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Environmental cost of industrialisation

2. KARACHI - Industrialisation is a process of social and
economic changes whereby a human society is transformed
from a pre-industrial to an industrial state. It is a part of a
wider modernisation process, where social change and
economic development is closely related with technological
innovation, particularly with the development of large-scale
energy and metallurgy production. The major
technological, socioeconomic, and cultural change in the late
18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of
an economy based on manual labour with one dominated by
industry and machine manufacture while our economy grows
stronger and our environment becomes weaker as a result.
There is only one cause of environmental destruction -
industrialisation. -

3. Overpopulation and over consumerism are only consequences/by-products
of the industrialisation. Moreover, the environment has been destroyed by
industrialization and consumerism but not the population/ overpopulation.
The industrialisation has loaded tremendous pressure on environment. The
industrialisation runs hand in glove with environment. But knowingly or
unknowingly, the industrialisation ran faster without caring for
environment to win the race. The environmental costs of industrialisation
are mind boggling. Huge quantities of pollutants solids, liquids and
gaseous material which are being let out in the air, water, land are
investing the relationships between man and the nature with new
complexities. Some of the statistics pertaining to environmental scenario
are quite revealing. At present nearly 70 percent of the available water is
polluted. Over 73 million days are lost annually due to water related
diseases. About half a hectare of land is consumed every second. Life
support systems inbuilt in the eco-system are being strained almost to the
point of new return.

4. The drive for economic development has resulted in ecological harm.
Extraction of minerals can be destructive as streams and rivers were
diverted so that miners can pan the riverbeds for minerals. Fish and other
resources are destroyed and erosion increase gently. Energy production
can create other kinds of damage as well. Oil spills destroy marine life.
Power plants burning coal and gas produce pollution along with
electricity. A number of hazards are posed by nuclear power. Nuclear
power plants raise the temperature of nearby rivers. Concern about the
dangers of nuclear energy has focused public attention on the general
problem of radiation as they are harmful to human beings. Radiation can
also alter the structure of genes in the human bodies. Exhaustion of natural
resources is another problem faced by the industrialized societies. We are
using up natural resources at an uneven pace. On the one hand the
advancements of science & Technology have added to the human
comforts by giving us automobiles, electrical appliances, better
medicines, better chemicals to control harmful insects and pest but on the
Approach for Assessing Environment they gave us a very serious problem
to face pollution.

5. The continued increase in the pollution coupled with the industrial
revolution has had the vital impact on natural resources. The resultant
deterioration of environment and fast depletion of natural resources
threaten the sustainability of economic development.Environmental
disasters such as Bhopal tragedy, Rhine pollution , acid rain damage
,Ozone Layer Depletion has led to growing public pressures on
governments all over the world Which started imposing stringent
legislation with severe penalties in environmental issues environmental &
safety system. World over, the industries are becoming increasingly
concerned about achieving and demonstrating their environmental
performance because of the growing compulsions from tough legislations
and mounting public pressures.By reducing the population we
automatically reduce the impact of individual consumption. A small
population could still consume at a high level without the environmental
damage of large one.

6. Greener production methods could allow advances in the
quality of life without additional environmental damage.
While more environmentally-friendly production methods are
a vital part of any plan to combat environmental degradation.
One of the most pressing and complex challenges facing by
our generation are to search out a workable synthesis between
economic development and environmental behavior. So we
need to compromise our needs to maintain a harmony
between these two entities i.e. Industry & Environment and if
we continue to indulge in reckless development that ignores
the environment, we may face far worse environmental
disasters in future
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vironmental-cost-of-industrialisation/