Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the heart of Cambodia and nowadays a dwell of over a million and a half people. The city’s slogan is, “Phnom Penh is a charming city” hanged on bigger sign on the road and people would encounter it when they travel around the Independence Monument. However, the atmosphere in the city seems to be disregarding to the slogan. As many industries, factories, and universities resided in the city attract the migrations of thousands of people every year for higher education and employment, this so far leads to the overuse of transportations and tons of wastes that are thrown shabbily on the street and the parks in the city. The smog from the industries also fills up the steely air and creates a hazardous environment. With Phnom Penh’s environment deteriorating at rapid rate, transportation energy efficiency use, the city’s green space expansion, and waste management should be invested in order to be a more liveable city, which is cleaner and greener.

As thousands of people flock to city every year, the number of transportation also increases respectively. Mainly the cars and motorbikes in Phnom Penh consume petroleum energy that could result in serious environmental issue. The smog, known as Carbon dioxide, from the vehicles pollutes the air and destroys the ozone layer that leads to the increasing temperature on the earth. On the top of that, if the air is seriously polluted, it gives bad effects to human health such as irritate human eyes, develop asthma, heart disease, as well as chronic bronchitis. Therefore, the quit of using personal vehicles helps decreasing the amount of CO2 emission and reduce the traffic congestion on the road especially at the rush