Description: This environment mind map takes air pollution as its main concept and tries to analyze the impact of sprawling urbanization on the air quality of that region.
Air Pollution
The Effects
- Respiratory effects
- Cardiovascular effects
- Cancer
- Reproductive effects
- Long term exposure
What can we do?
- Walkable, compact, transit-friendly communities
- Safe pedestrian paths and bike lanes
- Efficient public transportation system
- Preserve green spaces
Urban sprawl drives more car use
- Spend more time in car
- Drive greater distances
- Own more cars
- Ride public transport less
The burden/ Illness from air pollution
- Premature deaths
- Emergency room visits
- Million in health care costs
- Million in list productivity costs
More roads, more cars, more air pollution
- What is smog?
- Ground level Ozone
- Find particulate matter
- Vehicles omit various air pollutants
Hazards of a busy road
- A study in California
- Similar study undertaken in southeast Toronto
- Another study in Hamilton
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