Paula Bronstein. "Construction Continues As City Of Shenzhen Expands." Britannica ImageQuest. WebLand ShortageThe social and economic development of Shenzhen is critically constrained because of the shortage of available land for renovation. By 2006, 90 percent of the total available land for construction was covered. The city is projected to not have accessible land to use for construction, within ten years, due to the severely high construction rates.
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Ashley Cooper. "Solid waste dump in China." Britannica ImageQuest. WebFull Dumping SitesWhile Shenzhen is smaller than Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, it is a massive city and finding sufficient dumping sites is becoming progressively more difficult. In October 2014, the Shenzhen Evening Times expressed that the 12 dumps would become full within a year. Additionally, there will be more construction and expansion of the city. As a result, it will be more difficult to maintain the city for future years.
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163 news. "construction waste leading to disaster." chinadialogue. Web
According to one report, 30 million cubic meters of construction waste is produced each year in the city, which is 300 times the size of the landslide in Shenzhen. Before 2001, the waste land could have been recycled and used to level out uneven ground. Currently, all waste land has been added on, uneven ground is no longer uneven, and land improvement projects have been finished, with new ones subject to rigid regulations. On December 20, 2015, a pile of soil and construction debris subsided demolishing 33 buildings and leaving 100 civilians missing. The incident in Shenzhen was not sparked by an earthquake or excessive amounts of rain. The accident resulted after two years of never being inspected for safety purposes when the man made pile gave way and collapsed.
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China Photos "China Fails To Meet 2006 Environmental Goals." Britannica ImageQuest. Web
Emission Impacts
According to the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, the second largest contributor to smog after coal, are vehicle emissions in China. Additionally, the World Health Organization pronounced China to be the number one producer of greenhouse gases in the world. The Chinese economy was noted to have emitted a value of 112 billion dollars of pollution emissions from lost labour and health care, from a study by MIT in 2005. In 2013, the Chinese government announced plans to reduce pollution emissions by at least 30 percent in heavy-polluting industries by 2017. Deputy director of the city's traffic and transport commission, Chen Huigang, announced an allotted 100,000 new plates including 20,000 plates for electric cars per year. Between the lottery and an auction, the plates will be evenly split and distributed. Shenzhen, which is one of China's most industrialized cities, has lessened the number of sales of new cars to help solve the air pollution issue. The city requires citizens to only obtain vehicles from either the lottery or by auction which has reduced to sales of new cars. The new idea has successfully decreased car sales in the city as a result of concerns over congestion and pollution. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), in the first half of 2016, 9 Chinese cities out of 161 have met the new, and stricter, air quality monitoring standards. Shenzhen is one of the cities to have reached the required limits.