Not always a Pretty Face : Urban Growth versus the environment in the Pacific Islands.

Location

SPREP LIBRARY

Author(s)

Dupon, J. F.

Publisher

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Publication Year:

1993

Publication Place

Apia, Western Samoa

Physical Description:

Pamphlet

Call Number

VF 1159 [EL]

Material Type

Report

Language

English

Record ID:

8407

Legacy PEIN ID:

48286

General Notes

2 copies 1 in English & French ; Kept in the Vertical File

ISBN:

982-203-057-6

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Subject Heading(s)

Towns and environment--South Pacific

Towns and Environment--Atolls--Tarawa (Kiribati)--Majuro (Marshalls)--Ebeye (Marshalls)

Towns and Environment--Papeete (French Polynesia)--Suva (Fiji

Towns and Environment--Honolulu

Abstract

Environmental Case Studies Not Always a Pretty Face: Urban Growth versus the Environment in the Pacific lslands L Airborne pollulion in Noumeo. Urbanisation impacts on all factors which, in any given place, govern the well-being and characteristics of liv- ing things. Soils and relief are changed. Natural slope erosion can be temporarily increased l0 or 50 times by construction -related activi- ties. Sedimentation caused by run- off can have severe consequences on the function of wetlands down stream. Undisturbed wetlands nor- mally regulate lhe drainage of the heaviest rains and act as a natural treatment plant for waste water. lf tlrey are filled in, coastalwater pollu- iion can be aggravated [:y the direct outflow of effluent. The accumulation of many industrial and organic waste in town soils has been investigated many times. It has been known since the I 8th century that towns are hotter and The Global Situation The negative impact of human activ- ity on a global scale is sorely evident, especially in de

Tag(s)

pacific