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Human Impact Essay
Human Impact Essay
2/1/16
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desertification. This shows that annually 15 million acres are lost every year
which means desertification has been going on for only about 133 years
which was right after the final gold rush ended. This shows that
desertification is a lot more dreadful than deforestation and it can be caused
by cities being abandoned after urbanization the worst part about
desertification is that once it starts its very hard to get rid of.
Urbanization is the act of a rural area being turned into a populated
area with many people yet urbanization is the most effective human impact
because first deforestation goes on and then cities are built which create
landfills, air pollution, water pollution and much more and after those cities
are abandoned they start to deteriorate and eventually that land will become
desert just like what happened after the gold rush. As shown in the top map
of document B Africa has one of the highest amounts of population growth
even though most of there country is turning to desert if it isnt already
desert. This evidence shows that Africas massive population growth
percentages are causing desertification from abandoning towns and
chopping all of the plants and trees for food and resources. Also, according to
the Population Reference Bureau While the world's population is doubling,
the world's urban population is tripling. Within the next few years, more
than half the world's population will be living in urban areas.. This shows
that the world is becoming more and more urbanized which means more and
more forest are being torn down and that means that once all of these big
cities will eventually be abandoned and turned to desert. This shows that
Urbanization is the most deadly and destructive yet most necessary human
impact because of all of the other human impacts go into this one there is air
and water pollution along with it but it is the most necessary for life on earth
because it gives humans shelter.
Urbanization is the worst human impact because it combines the other
human impacts along with various types of pollution including air pollution,
water pollution, and land fills. According to the United Nations Environment
Program The increase in urban population causes different problems. Air
and water pollution are amongst the major issues we have to tackle.. This
shows that urbanization is a problem in more ways than just tearing down
trees and building towns. According to desert USA Mining towns such as
Tumco, Bodie, Oatman and Randsberg were once booming with growth due
to the mining operations which provided jobs and drew gold seekers from all
over the country. When the mines closed, the towns died, and their remains
have become ghost towns and tourist attractions.. This evidence is an
example of how cities pop up out of nowhere and once there is no reason to
live there anymore people move away and those towns become deserts. This
is why urbanization is such the worst human impact that can lead to various
things and pollution but, if we build cities from the ground up that run on
clean energy this problem can be fixed.