E-waste not only contains harmful chemicals, but electronics become obsolete every six months or so, which means, every six months people are throwing away perfectly good electronics in order to get the newest one. This has led to an enormous increase in the amount of trash people produce.
A metropolis is just one city while a megalopolis includes many different cities.
Pollution, like many other issues in the world, has become a global issue. What was the name of the agreement that several countries signed as a way to pledge the lessening of carbon emissions?
The Internet could allow people with knowledge to connect in a virtual "city" without having to be physically close to each other.
People are having more children and the population is growing exponentially.
b. A metropolis has less than 2 million people, while a megalopolis has more than 5 million people.
d. Nomads only raise sheep and goats, not cows or oxen, so the grass their herds consume is minimal at most.
b. Nomads never tire the land they live on because they are constantly moving from place to place.
a. The model fails to show the gentrification of neighborhoods as certain classes start to take over cities.
a. E-waste not only contains harmful chemicals, but electronics become obsolete every six months or so, which means, every six months people are throwing away perfectly good electronics in order to get the newest one. This has led to an enormous increase in the amount of trash people produce.
c. The banlieues, or suburbs, of Paris are the bad parts of town, almost inside-out compared to Baltimore.
d. E-waste is a natural by-product of an industrialized nation and cannot be helped. People must resign themselves to its presence and find better ways of purifying water, soil, and air.
E-waste not only contains harmful chemicals, but electronics become obsolete every six months or so, which means, every six months people are throwing away perfectly good electronics in order to get the newest one. This has led to an enormous increase in the amount of trash people produce.
A metropolis is just one city while a megalopolis includes many different cities.
Pollution, like many other issues in the world, has become a global issue. What was the name of the agreement that several countries signed as a way to pledge the lessening of carbon emissions?
The Internet could allow people with knowledge to connect in a virtual "city" without having to be physically close to each other.
People are having more children and the population is growing exponentially.