Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

GLOBAL ISSUES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Sustainable Urbanization
        
        Urban sprawl
        
        Informal Urbanization
  - - - Overconsumption
      - Overpopulation
    - - Climate change
      - Natural disasters
  - - - Economic growth
      - Improved infrastructure
      - Access to services
      - Cultural Diversity
      - Improved standards of living
      - Technological advancements
    - - Congestion
      - Resources depletion
      - Pollution
      - Social inequality
      - Loss of green spaces
      - Health problems
      - Increased crime rates
  - - - Green infrastructure
      - Environmental friendly cities
      - Urban agriculture
    - - Solar and wind power use
      - Pollution control
      - Waste management
        
        Waste reduction
        
        Recycling
    - - Population control
      - Provision of essential services
- - - - informal settlements
      - slums
  - - - low-income
      - minorities
      - indigenous
  - - - asthma
      - cancer
      - lead poisoning
  - - - Engage and Empower Communities
        
        Ensure Fair Laws and Enforcement
        
        Involve Communities in Decision-Making
        
        Improve Local Infrastructure and Access
        
        Monitor, Evaluate, and Adjust
  - - - illegal mining, deforestation
    - - air pollution, poor infrastructure
    - - e-waste dumping
    - - climate vulnerability
    - - toxic chemical exposure
- - - - Toxic dyes and chemicals released into rivers
        
        Harm to aquatic life and ecosystems
        
        Affects drinking water sources
        
        Contamination of local water bodies
    - - Huge water consumption (e.g., cotton cultivation)
        
        Depletion of freshwater in arid regions
        
        Examples: Aral Sea crisis due to cotton farming
    - - Shedding of synthetic fibers during washing
      - Enters oceans and food chains
      - Harm to marine life and human health
    - - Short garment lifespan → landfill overflow
        
        Non-biodegradable synthetic clothing
        
        Exporting waste to developing countries
        
        Low recycling rates for clothing
    - - Energy-intensive production & transportation
        
        Use of fossil fuels for synthetic fabric
        
        High emissions from global shipping/logistics
    - - Forest clearing for raw materials (e.g., viscose rayon)
        
        Habitat destruction and biodiversity loss
        
        Land conversion for cotton farms
- - - - Coastal land submergence (e.g., Bangladesh, Maldives)
      - Loss of usable land for agriculture or settlement
      - Changes in tidal patterns
      - Threats to historical and cultural landmarks
    - - Beaches and shorelines retreating
      - Destruction of coastal ecosystems (mangroves, coral reefs)
      - Increased vulnerability to storms and cyclones
      - Higher costs for coastal defense structures
    - - Urban flooding during high tides (e.g., “sunny day floods”)
      - More frequent storm surges
      - Infrastructure damage (roads, drainage systems)
      - Spread of waterborne diseases
    - - Contamination of drinking water sources
      - Negative effects on crop irrigation and soil fertility
      - Threat to freshwater aquifers
      - Need for desalination or alternate water supplies
    - - Changes in global climate systems (e.g., Gulf Stream weakening)
      - Altered weather patterns (rainfall, droughts)
      - Impact on marine life migration and food chains
      - Impact on fisheries and local economies
    - - Loss of ice-dependent species (polar bears, seals, penguins)
      - Disruption of breeding grounds and feeding cycles
      - Coral bleaching due to warming oceans
      - Chain effects in marine biodiversity
    - - Displacement of coastal populations (climate refugees)
        
        Cultural loss in indigenous Arctic communities
        
        Increased burden on social and health systems
        
        Economic inequalities worsened
  - - - Global warming / Climate change
      - Greenhouse gas emissions
      - Fossil fuel burning
      - Deforestation
      - Industrial activities
  - - - Adaptation strategies for communities
      - Migration planning
      - Conservation efforts for Arctic species
      - Policy and international cooperation
- - - - urban expansion
      - fossil fuels burning
    - - unsustainable water user patterns
      - poor irrigation management
      - unsustainable groundwater extraction
    - - Nitrogen pollution from agriculture
      - Pesticides and fertilizers
    - - Hadly cell expansion
      - Rising global temperature
      - Rising global temperature
      - Hadly cell expansion
  - - - waterborne diseases and mortality
    - - Crop failure
      - Reduced agricultural productivity
      - Livestock pastoral impact
    - - GDP, Economic growth impacts
    - - Soil degradation and land quality
        
        water conservative grasslands and forest loses
      - biodiversity loses and habitats distractions
        
        more species compete to low water
  - - - water recycling and waste water treatment
      - Desalination technology
      - smart water management systems
    - - Improved water distribution networks
      - manage groundwater storage
    - - education
      - Regulatory frameworks and standards