China and Seoul microclimate Flashcards
There is a large-scale…
industrialisation(secondary industry), which results in unregulated development.
China has a trade…
surplus, manufacture a lot and export.
Use a high amount of non-
renewable energy sources.
There is increasing consumerism as…
the country develops and urbanises.
China wants 78% of people living in…
urban areas, so they created forced migration.
China has 16 out of…
20 most polluted cities in the world.
Gentrification so more…
convection and orographic rainfall.
Combustion and development results in more…
hygroscopic nuclei, VOCs and PM
VOCs stands are…
Volatile Organic compounds, when combined with nitrous oxides, smog forms.
Urban sprawl means that urban heat islands get…
larger and more intense.
Beijing due to urban sprawl has longer…
urban heat island.
In 2014 in Beijing only…
2/5 days were deemed as healthy.
The amount of pollutants in the air is sometimes…
40x the upper limit of acceptable levels.
China media call the Beijing problem…
Airpocalypse in 2014.
People have “smog days” when…
they are told to stay at home.
