This image shows how to tell if the air quality is good or poor.
Vancouver air 2010 Vancouver air now(2016)
Above is Vancouver’s air quality in 2010 and now in 2016.
Vancouver has a really big deforestation
Overall these factors all greatly contributed to Canada’s growing economy. As for the lifestyles, many Canadians begun to move into the city as a result, since many factories were located in the city. Similarly, the lifestyle became easier in the city due to the accessibility of stores, and communication. The demand also sprouted consumerism and side effects of it such as credit for citizens to borrow…
I moved to Yuba City, California approximately twelve years ago and have lived there ever since. I chose to analyze the climate trends of Yuba City because, even though I may move away soon after graduating college, it is where my parents will continue to live and I would like to have an idea of future climate changes in their city. Yuba City is a fairly small town in Sutter County with a population of 65,416 people (United States Census, 2013). It is located on the Feather River 45 miles north of Sacramento at latitude: 39.140 and longitude: -121.617 (LatLong.net, 2015). It was founded in 1849, established as a distribution center for supplying the Gold Rush 49ers (Yuba City, 2000a).…
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area has been catalogued as one of the biggest cities of Canada throughout History. While its spread has been notorious for everyone, the urban process involved in its sprawl has been more complex than society can visualize. In fact, several studies have showed that economic, environmental, social, and cultural aspects have been vital factors to understand this process. This paper will be divided into three sections. Firstly, a description of census data from 1961 to 2011 will show the rise of suburban areas and decline of population in City of Toronto.…
Toronto can position itself as a city with a higher quality of living than its competition, most notably its American competition such as Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia. It is home to the third largest public transportation system in North America, enabling residents to go without a car if they so choose. This drastically decreases the city’s pollution providing better breathing air for its residents. The buses are electric hybrids and there is a public smoking ban which further contributes to the air pollution reduction. Forbes ranked Toronto 21st out of 50 of the cleanest cities in the world.…
Issues of population density and its effect on property prices and, as Oliver Moore from the Globe and Mail reports, the failing public transit system, hydro and transportation infrastructures have…
Since the late 1800s, the average global temperature has risen by more than 1.5°F, and there are places that have seen increases of twice this amount. This warming is responsible for numerous changes beyond the thermometer. First, not only is the air temperature rising, but ocean temperatures are as well, and this is exacerbating the melting of glaciers and sea ice. This is shifting sea levels, something also affected by changes in precipitation patterns. The strength and timing of extreme weather events are also being altered.…
Another factor that affects the Central Valleys air pollution is the rapidly growing population the region is experiencing. There are currently around 6.5 million people who live in the Central Valley, “According to the 2010 U.S. Census. Between 1990 and 2009, the population here grew 44 percent (compared with 24 percent growth statewide) (Jennings, 2010)”. These new residents are making the Central Valley their new homes largely because of the affordable housing.…
Issues relating to the changing population have always been a heated debate among people willing to take advantage of the situation and those advocating to prevent the negative impacts that may result. ‘Urban sprawl’ is such an issue, defined as the ‘expanding of a population from an urban community towards rural areas surrounding the community.’ This expansion is driven by the need to accommodate a city’s growing population and also for financial gains. The issue of urban sprawl has various detrimental impacts that has affected us in environmental, economical, and even health-related ways. How does urban sprawl affect Canada as a whole in the future?…
Overpopulation issues are considered as core of every problem, related to poverty, environment, pollution… etc. First of all, rising of the population leads to three problems: lack of food, lack of work, and lack of knowledge, so they make people have to live in poverty, low standard of life and cause uncertainty of society such as robbery, terrorism, … etc. With high number of people, finding a job will become more and more difficult, therefore, they will be ready to do anything, even committing a crime, to survive. More seriously, overpopulation also leads to an issue that citizen will lack of house, or space to live so they can bring about serious consequences such as conflicts, even wars between groups of people and they are hard to measure. The migration from other countries to Canada can improve process of urbanization, but in the contrast, it puts a strong pressure on facilities, social service, houses, environment of some big and developed cities such as Toronto or…
Global Warming Teya Sharir Social Studies 11 Mr. Dignum 1-4 Global warming is a significant issue, which could cause numerous negative effects on Canada. This could include severe damaging to the environment, along with the endangerment of the health of future generations. Climate change is not only harmful and could produce a few beneficial impacts as well including increasing the farm and agriculture production, and assisting the health of Canadians as the temperatures increase. The government of Canada has both effectively reduced the effects of global warming, as well as negatively contributed to this world issue. ADD MORE?…
Canada is still behind other developed countries when it comes to the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it has reduced. While other developed countries are decreasing its emissions, Canada's is climbing. As global emissions are increasing, the decisions that countries make now about climate change are crucial and critical. I believe climate change needs to be dealt with immediately because first, the effect it has on the economy. Climate change is primarily caused by the greenhouse effect being enhanced by human activities, which alters the temperature of the planet; causing an increase in intense rainfall events, heat waves and droughts, a rise in sea level, and increasing the number of hot days and nights by warming the planet.…
Recently, states on the east coast of the U.S. have been slowly sinking into the Atlantic Ocean due to flooding. The flooding isn’t always coming from the rainfall of the recent hurricanes Irma and Harvey, but even occurs on days you least expect it, sunny and calm days. They call this “nuisance flooding” and researchers are expecting more of this to occur in the future. One of the possible factors of this occurrence could be that parts of Canada were covered by an ice sheet about 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. Due to the massive pressure, part of Earth’s mantle was pushed sideways under the ice, resulting in parts of the east coast the be raised.…
Imagine the following disasters: Drought causing water shortages; Flood engulfing a whole city; Destruction left after a hurricane’s wake; Climate change due to carbon emissions; land restructuring due to rising sea level - hence, Hawaii. In a time of environmental crisis, how do we live right now? I do not have a concrete plan on how I will live within the time of environmental crisis, but I will explore my options and opinions on the matter. From acquired information, through media, articles, discussions, we are at a point in time where a crisis may happen more often than before, based on recordings of past disasters.…
Canada is one of the largest agriculture producers and exporters in the world. Thus, it is obvious that if anything impacts Canadian agriculture, it will either hurt or improve anyone connected to it globally. Not everyone realizes how important agriculture is. People should understand that even the smallest change in agriculture effects everyone in the country. Even though it doesn’t affect people directly, it definitely does indirectly.…
A sustainable city is a city designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimization of required inputs of energy, waste output of heat, air pollution CO2, methane, and water pollution (A Sustainable City). In a world where society needs to be in constant motion to thrive, energy outputs are high and this equals pollution. There are some cities out there that have decided to look at the idea of reducing their energy outputs or find more efficient ways to create energy. These cities are called: sustainable cities. They are self-sufficient with their usage of energy and attempt to reduce pollution on environment.…