Transcript Slide 1
Environmental
Destruction in
Dubai
Raw Sewage
Sewage gets illegally dumped on beaches
Decreases tourism which is vital to Dubai’s Economy
Mixed opinions on water
Night time is common for
civilians to dump sewage
Into man wholes
Causes beach programs to close
People lose jobs
Less tourism
Fines are given if you are caught
Indoor beach
Indoor ski slope
Underwater hotel
Largest mall in the world
Tallest buildings
Relies on cheap oil
Large energy companies
Masdar city, the first carbon neutral development
First renewable energy city
Most donations for an oil procedure
Largest oil plan
In Dubai
Finish by 2016
Germany- 11 million
UAE- 136 million, 50 million annually
Clan tech fund- 250 million investment
22 billion dollar project in total
Polluting water
Water will get worse and worse
Clean, drink, throw junk back in etc.
Companies trying to assist
Carbon dioxide per capita is 44x India, 15x China
600 cars= 1000 people
Booming attractions create pollution
One of the biggest polluted lands
Fossil fuels put all civilians lives in danger
Greenhouse gasses in Dubai are 33.6 metric tons, and
the world average is only 3.7
Temperature is increasing by 1.8 – 4 degrees Celsius by
the end of the century
After US, most domestic waste
Construction Causes Chaos
largest factor in pollution
many cranes are used for tall buildings
glass is harder to build, and therefore more costly and
polluting more
New programs
2 surrounding new cities now have recycling programs
In the process of finding a way to reuse wash basin
Reusing swimming pool water
solar panels
(IRENA)
Garbage increase
1.5 million residents threw away 2.19 tons in 2007
56% increase from 2005
8000 tons were buried near a river
3.34 million tons of
waste was collected
last year, 438,327 tons
more than in 2006
Resources
http://gulfnews.com/mobile/news/gulf/uae/
general/garbage-talk-throw-away-society1.457542
http://designbuild.network.com/projects/hy
dropolis/7.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/766
3883.stm7.
Resources
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-
schwartz/sustainability/uae-country-worlds-largestcarbon-footprint-host-international-re#
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeq
M5h-pKidZrplWL69eH_TNBOHBBUX1w