INFLUENCE OF URBANIZATION ON ENVIRONMENT

Prepared by Irina Molotkova

Research supervisor : K. Vl. Goncharova

Consultant of English: I. L. Koblenz

Data about territory growth

1. Capital of Chile : - 1930-1950 on 200 hectares

- in 80th on 1300 hectares

2. Egypt : 1/10 areas of the most fertile lands occupied by cities

3. Area of Delhi : since 1900 to 1980th in 13 times

Data about territory growth

4. Lima- capital of Peru : during 10 years (1965-1975) absorbed 14 thousand hectares of valuable irrigated land

5. Capital of Dominican Republic : 70th-80th population from 600 to 2300 thousand people

Urbanization in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

1) JOHN M. MARZLUFF, “URBAN ECOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE”

2) 2008 GALE, CENGAGE LEARNING, EDWARD MACIE “THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBANIZATION”

3) http://www.ecosystema.ru/07referats/urban.htm

4) http://www.unomaha.edu/green/construction.php

REFERENCES

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