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- By: Richard Jun, Alej Curtis, Nishant Bhamidipati, Peter Baffoe, Thailer Lietz
- Our Urban Ecosystem
- 3 Major Cities
- New York City
- Shanghai
- New Delhi
- 3rd highest county cancer risk due to air pollution
- Population: 8,600,000 inhabitants, 27,000 per sq mile
- 12th highest state population but lowest energy consumption per capita
- 7.1 metric ton of greenhouse gas emissions per person, compared to 24.5 national average
- Ecology of New York City
- Level of Development: High
- How New York City Moderates its Ecological Impact
- Heavy use of mass public transport, like subways, make New York City very energy efficient
- Environmental groups try to pass green legislation
- City government required to buy most energy efficient equipment for public offices and housing
- Large percent of city vehicles required to be fuel-efficient hybrids or electric since 2005
- Public transit use saved 1.8 billion US gallons of oil and $4.6 billion in gasoline costs in 2006
- Industry has turned many water sources, like Suzhou creek, toxic
- In 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection found that of 259 water samples, 88 were unfit for even industrial use.
- Population: 24,170,000 inhabitants, 5,300 per sq mile
- Carbon emissions lower per GDP than Chinese average: 10 tons per $10,00
- Shanghai could only provide 200 tons of fresh water per person in 2001, a seventh of the global average
- Level of Development: Moderately High, growth has doubled since 1992
- Ecology of Shanghai
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- China has a PM2.5 (air pollution) limit of 25 micrograms per cubic meter, 231 of 338 prefectures failed to meet this requirement in 2017
- Government worked to clean up Suzhou creek over the course of a decade
- In 2014, Shanghai vowed to reduce PM2.5 concentrations by 20% before 2017.
- How Shanghai Moderates its Ecological Impact
- As a continuation of their prior plan, China wants an 18% drop in all PM2.5 concentrations compared to 2015 values by 2020.
- Moved much of industry to outskirts of city in 2005
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