Environmental Problems.

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Environmental Problems

All cities experience environmental problems to a lesser or greater degree, usually causing great obstruction to the developers that attempt to improve the urban environment. The brown agenda that obstructs this includes these issues:

* Waste

* Dereliction

* Air pollution

* Noise

* Water supply

* Environmental health

* Urban ecosystems

Waste products and waste disposal

* Solids from paper, packaging and toxic waste increase as the numbers and affluence increase

* Liquid sewage and industrial waste both rise exponentially

* Sewage control in Calcutta, India-during the monsoon season sewage can be seen pouring down the side of the street where the drains are insufficient to cope.

* Contamination and health hazards from poor systems of disposal, e.g. rat infestation and waterborne diseases

* An example of an MEDC problem of waste disposal is in the 'Bronx', south of New-York-rubbish continually clutters the streets, just like in the squatter settlements in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Solutions:

Solutions to any problem are made more difficult by the lack of available resources and the sheer scale of the