Effects of Rapid Growth on an Urban Area in an LIC: Cairo
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- Created on: 12-06-16 14:54
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- Effects of Rapid Growth on Cairo
- Congestion
- 2 million cars, 200,000 motorbikes and over a million taxis
- Government introduced low emission gas busses and expanded the metro system
- Noise Pollution
- Millions of vehicles, loudspeakers calling muslims to prayer and nightclubs on the River Nile
- Noise is above acceptable levels according to the World Health Organisation
- Particularly bad in the Saraya al Gezira district
- Air Pollution
- Half a million residents are expected to develop serious health problems leading to premature death
- Children have - Vitamin D deficiency caused by smog -lower IQ due to lead concentration -80% rise in tooth decay due to lead
- Land Pollution
- 60% of waste is collected and the rest is left on streets and in canals, drains and dump sites which attracts rats and vermin
- Vermin carry diseases which can affect the residents of areas such as Helwan
- Water Pollution
- 80% of industrial waste water is released into the Nile untreated
- 23% of residents do not have access to fresh water
- 60% of sewage is carried raw in open canals to the Mediterranean
- Housing Problems
- 'City of the Dead' is a 4 mile long cemetery where people live illegally because it gives them shelter and they have nowhere else to go
- 60% of population live in shanty dwellings
- Positives
- There is a large pool of workers willing to do low paid menial jobs eg. Zaballen who collect and recycle waste
- The buying power of a large population lead to a faster developing economy and expansion in manufacturing and retail
- Congestion
- Capital and largest city in Egypt with 25% of Egypt's population
- Growth of population = 500,000 a year and life expectancy increased from 41 in 1960 to 70 in 2010
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