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Environmental risks of economic development - Coggle Diagram
Environmental risks of economic development
Topic 59
Industrial revolution
environmental impacts: (past)
Coal mining + burning → air pollution 🌫️
Growth of cities → land use change 🏙️
Transport development → roads, railways 🚆
impacts: (modern)
More energy use ⚡
More cars & planes ✈️
all increase
pollution
More tourism
global issue:
Many countries follow same path
Focus on economic growth, not environment
Long-term damage often ignored
Topic 60
24/10/1945→UN promotes international cooperation, created after WW2 to prevent conflits
193 member states
main objective: promote social&economic development while protecting the environment
Sustainability
→ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
in
rural areas
activities allow the resources to be used to benefit the present in a way that ensures they will still be available for future generations
agriculture, forestry, mining, tourism
Burkina Faso
Soil fertility is decreasing
Causes:
overcultivation 🌱
overgrazing 🐄
Farmers are poor and rely on land
solutions:
Fertilisers & compost
Fodder crops
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aim:
Sustainable farming + protect soil
in
urban areas
activities are managed to ensure the town/city can continue to function in a way that allows future generations to enjoy living&working there
growth of housing, development of transport
Jakarta
goal:
Sustainable city
(less non-renewable energy)
problems:
Plastic waste
Incinerators → pollution
Transport waste → fuel use
solutions (waste):
Recycling
Composting organic waste
solutions (air):
Better planning
Protect green areas
Topic 61
Conservation
→protecting the natural environment&
resources
for the future
these can be:
Abiotic
(non-living, e.g. minerals)
Biotic
(living, e.g. biodiversity)
many global conservation movements that are focused on conserving plants&animal species (especially endangered species under threat of extinction)
Antartica
frozen continent
larger than Europe
then
: covered by ice sheet
now
: less ice (→global warming)+more land showing
result:
land is more accessible (cruises etc.)