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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING - Coggle Diagram
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING
What do the people need?
Land space
To build upon
Electricity
To power devices
Building materials
Wood and Metals
Build homes, fuel and warmth
How do the people obtain what they need?
Deforestation
Mining
Environmental impacts
Land pollution
Narrowly defined
Soil contamination
From factory chemicals, sewage and other wastewater
Broadly defined
Long term damage to land
From garbage, industrial waste, impact from mining and other forms of industry
Unsafe to build on it
Introduction of new substances that don't normally belong in the environment
Water pollution
Surface run-off from streets
Carries oil, rubber, heavy materials and other contaminants from vehicles
Sewage
Untreated or poorly managed
High in pollutants
Such as faecal coliform, nitrates, phosphorus, other bacteria and chemicals
Treated
The process of treating the water is prone to contamination
Resulting in still the water being high in nitrates
Groundwater and surface water can be contaminated
From garbage dumps, toxic waste, chemical storage, leaked fuel storage tanks and the intentional dumping of hazardous substances
Water chemistry in water bodies
Altered by acid rain, nitrate deposition and ammonium deposition
Air pollution
Burning of fossil fuels
For energy use and production
Emissions from industries and motor vehicles
Major risk to our health