge for a better life, economic development and civilization pushes for urbanization and industrialization to expand in order to satisfy the growing population. This creates urban growth and industrialization, as cities …show more content…
Since then the relationship between economic growth and
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emissions has become more complex as many processes and products have become more energy efficient, and a wide range of abatement techniques have been utilized (Holman; 1999). This essay will focus on the causes of pollution in cities and in reference to the topic at hand; the essay will also be evaluating environmental impacts of pollution.
What is Environmental Pollution?
Pollution is a major hazard that causes many problems to the people and environment. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem (Botkin; 2014). There are four types of pollution which are, air, water, land and noise pollution. Pollutants are the elements of
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The main causes of air pollution are the smoke from power plants, motor vehicles, wildfire and fumes from paint and spray. According to Holman (1999), some pollutants are emitted directly into the atmospheres which are primary and others are formed in the air as a result of chemical reactions with other pollutants and atmospheric gases which are secondary pollutants. Carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide are examples of primary pollutants, while ozone is an example of a secondary pollutant (Holman 1999). Some pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and some particulate matter, are both primary and secondary pollutants. They are both emitted directly into the atmosphere, and formed from other (Holman,
With more and more people coming into the city looking for jobs, the cities would continue to grow in size. Industrialization was the process when industries were developed by using machines to produce goods. With the new tremendous idea of industrialization, factories would have to be built. These factories were built in or near the Britain cities and towns.
It had greatly increased the economy and revolutionized how products were produced through machinery. In document 13, Britain Iron Production in 1940 was 17,350 tons, but in 1839, it increased to 1,248,781 tons of iron and eventually increased to 9,000,000 tons of iron in 1900 and document 12, cars have been created for faster transportation and wealthiness of the person in the picture. It has shown how the economy has greatly improved after the Industrial Revolution occurred by revolutionizing the machinery works and letting the machine do the hard job, faster and more accurately throughout the process. But flaws were not preventable in the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution had caused an outbreak of population in cities, called urbanization.
In addition, the way of producing iron changed in the early eighteenth century. The new method of smelting iron using courke was set off. As new factories were created and new inventions were made, new jobs popped up, leading to more and more places becoming urbanized. Industrialization creates economic growth and more jobs, leading to urbanization. In a region, when factories are constructed, their becomes a high demand for employment.
Doing this helped with the rebuilding process and spread the of urbanization of the
New building technologies helped cities grow also the expansion of railways meant manufactures could ship goods cheaply. Raw materials shipped to factories
The railroad provided a growth in economy in the cities it was laid through. Such things as restaurants, hotels, lumber jobs, mining, and stores usually followed due to the increase in population. Sometimes the growth of a city was temporary and only last as long as the railroad workers were in the area. Then when the laying of the railroad moved, the growth would subside and return to its preboom population and commerce (Olsen et al. 157). However, cities such as Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado are examples of the railroad’s longer lasting effects on the growth of a city.
It is Not like We Need It to Breathe or Anything - the Issue of Air Pollution in Utah One of the largest issues that our society currently faces as it moves towards the future is the issue of air pollution, and its effects on our daily lives. A negative externality caused by our dependence on modern technology, industrial fields, and engineering, this increasingly dangerous impurity is harmful to both nature and people. Air pollution is a constant problem all over the United States, especially in the larger industrial sectors such as large cities where fossil fuels are constantly being burned by factories, motorized vehicles, and power plants. In the state of Utah, air pollution is a constant problem caused by many different factors, such
Industrialization and mechanization plays an important in the development of a region and it is proved with the journey of the Pacific Northwest from a nonexistence city into an urban city. This
The documentary film, about air pollution in El Paso, targets on how humans assist the greenhouse effect increase in this area. In 2004, El Paso was ranked in the top 10% of the whole United States in toxic wastes. The factories and power plants contribute the most toxins that is distributed in the air. There is laws in El Paso that aid to conserve and reduce pollution within the atmosphere since the city has a history of acquiring such toxic fumes. A survey conducted by University of Texas-El Paso students expose that only about 10% of people are aware of the law.
1. Introduction Air pollutin is a public health concern and it has been since the discovery of fire. Incidents and episodes of air pollution have been recorded throughout the history. Air pollution is divided into two, it is the indoor air pollution and the outdoor air pollution. Indoor air pollution is produced in households or at offices by pollutants such as tobacco smoke, household products or pesticides.
Pollution may be a threat, but it can be solved in our
In automobile an exhaust gas is emitted during a combustion process. The exhaust gas is actually a combination of many different gases such as N2, CO2, H2O and O2. Though some are harmless, there are few that are harmful and are considered major pollutants. The major pollutants are Hydrocarbons (HC), Nitrogen oxide (NOx), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Sulfur dioxide (SO2), etc. These gases can affect human health in both short and long term.
The Industrial Revolution started in the 18th century and has severely influenced the way humans interact with each other and their environment. It started in Britain in the mid 1700’s, replacing manual labor with machines, and fossil fuels replaced water, wind, and wood’s jobs. The industry that saw the first benefits of this revolution was the textile industry. This revolution spread all over Europe and to America within the time period of one hundred years and not only allowed production quantity to increase, but also elevated the quality of the products and has changed the world we live in (Stearns,7). Urbanization is one of the most lasting features caused by the revolution, and its effects can still be seen these days.
There are many different types of air pollutants that are introduced into the air such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and, nitrogen dioxide. Moreover, pollutants fall under the two categories: primary pollutants and secondary pollutants. Primary pollutants are gases or particles like intentionally emitted from human behavior, for example: vehicles exhausts emit
As the developed countries in Europe and the United States used to build on the backwardness of many underdeveloped countries, the "eco-city" of some developed countries today are also based on the pollution of more developing