The burning river became a standing joke and a symbol of urban decay and runaway pollution.
(Andy Webster) Film Series 'The Devil, Probably' (Friday through Thursday) A new print of Robert Bresson's 1977 feature, a relentlessly grim portrait of a generation of university students so disgusted by the moral decay and physical pollution they see around themselves that suicide beckons as the only way out.
Among these environmental problems are sheet and gully erosion, coastal and marine erosion and land subsidence, flooding, drought and desertification, oil pollution, urban decay and squatter settlements, industrial pollution and waste, municipal solid waste, biodegradable petrochemical products, concrete jungles or cities, loss of fauna and flora, and climatic change [4].
"Here's this place that embodies a history of fear and all the bad things about human waste and pollution and decay, and now it's this container for hope and renewal and reclaiming".
Another exhibition, running through March 4, examines suburban sprawl and problems like pollution, urban decay and the loss of open space, along with regional plans in eight metropolitan areas that attempt to solve those problems.
Growth in the Bradley years brought traffic, disruption of once-quiet residential neighborhoods and environmental decay, including increasing pollution of Santa Monica Bay, where the city dumps its treated sewage.
And pollution rates are rising.
Provincial agencies govern housing and pollution control.
But concerns remain about disease and pollution.
