With Urbanization Comes Pollution

I guess this is very true. The picture below is almost perfect. There's a good subject and a nice background. Taken at the Fort Bonifacio area of Taguig City in Metro Manila, Philippines, in the early morning a quarter past seven o'clock. The sky is almost blue and with this scene I would have titled it "Resurrection".



However, looking closely at the background of the picture there's a discolorization at the lower part. It's kind of brown or tan. I have enhanced the picture to make it more pronounced.




The discolorization is obviously a smog brought about by the thousands of motor vehicles that plies the city everyday. I'm not sure if the people in the area could see how bad the condition is. Maybe they need to take the view from the distance. That area is Makati City, the primary financial district of the country.

The image is a visual warning that there's a need to check on the level of awareness of each individual on our environmental condition. According to Little Green Data Book 2007, CO2 "emissions worldwide topped 27 billion metric tons in 2003, an increase of 19 percent over 1990 levels." and a greater share of the emissions came from high income countries. This simply shows how urbanization and modernization could greatly affect environmental condition.