The effect of economic growth on the environment
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- Created on: 24-10-22 18:56
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- Environmental impacts of economic development
- industrial growth
- in Kano and Lagos, industrial pollutants go directly into water channels
- harmful to people and ecosystems
- industry emits poisonous gases that can cause respiratory and heart problems
- 70-80% of forests destroyed due to agriculture, urban expansion and industrial development
- in Kano and Lagos, industrial pollutants go directly into water channels
- urban growth
- waste disposal
- traffic congestion leads to high levels of exhaust emissions
- the development of Abuja has resulted in areas of rich natural vegetation being replaced by concrete
- mining and oil extraction
- tin mining led to soil erosion
- local water supplies were polluted with toxic chemicals
- oil spills can cause fires, sending CO2 and harmful gases into the atmosphere, creating acid rain
- e.g. Bodo oil spills in 2008-09
- tin mining led to soil erosion
- commercial farming and deforestation
- water pollution due to chemicals, soil erosion and silting of river channels
- many species, incl. cheetahs and giraffes, have disappeared due to deforestation
- industrial growth
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