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Disguised negative consequences of remedial action

Nature

Remedial action is often studied and embarked upon without consideration of the repercussions - possibly negative - of such action. For example, the damming of a river may eliminate floods, make irrigation possible, and employ hundreds of people; but unforeseen are such consequences as the lost nutrients which once collected in the river and fertilized the plain when the river overflowed; the fish that subsequently have no nutrients to feed on, threatening the local fishing industry; and the costs of re-employing and re-housing the now unemployed fishermen.

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Aggravated by

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • undefined » Action
  • undefined » Treatment
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024