Question

** Principles of Sustainibility **

In what ways urbanization affect the hydrosphere?

Answer 1

Urbanization effect hydrosphere in different way :

1) industrial effluent in the water bodies and thus create problem of pollution, algal bloom and which cause death of biotic species and thus loss of resources , which is loss in term if ecology and economically as a large chunck of population depend on them.

2) concrete is not percolating the water of flood and rain in the ground and thus decrease in water table.

3) loss of water bodies as construction of building at place of these water bodies and thus loss of flood mitigation medium in the form of water bodies.

4) surface water run off create erosion of soil as deforestation is take place for urbanisation and thus it make desilting in the river and thus cause different imblance in the hydrology of river etc.

Thus unsustainable development of urban areas without keeping in mind the environment ,ecology create economic losses in the form of flood, ground water depletion, drought , ecological imbalance and thus overall lead to climate change and global warming.