Humanities: Environmental Problems

TERMS FOR THESE NOTES:
Urbanisation - more people moving to big cities and towns
Industrialisation - the move between man-made to machinery
Smog - a thick and heavy mix between smoke and fog, caused by pollution
LEDC - Less Economically Developed Country, e.g. Ethiopia
MEDC - More Economically Developed Country, e.g. Britain
Biodiversity - a variety of species found in a particular area, e.g. the rainforest
Honey pot - somewhere of intense beauty and a busy spot for tourism

How do urbanisation and industrialisation increase pollution?

• Countries developing, people need more energy
• More factories built, which produce more pollution
• Urbanisation = more houses built, destroying wildlife
• As people move to cities, can't do environmentally friendly things
• Recycling & not using cars is harder
• Growing your own food is harder

How do the air, water and land become polluted?

• Land polluted by radioactive waste
• Drigg, Cumbria - £75m in compensation for radioactive waste storage
• Could damage health of local residents
• Land fills produce methane, which pollutes the air.
• Rubbish & sewage tipped into water, can pollute and make harmful
• 4bil. tonnes of factory waste poured into Yellow River, China, every year, making Shandong "cancer capital of the world" from pollution
• Main cause of air pollution is fossil fuel burning
• In Mexico City, Mexico, smog can cause pollution
• Harmful gases destroy Ozone layer, letting in UV rays

How does pollution affect human life?

• In China, 750,000…