Air Pollution in the City

Photo 4 shows a power plant that is a source of air pollution in Port-of-Spain.

Air Pollution

The picture shows a major power generating plant that is located in the core of Port-of-Spain. Cities contribute to global environmental problems including pollution, resource depletion and land take (Hall and Barrett 2012, 306). Industrial activities in urban spaces are one of the main contributors of pollution, with regards to the atmosphere. In Port-of-Spain, power generating plants are contributing at a significant rate to the degrading atmospheric condition of the city. There are both short and long term consequences to such acts occurring within the city. For instance, local temperature and respiratory diseases are likely to increase within the urban space. Also, these effects are more likely to be felt on the global scale since cities are becoming more interconnected within the twenty first century.

Solutions to atmospheric pollution in the Global South could prove to be very difficult to implement since they are likely to be very costly. On the other hand, the Global South countries might argue that regulations are unfair measures to prevent their development by the Global North (Hall and Barrett 2012, 310). Nevertheless, sustainable development is needed to confront issues such as air pollution in Port-of-Spain.

References

Hall, Tim, and Heather Barrett. 2012. Urban Geography 4^th edition. London and New York: Routledge.