In 2011, the population of Sydney was 4,391,674. This was a 6.6% increase of population from the census taken 5 years ago. Sydney’s population also exceeded 5 million people by the end of 2016. This is an enormous population growth and it is expected to continue growing to 7 million residents by 2060 but the question is, can Sydney sustain the amount of growth we currently have?
I certainly do not believe Sydney can sustain this increase as with many more people moving into the big city, the overcrowding and the lack of efficient public transport is causing major gridlocks all over the city. As more and more people move into the city, the traffic problems will keep increasing till you won’t even be able to drive! It is estimated that gridlocks are costing NSW over $15m in lost time and productivity. Unless we find an alternative to lower the traffic on the roads, Sydney will not be able to handle an
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Even though Australia is one of the driest country in the world, we continue to waste tons and tons of water. We suffer from serious droughts on average about every 18 years. With the effects of climate change rolling in, our country will continue drying out more and more but at the same time, more people are coming into Australia increasing the demand of water. In 2002, Australia suffered its worst drought on record. This dry weather lasted to about 2010. Due to this disaster, heavy restrictions were put on water use. With the enormous increase of population and the increase of climate change, will there be enough water to keep the whole nation hydrated. I believe that we will be able to supply enough water as the government but it will cost us greatly as the government has spent over $2 billion building desalination plants. These plants are still running currently even though we currently have no need for extra waters and is being run by taxpayer
Finally in 1991, the federal government initiated a ‘Better Cities Program’ which aimed to make Australian cities sustainable and more liveable. It encoura...
Pyrmont was established as a suburb of the city of Sydney in 1806, and since then has undergone several periods of dramatic change, in a boom-bust cycle of construction and destruction that has gone on for the past two hundred years. The area began its life as a part of Sydney’s working Harbour, with the development of the Sydney docklands, which turned Pyrmont into an international shipping terminal and centre for maritime trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
5. Hypothesis 1- Within the 1900s, Pyrmont was considered one of the busiest and high-quality port facilities in Australia. However, urban decline became a problem as many industries began to relocate to inexpensive land , while the detoritation of the wool industry made many factories no longer useful. Understanding this, the federal government initiated a ‘Better Cities Program’ which focuses on making Australian cities sustainable and more
46. Indicate the factors that contributed to population growth in the American colonies during the eighteenth century, and discuss the characteristics and consequences of that growth.
The reasons behind urbanisation in Australia include the standard of living, job opportunities as well as education.
There is good reason for concern over water sustainability in Western Australia. Water is connected to all spheres of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. Using Systems Analysis to explore the reasons why water consumption is the way it is in WA, three key factors have emerged: a drying climate, affluence in WA, and community awareness and education. These three factors are interwoven, and they are influenced by one another. While consumption of water in Western Australia may be.. I’ll finish this later.
Decreasing rainfall and exterior reservoir recharge since the mid-1970s in Western Australia have been related to fluctuations in atmospheric circulation that are constant with what would be predictable in an atmosphere subjective by rising greenhouse gas intensities. The Water Corporation of Western Australia is focusing the lessening surface water resource by setting out to distribute a ‘climate-independent’ reserve of water for domestic
Sydney is the largest city in Australia area of 12,144.6 km ² which has a population 4.5 million people (2009). City is located on the southeastern coast of Australia, near the Pacific Ocean.
Australia has had one of the most outstanding economies of the world in recent years - competitive, open and vibrant. The nation’s high economic performance stems from effective economic management and ongoing structural reform. Australia has a competitive and dynamic private sector and a skilled, flexible workforce. It also has a comprehensive economic policy framework in place. The economy is globally competitive and remains an attractive destination for investment. Australia has a sound, stable and modern institutional structure that provides certainty to businesses. For long time, Australia is a stable democratic country with strong growth, low inflation and low interest rate.(Ning)
population could be and most likely will be negatively affected as an effect of the growing
Freshwater is quite scarce, but it is even scarcer than one might think: about seventy percent of all freshwater is frozen in the icecaps of Antarctica and Greenland and is unavailable to humans. Most of the remainder is present as soil moisture or lies in deep underground aquifers as groundwater. It is not economically feasible to extract this waster for use as drinking water. This leaves less than one percent of the world’s fresh water that is available to humans. It includes the water found in lakes, reservoirs, groundwater that is shallow enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. These freshwater sources are the only sources that are frequently replenished by rain and snowfall, and therefore are renewable. At the current rates of consumption, however, this supply of fresh water will not last. Pollution and contamination of freshwater sources exacerbate the problem, further reducing the amount of freshwater available for human consumption. Something must be done if humans want to even survive in the near future: the lack of clean drinking water is already the number one cause of disease in the world today. The first step is worldwide awareness of the water crisis: governments and the citizens they govern worldwide need to know about this problem and be actively involved in solving this problem.
Seven and a half billion. Enough steps to walk around the globe a hundred and sixty times. Our planet is trying to provide and sustain for a colossal number of people which is expanding every single second. Now the concern that has been put forth by scholars come from the idea that the consumption and effects to our planet by our current society is an international security risk that greatly compromises the future generations. Confucius even mentions this at the earliest start of civilization by saying:
Clean and safe drinking water resources are becoming scarce as the population grows. The world is facing many problems, but the most important thing needed to survive, is water. Water is getting low in many countries, therefore residents are suffering the misfortune of not having the reliable source of clean water. Today many countries are having water shortages meaning rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater are not enough to rely on for supplying water demands. For example, California is facing a drastic water shortage, the natural water resources are not enough to fulfill their water demands.
With the population expecting to rise 40-50% within the next 50 years, the demand for water in Agricultural needs and Environmental needs will rise as well, creating a more desperate water crisis.
It was newly testified that South Africa, with half the comprehensive average rainfall, will run out of water as soon as 2015. Experts estimate that South Africa will be short of 3-billion cubic meters of water by 2030 which amounts to 17% of probable demand. As water resources decline and water quality and reliability of supply become suspect, more and more people and companies are looking at alternative sources of supply.