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- Title
Types of Environmental Pollution Caused by Real Estate Construction Projects and their Control Measures.
- Authors
Guihong Liu
- Abstract
China's increasing urbanization rate and urban population, and the pace of renewal methods for old cities, have increased the demand for real estate construction projects. However, during construction, real estate constructions inevitably produce considerable amounts of waste gas, wastewater, solid waste, dust, and noise, which causes pollution and damages the environment. To further analyze the types of environmental pollution caused by real estate construction projects and their corresponding control measures, this study conducts a literature review on the differences between the environmental management schemes of developed and developing countries. Then, the types are summarized and their causes are analyzed. Results show that the real estate industry players in developed countries are relatively mature because they value environmental protection and assessment of real estate construction projects. Real estate construction projects cause four aspects pollution, namely, water, air, noise, and solid waste pollution. Polluted water is discharged without disposal, construction dust freely spread, and noise pollution is not effectively controlled, and they collectively result in environmental pollution. This paper also proposes effective measures to reduce noise pollution, strengthen air pollution monitoring, treat wastewater and solid waste generated by real estate projects, and improve environmental awareness and civilized construction awareness among workers. Our research results have important reference value in terms of the following: uniqueness of the environmental pollution caused by real estate construction projects; control measures on the energy consumption of the real estate industry; and environmental burdens and corresponding prevention mechanisms in the construction industry and promote the coordinated development of real estate construction and environmental protection.
- Subjects
URBANIZATION; CONSTRUCTION projects; REAL estate business; ENVIRONMENTAL management; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 3, p1035
- ISSN
0972-6268
- Publication type
Article