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Give examples of the housing problems caused by urban growth in Cairo.
•60% of Cairo's population live in shanty towns.
•No shanty towns are connected to the sewage system.
•1 million live in the city of the dead.
Give examples of water pollution caused by urban growth in Cairo.
•25% of Cairo's population are not connected to a sewage system.
•2.5 million litres of untreated water are pumped into the Nile everyday damaging Egypt's fishing industry.
Give examples of land pollution caused by urban growth in Cairo.
•Cairo's residents produce 10,000 tonnes of solid waste per day.
•Only 60% of solid wate is collected.
•Waste dumps attract rats spreading disease.
Give examples of Noise pollution caused by urban growth in Cairo.
•Pollution from millions of cars and motorbikes.
•Pollution from night club boats on the river nile.
Give examples of air pollution caused by urban growth in Cairo.
•Many live close and work in the industrial quarter. More than 37% of them suffer from lung problems.
•The lead in the air causes loss of upto 4 IQ points.
Give examples of posotive effects of the urban growth in Cairo.
•There is a large pool of workers.
•They do jobs the rich won't such as Zabelleen who collect waste.
•Economy can grow.
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