Thursday, 9 April 2015

Homelessness contributing to Environmental issues






                PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY SAFIYYAH MOHAMMED AT TAMARIND SQUARE
DATE TAKEN: 28/02/2015
  Port of Spain is the most prominent urban center in Trinidad and Tobago, housing many of the country’s commercial, government and administrative services. Residential settlement both planned and unplanned is another major land use in POS. Urbanisation of POS is taking place at a rapid rate, and is evident by the increasing infrastructural development, resident and transient population. Pollution levels in POS and crime are also increasing. These are common problems faced by many urbanized centers, and are managed through urban planning and management. In discussing the fact that the urban street dwellers of Port-of-Spain contribute to this environmental issue of pollution, it’s not solely their fault. They believe that the solid waste around them are very useful if not now but it may become useful in the future.

References:
Ottley, Carlton Robert. 1962. The story of Port of Spain: capital of Trinidad,West Indies, from the earliest times to the present day. Diego Martin, Trinidad: Crusoe
http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/country_result.jsp?country=Trinidad+And+Tobago


1 comment:

  1. In our blog we go in-depth into street dwellers and waste which goes in hand with this post. In order to understand the different ways in which they pollute we looked at their activities and how it lead to waste accumulating (environmental issues). We also found that street dwellers can have a positive environmental influence on the urban space.

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