Saturday, October 31, 2009

Where Has All The Water Gone?

Haab, Tim. "Atlanta’s Water Problems and the Blame Game". Environmental Economics. 29 Oct 2009. http://www.env-econ.net/2007/10/atlantas-water-.html

This article describes the problems that Atlanta is having with their water resources. The reason that they are having these problems is a direct outcome of urban sprawl. Atlanta's main resource of water, Lake Lanier, only has 2-3 months of water left. Now the people of Atlanta are playing the blame game. The citizens blame the state, who are blaming the army corp., who blame The Endangered Species Act, who in return is blaming the lack of hurricanes in the region. It was a great example of problems that cities around the world could be facing in the near future if we continue to build extravagant cities instead of practical cities.Although this article was short it was very insightful to the problems Atlanta is facing, and it gave me a sense of what it is like living in an area controlled by urbam sprawl.

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