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1
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Water Pollution

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Pollutants directly or indirectly discharged into water

Indirectly includes seeping into soils- infiltrates into groundwater

2
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Causes of Water Pollution

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Air pollution- acid rain
Domestic waste
Surface runoff from draining urban landscape

3
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Impacts of Water Pollution

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Damages aquatic ecosystems
Loss of fish = destruction of livelihoods
Disease i.e. cholera

4
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Solutions to Water Pollution

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Improve waste water and sewage processing
Educate
Legislation, regulation, enforcement- industry fined per unit, and acceptable level is reduced each year
(Litter still pollutes water)
SUDS

5
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What percentage of pollution does filtering water through vegetation remove?

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90%

6
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Why is there greater water pollution in LIC’s?

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Little regulation

Inadequate provision of treatment facilities

7
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Causes of Urban Dereliction

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Industrial decline- lack of opportunity = less investment

Economic crises- no money to pay for building upkeep

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Impacts of Urban Dereliction

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Properties become worn down- encourages more dereliction
Risk to human health- contamination i.e. old chemical factories
Outmigration
House prices fall
Increase in crime and vandalism
Decrease in trade for local businesses

9
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Why do businesses in derelict areas see decreased trade?

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Loss of tourism

Residents have little disposable income, don’t spend locally

10
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Solutions to Urban Dereliction

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Councils have power to knock down derelict buildings- don’t as expensive
Regeneration- London Docklands
Focus on brownfield redevelopment- Battersea Power Station
Create green spaces
Land remediation- pollutants and contamination removed- redevelopment can occur

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Causes of Atmospheric Pollution

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Release of particles and noxious gases

Many from burning of fossil fuel

12
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How does climate impact on atmospheric pollution?

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Wet + windy = pollution blown away

Still + hot = pollution builds to harmful levels

13
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Impacts of Atmospheric Pollution

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Human health- cancer, strokes, respiratory illness
Global warming
Diesel- carcinogenic particulates- erode buildings
Sulphur dioxide = acid rain = increased weathering

14
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Solutions to Atmospheric Pollution

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Clean Air Acts
Urban Greening
Transport Solutions 
Industrial Zoning
Energy Efficient Homes
15
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Why is Atmospheric Pollution generally worse in the developing world?

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Heavily reliant on fossil fuels
Lack of legislation
(Developed world increasingly uses renewable technologies that are less polluting i.e. e cars and tidal power)