Tannery Industries in the Hajaribagh Area and Its Impact on the Urban Form and Morphology

It is the custom for paper mills located alongside the Layzee River to discharge waste products into the river. Operators of hydroelectric generating plants on the river find that they must clean up the river's water before it flows through their equipment.

Factories have been found with padlocked emergency exits, large quantities of poorly kept flammables, expired fire extinguishers, and poor building construction. In 2013, the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh collapsed, killing more than 1,000 Bangladeshi garment workers. This had a direct correlation to unstable infrastructure of the building. Additionally, workers also often times, exposed to hazardous toxins. According to The Guardian, 90% of jeans made in China contain synthetic indigo dyes, which are extracted from coal tar. Researchers from the documentary RiverBlue, tested water near denim factories in Xintang, China, and found neurotoxic and carcinogenic metals in 17 out of 21 water and sediment samples. According to a University of Vermont report on Levi’s, “The cheapest type of denim dye is sulfur-based, which is extremely damaging to the health of people exposed to it, and to the environment. It tends to remain in wastewater even after treatment.” Workers in this field have higher rates of bladder and nose cancer, likely due to exposure of benzidine, a cancer-causing chemical found in synthetic dyes. Then we have sandblasting, a technique that gives jeans it’s distressed look. In Turkey alone, sandblasting took the toll on the lives of 8,000-10,000 workers, within only 2 years. This is due to silicosis, a disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica. Denim jeans treated with the sandblasting technique often charge up to triple the price of normal jeans! Brands such as Levi’s, developed “corporate code of conduct” guidelines for sandblasting operations, but many of the sandblasting subcontractors do not have the technical or financial resources to implement those measures. Unfortunately, children and immigrants without work are so desperate that they cannot refuse the job, regardless of the deadly

Surface water and groundwater are the main sources of readily available freshwater. As a result, their contamination will directly affect human health as seen in China and Bangladesh. In China, the deterioration of water quality was caused by the pollution of the environment by emissions and waste products from industries, agricultural runoffs and improperly disposed sewage. In Bangladesh, natural arsenic is majorly responsible for the contamination in the groundwater. In both countries the low quality of water has greatly affected the health and social aspects of their everyday life. For example, skin lesions, lung and skin cancers are common in Bangladesh, while gastrointestinal diseases are dominant in China. The case studies

A big issue for urban areas in developed countries is that they have become less reliant on their surrounding areas for sustenance and are increasingly importing consumer goods, food, energy, water, and building material from distant sources (Allen, 2009). Waste is also being exported from urban areas to distant regions (Allen, 2009). Cities and communities should try to be more sustainable and more self-reliant by using the surrounding areas to produce

Through a partnership with IPSA, Damai helped the farming and fishing communities remediate the effects of management techniques that could be harmful to the environment and public health. The burning of agriculture impaired air quality and human health, which comes from the hundreds of small farms that operate in a single community. The hotel work towards teaching farmers composting methods and organic growing practices, using IPSA products to increase the pace of decomposition. Damai utilized a water recycling system that directed used guest water to on site tanks. All wastewater was filtered through a series to tanks containing volcanic

The construction principle and method closely follows its site context and environmental issue. Although, the location of the houses is prone to seismic activity, the house shows how it tackles the different problem. The traditional toba batak house has many unique features with symbolism. In present time, we looked at how modernism has change the architecture of the houses. The people now are in search of comfort in living, effective in the things they do. The house lost its human touch. It no longer possesses Toba Batak people’s pride towards their houses. Hence Modern house is built upon the need for shelter, a very functional and practical need of a

Dhaka is a mega city. More than twelve million people live here. Day by day the number is increasing and most part of Dhaka is badly affected by the population growth. More than 7 hundred thousand rickshaws ply or the city road, but only 75 thousand have legal number. This huge number of rickshaws is creating traffic jam.

River Padma, the biggest and most turbulent river of Bangladesh, is around twenty kilometers from the village where I grew up listening about sinking of locally manufactured steamer which regularly took a toll of thousands of lives. Every year around thousands of people lose their lives because of these accidents. I just always asked myself why this type of accident happens. As the Padma has alienated the southern part of our country from the other parts, it is a must for people in those areas to cross the river to reach the capital city, Dhaka. In year of 2008 when I first came to Dhaka, I had a bitter experience of observing such accident. Horrible scene of hundreds of people dying in front of me made me seriously rethink- how this problem

This paper will talk about research conducted about the environment and ways to prevent pollution. Some of the examples talk about the situation will be trash pollution, water pollution, and CO2 emissions. In the following discussion by these authors talking about carbon dioxide emissions. (EHLERT, ZICKFELD, EBY, GILLETT) (2017). Along the years the best option is for people to prevent the rising temperatures around the globe. Also, the paper will discuss research related to pollution in the environment and rising temperatures. A relationship between people and environment will be described to the key to success for society. The articles about water pollution talk by (Barghoutie, Marie) (2016) will provide several examples of what must be done to the environment and water pollution. In the start will talk several alternatives to a contamination free environment. The best chance can be to start small in the community and soon move from there. Best examples are found in the article (Trash Causes More Pollution) will discuss the effects of increasing amount of plastic in the environment and how people are contributing to more pollution best shown by the irregular distribution of trash around the planet.

Several activities leads to waste generation, which is an unavoidable occurrence in daily activities of humans, there is need for the proper management of waste generated. How this may be carried out poses a daunting task in the country. Development is incomplete when it cannot be managed, maintained or sustained which is very crucial in the modern day society. Growth in population size, industrial and domestic activities in the country have made waste management more difficult, more people in a particular location would mean more activities and more waste to be generated, hence more waste management would be required in that locality. Poor waste management is usually seen as hazards to the environment. Other factors

India is an emerging country that, industrially and in terms of population, has boomed to provide for the nation. With these industrial buildings booming, it has brought about a vast amount of pollution. This pollution has taken a huge toll on the population. Between toxic air and undrinkable water, it could be extremely hard to remain healthy while residing here. Those who don’t have the proper means to keep their bodies clean of these harmful toxins, suffer the toll of sickness and disease. Even if people do have the means, sometimes it is inevitable and impossible to avoid the toxins in some of the major Indian cities. Many studies have verified that pollution is a major, concerning issue that needs to be addressed soon as in the coming

It is a matter of greatest pride for me that I have done my project work from United Spirits Limited Rosa, Shahjahanpur (UP), a part of world famous UB Group. This work of mine is the result of my concern regarding the biggest challenge facing all over the world i.e. industrial waste like spent wash

Waste has been a common problem in most of the developed regions. Hong Kong is not an exception; the problem has been deteriorating as the society develops and its population grows. The country produces waste huge amount every day and it is estimated to be increasing by 3 percent in every year. According to the research conducted by Ambrose and Harris (2011), most of the waste in this nation is handled by land-filling. Young (2014) expressed a similar idea where he claimed that in 2003 the land is approximated to have received average daily waste of 17757 tonnes. However, the existing landfills are anticipated to be filled within 8-10 years if the current trend of waste generation continues. However, Hong Kong has a limited land resource, and it 's hard to find new land-filling sites. This raises the need to improve the situation ensuring continuous development.

Since the human being lived in this world, different kinds of waste were produced continuously. In the early years, the common wastes produced were biodegradable. There are no major problems with this since it will decompose over time. As the number of population increases and new inventions were made, the kind of waste produced by humans also increases. Some of these wastes include plastics, glass, metal, papers and many more. Some of waste scattered in the surroundings are recyclable. But due to improper waste management, these are not optimized.

Solid waste generation is an unavoidable consequence of production and consumption activities in any economy. It is positively related to the level of income and urbanization, with higher income and more urbanized economies generating higher levels of solid wastes per capita. Metropolitan cities in developing countries are usually surrounded with solid waste management-related problems such as flooding, uncollected garbage and inadequate or inappropriate disposal sites.