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Impacts: Alteration to geographical landscapes


A combination of the following happenings:

Constructions of housing and industries for development

Economical activities of mining, timber and agriculture

Clearing of rainforest and hillside, with natural disasters like earthquake which involves the shifting of earth surface

will result in...

Alteration to chemical composition of soil by substitution, utilization and drainage

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Increase in soil temperature produces warming

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Soil fertility decreases which gradually turns to a barren land due to desertification

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Soil stability and grip which acts as foundation decrease

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Displacement of upper layer of soil due to external forces of nature becomes easier

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Original geographical landscape is significantly altered
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Visibility of atmosphere decrease

and will finally cause

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