Effects of Industrialization on Environment Final

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Effects of Industrialization OnEnvironment

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Industrialization


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Industrialization is the period of

social and economic change that transforms a humangroup from an agrarian society into an industrial one.It is a part of a wider modernization process, wheresocial change and economic development are closelyrelated with technological innovation, particularly withthe development of large-scale energy and metallurgyproduction It is the extensive organization of aneconomy for the purpose of manufacturing.Industrialization also introduces a form of philosophical

change where people obtain a different attitudetowards their perception of nature, and a sociologicalprocess of ubiquitous rationalization .

Industrialization :


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POSITIVE EFFECTS

Growth Of The IndustrialCities

Production Of Goods InEfficient Manner

Employment

Invention Of New

Technology Improvements In

Standard Of Living

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

Deforestation

Pollution

Energy Utilization

Overcrowded Cities

Poor Health Conditions

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Deforestation

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DeforestationDeforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of

trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples ofdeforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.About half of the world's original forests had been destroyed by 2011, themajority during the previous 50 years. Since 1990 half of the world's rain

forests have been destroyed. More than half of the animal and plant species inthe world live in tropical forests.

Deforestation occurs for many reasons: trees are cut down to be used or sold as

fuel (sometimes in the form of charcoal) or timber, while cleared land is usedas pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities, and settlements. The removalof trees without sufficient reforestation has resulted in damage

to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity. It has adverse impacts Deforested regionstypically incur significant adverse soil erosion and frequently degrade

into wasteland.Disregard or ignorance of intrinsic value, lack of ascribed value, lax forest

management and deficient environmental laws are some of the factors that allow

deforestation to occur on a large scale. In many countries, deforestation, bothnaturally occurring and human induced, is an ongoing issue. Deforestation

causes extinction, changes to climatic conditions, desertification, anddisplacement of populations as observed by current conditions and in the past

through the fossil record

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Environmental Problems

Atmospheric

Hydrological

Soil

Biodiversity

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Pollution

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Energy Utilization

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Negative Aspects of Energy Utilization

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Growth of Carbon Dioxide

Fig. 2 Historic & Projected Amount of Carbon Dioxide Emission by

Industrialized Countries, 1980-2025

Courtesy: US Department of Energy


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Overcrowded Cities

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Problems due toOvercrowded Cities

Inadequate fresh water for drinking water use as well as sewagetreatment and effluent discharge. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, use energy-expensive desalination to solve the problem of water shortages.

Depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels.

Increased levels of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination and noisepollution. Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination ofgovernment regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to declinesubstantially, even as the population continues to grow.

Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification.

Elevated crime rate due to drug cartels and increased theft by people stealingresources to survive.

Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capitalformation. Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and badeconomic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminatedabsolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low.

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Poor Health Conditions

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Poor Health ConditionsStarvation, malnutrition

or poor diet with ill health and diet-deficiency diseases(e.g. rickets).

Unhygienic living conditions for many based upon water resource depletion,discharge of raw sewage and solid waste disposal. However, this problem canbe reduced with the adoption of sewers.

Poor living conditions , because the governments cannot provide for the

growing population.

Lack of basic amenities for living.

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