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Case Study-The balance between environmental concerns and economic development in China’s Pearl River Delta Pearl River Delta Describe the location of the Pearl River Delta SE China River drains into the South China Sea Hong Kong to the eat of the delta Macau to the west What are the physical and human advantages of locating in the Pearl River Delta? Human Factor Large population of China- 1,338,299,500 – (2010Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators) which provides a massive market for goods and a huge source of labour for the factories Physical factor Large container terminals for importing raw materials and exporting finished goods What are the industrial places and what do they produce? Guangzhou-Honda cars, pharmaceuticals, food Shunde-microwave ovens Zhongshan-electric lighting Zhuhai-computer games, consoles, golf clubs Shenzen-70% of world’s photocopiers, 80% of world’s artificial Christmas trees What environmental problems has the industrial activity created?-air pollution (acid Rain), water pollution and deforestation Air pollution-acid rain (rainwater containing sulphuric acid, nitric acid and compounds of ammonia. Theses pollutants have been pumped into the atmosphere by manufacturing industry and vehicle emissions) in 2007 8 out of 10 rainfalls in Guangzhou a city in the province of Guangdong were classified as acid rain Water pollution-1/2 of the wastewater in Guandong’s urban areas is not treated before being dumped into rivers Deforestation-uplands been exploited and considerable reduction in vegetation cover leading to serious erosion of land by water How have the Chinese government tackled environmental problems? Guangdong’s government has pledged to reduce the chemical pollution of the river by 15% by 2010 from the 2005 levels The Environmental Protection Bureau is using these measures to tackle the problem 1. higher sewage treatment charges 2. stricter pollution regulations on factories 3. tougher national regulations on vehicle emissions