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URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IN INDIA

INTRODUCTION
Become more serious every day. Over 1 Billion people most of which in dire poverty, it's hardly surprising. Impact of industries. Lack of implementation of policy. Whatever they eat and drink they throw in a floor not in a bin.

Nearly 30% of India's gross agricultural output is lost every year due to soil degradation, poor land management and counter productive irrigation. India's 7516 km of coastline have also come under attack from this overfishing remains a huge problem due to lack of legislation enforcement.

DEFINITION

Localized environmental health problems such as inadequate household water and sanitation and indoor air pollution. City-regional environmental problems such as ambient air pollution, inadequate waste management and pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal areas. Extra-urban impacts of urban activities such as ecological disruption and resource depletion in a citys hinterland, and emissions of acid precursors and greenhouse gases. Regional or global environmental burdens that arise from activities outside a citys boundaries, but which will affect people living in the city.

RIVER IN MUMBAI

Urban Environment in International Development Assistance

Responsibility for taking the lead on environmental matters is often assigned to divisions that are not directly involved in urban development assistance. The importance of environmental issues but narrower definitions are used to construct environmental indicators, while still narrower definitions are typically employed to identify environmental programs and projects. Investing in stand-alone environmental initiatives and attempting to mainstream environmental concerns into all development activities. Pressure from Northern environmentalists .

POLLUTION

ASIAN BROWN CLOUD

Causes 1.Industrialization 2. Population Growth Effects 1. Global Warming 2. Respiratory Illness

THE GREEN REVOLUTION

POLLUTION

GREEN REVOLUTION

Causes 1. Chemical Fertilizers 2. Irrigation Effects 1. Contaminates Water Supply 2. Land Degradation

URBAN ENVIRONMENT ISSUE WHICH OCCUR

Industrialization and urban environmental issue coexist with rapid economic development related to environment issue. To protect ourselves from lethal hazard is avoid the usage of non biodegradable carry bags and say No to Plastic Bags.

Air pollution a severe environmental problem in urban areas can cause chronic and acute respiratory diseases, heart diseases, cancer of lungs and even death. In threat to public health in both rural and urban area is inadequate access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.

In Mumbai the waste has increases in the generation of domestic ,urban and industrial to own rapid population growth and industrialization. Soil erosion is the most serious cause of land degradation. Forest are important for maintaining ecological balance preserving the life supporting system of the earth.

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