Environmental Management and Sustainable Development Issue 2022

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Contents
Part 1.........................................................................................................................................2
Environmental Issues...............................................................................................................2
Water Pollution as an Environmental Issue............................................................................3
Water and Planning in Australia.............................................................................................4
Water Pollution and Policies in Other Countries...................................................................6
Part 2.........................................................................................................................................8
Executive Summary.................................................................................................................8
Introduction..............................................................................................................................9
Comparison of Environmental Management and Planning in Australia and Globally....9
Urban Form, Community Attitudes to Natural Processes, Resource Management, and
Policy Development in Australia: Water Pollution.............................................................10
Urban Form, Community Attitudes to Natural Processes, Resource Management, and
Policy Development in A Global Environment: Water Pollution......................................11
Business Case..........................................................................................................................11
Strategies for Future Sustainable Development of Water Resources...............................12
Summary.................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................13
References...............................................................................................................................15

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Part 1
Environmental Issues
The environment is integral for the survival and support of life on Earth. It is ranked
among the top priorities of the world, and it is because the Earth’s environment fulfils the
basic necessities of living beings. However, the threats to environmental sustainability are
ever-increasing, and thus, it necessitates the need for appropriate environmental management
and sustainable development. There are certain issues that are causing damage to the
ecosystem and life on Earth. It highlights the significance of identifying damaging
environmental issues and make necessary arrangements for environmental protection. Some
major sources of environmental pollution include pollution, greenhouse gases, climate
changes, and global warming. The analysis of previous literature highlights the pollution of
water, air, and land and their underlying causes. The reasons for pollution include an
increased number of industries, the use of machinery, mismanagement of solid waste
disposal, and the release of toxic material in water. Greenhouse gases are responsible for
drastically increasing temperature that proves to be detrimental for life (Sarkodie et al.,
2019). In recent years, the issue of climate change and global warming has created havoc
across the world, and it is becoming the root cause of other evils such as acid rains, smog,
floods, drought, famine, earthquakes, and landslides.
The environmental issue of land degradation and consequent land desertification is
people all around the world. The issue of land degradation is more important for poor people
as it destructs the biological potential inherently existing in the land that leads towards
conditions similar to a desert. As pointed out by literature, the main reasons for this
phenomenon are overgrazing, climate change, agricultural land expansions, and
deforestation, which disturbs the equilibrium of the natural ecosystem. The atmosphere and
waters of the world are loaded with carbon, which gives rise to excessive air pollution and

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climate changes. The increased level of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere absorbs
radiations of infrared wavelength and reemits them to cause excessive warming of water and
air. Fossil fuel burning and industrial activities act as chief contributors to increasing
concentrations of carbon dioxide gas. It is not only harmful to the climate but also causes
health hazards. In addition to this, environmental issues are deeply rooted in the daily life
activities of humans that is a major contributor to constantly degrading environmental
quality. It is leading towards the forfeiture of survival circumstances and conditions from our
planet (Garrote, 2017). Therefore, the danger and problems associated with environmental
issues make it a worth discussing topic discuss in the present time.
Water Pollution as an Environmental Issue
Water pollution is one of the major types of environmental issues that has an
excessively damaging impact on health, society, and economy. Water pollution is a global
crisis as the world’s freshwater resources are continuously being exploited through
contamination from various sectors, and thus it is threatening the health of humans as well as
wildlife. According to the latest statistics of the World Health Organization, contamination of
drinking water has led to more than 8 million deaths worldwide, and 2 million children under
the age of five years suffered from death-causing diarrhea. In 2017, 220 million people
became infected by a chronic disease named schistosomiasis that is caused by parasitic
worms germinating in infested water (Hutton and Varughese, 2016). An example of an
extreme case of water pollution came forward in China when the drinking water was regarded
as more harmful than breathing in the smog. In India, the general practice of releasing sewage
waste in water has resulted in numerous deaths and long-term deterioration of water as a
resource (Aeschbach-Hertig and Gleeson, 2012). The contamination of water resources due
to urbanization and industrialization is leading to scarcity of drinking water, aquatic life
damage, health hazards, and overall worsening of climate conditions.