Were the recent air pollution and landfill fires in Brahmapuram at odds with Kerala's vision of sustainable development?
- Title
- Were the recent air pollution and landfill fires in Brahmapuram at odds with Kerala's vision of sustainable development?
- Creator
- Varghese S.; Hemalatha K.
- Description
- Air pollution is a global issue, as is commercial, and industrial waste disposal. Industrialized cities have poor air quality. Emissions from fossil fuel, solid household resources and industry, uncontrolled construction, and human and natural activity pollution are the main sources. The purpose of the study is to investigate answers to the question: Were the recent air pollution and landfill fire in Brahmapuram at odds with Kerala's vision of sustainable development? The study consists of a content analysis of prominent newspaper reports on the Prisma model of sorting articles on Brahmapuram issues to investigate the issue and assess the acceptance of sustainable development in Kochi. The reports cover the period from March 3, 2023, to April 3, 2023. The content analysis revealed that the contractor's failure to meet their obligations was the immediate cause. However, the ineffectiveness of the State's solid waste management policies, from a general failure of waste segregation at source, posed a threat to sustainable development. The researcher classified the causes of the Kochi waste fire under the following reasons, namely, environmental, economic, social, and political. The researcher concluded that the recent landfill fire and air pollution at Brahmapuram were contrary to Keralas vision of sustainable development. 2024 by the authors.
- Source
- Present Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol-18, No. 1, pp. 219-233.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
- Subject
- air pollution; Brahmapuram; land fire; sustainable development; waste Plant
- Coverage
- Varghese S., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560 029, India; Hemalatha K., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560 029, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 18435971
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Varghese S.; Hemalatha K., “Were the recent air pollution and landfill fires in Brahmapuram at odds with Kerala's vision of sustainable development?,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13549.