Environmental Economics Essay

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: Select an environmental problem of your choice and in the Zambian context do the following: • Explain why the problem you have selected is an environmental problem; • Use descriptive statistics to justify your problem; • Explain the economic source/s of the problem you have selected; • Highlight two economic and environmental consequences of the problem you have selected. The following writing sample is a summary of an academic script in response to an essay question in which the author was tasked to select an environmental problem and in the Zambian context; explain how it is an environmental problem; and use descriptive statistics to justify it as a problem. It also brings out salient economic sources of the problem and consequences of the selected problem. “Traffic Congestion despite being a sign of success, as the streets and roads that tend to be congested are in places that are most attractive to people and enjoy economic prosperity is still an environmental problem.” It infuriates both the happy and unhappy people in not only the developed but the developing world too. Why is Traffic Congestion a problem? Zambia, in the last ten years has seen an upsurge of congestion-accumulation of traffic, following the influx of imported cars and the limited road infrastructure .This is not only a problem in Lusaka but in most urban towns. Traffic Congestion is an environmental problem as it is almost certainly true that everyone taking a trip in a vehicle is benefitting from driving but are however doing it at the expense of everyone around them-the environment: by lengthening of journey times of the other drivers stuck in traffic; the parents who will not let their children walk alone to school; the pedestrian risking their lives dashing across the street; those affected with the noise from the roaring vehicles and those

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