conflicts in the South Durban Basin: Integrating residents’ perceptions and concerns resulting from air pollution Jyoti Jaggernath* Abstract With a complex mix of large scale industries and major transport networks‚ the South Durban Basin (SDB) residential area has been subjected to a considerable amount of environmental impacts and conflicts. A major concern in the area is the effects of air pollution on human health and ecology that are caused by the emissions of unacceptable levels of toxins‚ chemical
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H A B I T A T INTL. Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 279-292‚ 1995 Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0197-3975/95 $9.50 + 0.00 0197-3975(94)00071-9 Sustainable Development and the Construction Industry* ROBIN SPENCE and HELEN MULLIGANt Cambridge University‚ UK and tCambridge Architectural Research Limited‚ UK ABSTRACT The construction industry‚ together with the materials industries which support it‚ is one of the major global exploiters of natural resources‚ both physical
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Vehicular Pollution problems in India There are three broad sources of air pollution from human activities: stationary or point‚ mobile‚ and indoor. In developing countries especially in the rural area‚ indoor air pollution from using open fires for cooking and heating may be a serious problem. Industries‚ power plants etc. are the cause of stationary air pollution. But in urban areas both developing and developed countries‚ it is predominately mobile or vehicular pollution that contributes to
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SCIENCE TERM PAPER: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. (A Case study of pesticides poisoning fish in Lake Naivasha). Introduction. Pollution may be defined as any direct or indirect alteration of the physical‚ thermal‚ biological or radioactive properties of the environment that creates an actual or potential hazard to the health safety or welfare of any living species. Also pollution may said to be any inserting of any foreign matter
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Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which people pollute their surroundings. People dirty the air with gases and smoke‚ poison the water with chemicals and other substances‚ and damage the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides: People also pollute their surroundings in various other ways. For example‚ they ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise
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English 3 Research Paper Water Pollution: A Global Problem In 2009‚ the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) collected 3.4 million kg of marine debris worldwide; 10.2 million individual pieces of rubbish in 108 countries. Water pollution is everywhere and is a continuing problem caused by our careless behavior‚ which needs to be stopped. It is affecting people as well as animals all around the world. First‚ water pollution causes many problems all over the world that effect marine life as
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I.J.S.N.‚ VOL.4 (4) 2013: 668-672 ISSN 2229 – 6441 STUDY ON NOISE POLLUTION OF INDUSTRIALIZED AND URBANIZED TOWNS LIKE RABAKAVI AND BANAHATTI OF BAGALKOT DISTRICT‚ KARNATAKA STATE‚ INDIA Basavaraj M. Kalshetty & Basappa I. Karalatti Commerce‚ BHS Arts and TGP Science College Jamkhandi‚ District Bagalkot‚ Karnataka state‚ India. ABSTRACT The modern civilization creates more and more noise‚ because of the development of Industries‚ machinery and Technology. It has been reported that
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Thesis Statement: Water pollution is bringing down the economy‚ destroys the beauty of nature‚ and causing harmful dreaded diseases and sickness in precious health of many individual. INTRODUCTION Water pollution progresses every day in our lakes‚ oceans‚ rivers‚ and other bodies of water that we see and use in many ways. Water is essential for all living things to survive‚ yet people still pollute it. It’s pretty sad to be taking a trip to the beach with your family and you get there to see
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(SPM) Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) Hydrocarbons (HC) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 2005 Air Toxic Emissions from On-road Mobile Sources (Tox-weighted) Affects of Automobile Pollution 1. In India about 15-20 million people are asthmatic because of emission of automobile pollution. 2. N02 is a highly toxic gas and attacks the lungs causing lung cancer and emphysema. 3. Automobile pollutants interferes the development and functioning of the nervous system. 4. Some diseases
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and think carefully in a quiet place. Noise Pollution can be defined as unwanted or offensive sound that unreasonably intrude into our daily activities. In urban areas noise pollution is everywhere‚ whether we like it or not this is part of everyday life. If the ears was irritated to the sound it is called noise. This is defined a form of air pollution that is audible unwanted sound that poses a threat to a person’s health and well- being. This pollution has many sources from different things such
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