Environmental+Systems+&+Societies


 * ESS **

Giang will do a survey and find out about the effects of pollution on the lives of the people living around it

Life inside the lake:
 * Increasing number of dead fishes
 * Increasing amount of garbage polluting the lake
 * Fishes are illegally caught (although they can't be sold because of the conditions they live in)
 * Pollution and waste from living activities are poured directly into the lake
 * Oil from boats also leak into the lake
 * Thousands of stake planted by the fishers to "divide" their fishing areas

(source: http://dothi.net/doi-song-do-thi/15189/o-nhiem-nang-ho-tay-dang-tren-duong-tro-thanh-bai-rac.htm)

(source: taken during the trip)

Effects on people living around West Lake:
 * Deteriorating fishes pollutes the air and cause extremely bad smell for the people who live there, especially in the afternoon when the wind blows
 * Smell pollution causes people to feel sick, headaches and affect health
 * Shops lose their customers because of the smell, some even have to move away
 * Because of dead fishes and polluted water, less people fishes --> less jobs to depend on
 * The famous West Lake shellfish market now have few stores, which even have to sell shellfishes from other places
 * Some fishes which are West Lake's specialty are disappearing
 * Less people want to come out to exercise

(source: http://dothi.net/doi-song-do-thi/15189/o-nhiem-nang-ho-tay-dang-tren-duong-tro-thanh-bai-rac.htm)

How polluted is West Lake?


 * The pollution heavily impacts the everyday lives of people around the lake, causing health problems and foul smell
 * It also effects the economy, causing the number of customers to decrease and less goods can be caught and sold
 * Some types of fishes and shellfishes becomes rare
 * West Lake is becoming very polluted, having effects on many different aspects