8) ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN DUBAI

Environmental Problems in Dubai

Air Pollution

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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/513130-dubais-traffic-pollution-among-worlds-worst?ln=en

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/513130-dubais-traffic-pollution-among-worlds-worst?ln=en

Industrial Waste

Solid Waste Disposal

Of the 120 million tonnes of waste,

55percent is estimated to be construction and demolition waste,

20 percentmunicipal waste,

18 percent industrialwaste

and 7 percent hazardous waste.

-Qatar Today, December 2006

http://www.ameinfo.com/90947.html

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all these, are a consequence of...

• Rapid Urbanisation


• Motorisation


• Rapid Industrialisation