(par 5.4.4.2 ) Urban sprawl (taken from Wikipedia)
Urban sprawl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This picture shows the metropolitan areas of the Northeast Megalopolis of the United States demonstrating urban sprawl, including far-flung suburbs and exurbs illuminated at night. Traffic congestion in sprawling São Paulo, Brazil, which, according to Time magazine, has the world’s worst traffic jams.[1] Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into previously remote and […]
(par 5.1.3 ) Industrialisation (taken from Wikipedia)
Industrialisation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialisation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations.[1] Map showing the global distribution of industrial output[clarification needed] in 2005, based on a percentage of the top producing state, the United States […]
(par 5.2.1.2) Population controls ‘will not solve environment issues’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29788754 27 October 2014 Last updated at 21:50 GMT By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News Nargis, born in 2011, was named the world’s seven billionth person by Plan International Restricting population growth will not solve global issues of sustainability in the short term, new research says. A worldwide one-child policy would mean the number […]