For "Genesis," an eight-year project now more than half completed, he is piecing together a visual story about the effects of modern development on the environment.
Their most pressing concern was the impact of recent industrial development on the environment, in particular water abstraction and pollution, crop predation by livestock and increasing soil salinity.
A smaller consensus is expressed on the impact of economic development on the environment that is found to be positive or negative, depending on the stage of the economic development itself.
Some studies have already assessed the impact of the development on the environment, economic and psychological problems and parasitic diseases and showed a substantial effect [ 6].
It is inevitable that some of us are most focused on economic growth and development, others on the environment or on social development and inclusion.
'According to this systems analysis view, social and economic developments exert Pressure on the environment and, as a consequence, the State of the environment changes, such as the provision of adequate conditions for health, resources availability and biodiversity.
Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is a recent planning and design philosophy in Australia primarily used to minimise the hydrological impacts of urban development on the surrounding environment.
According to Lloyd et al. (2002), "WSUD is a philosophical approach to urban planning and design that aims to minimise hydrological impacts of urban development on the surrounding environment".
