Open AccessAn intensive online survey of climate change due to development of roads and bridges on the highway road at Coimbatore – an evidence
Author(s) -
G. Thenmozhi,
Mary Cherian,
M. Nirmala,
R. Lalitha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1070/1/012045
Subject(s) - climate change , industrialisation , population , population growth , agriculture , environmental science , distribution (mathematics) , geography , agricultural economics , business , mathematics , ecology , environmental health , economics , archaeology , biology , medicine , market economy , mathematical analysis
Climate change plays a major role in global warming. Coimbatore is a city with equal distribution of industrial and agricultural development and is fully surrounded with greenery in the past. Due to the increase in population and development of industries, development of infrastructural facilities for transportation becomes necessary. When compared to other districts, most of the human population make use of their own vehicles. The net result of industrialization in Coimbatore is the growth in infrastructure, ease in access to different places at reduced time with loss in trees. In this study, it was found that more trees were cut down in the past five years of period which causes reduced rainfall, increased air and soil temperature, increased pollutant gases. Because of these changes, there exists a decrease in underground water level and the quality of the air becomes poor. Hence, an online survey was conducted to validate the results obtained through meteorological data to obtain the actual outcome. Opinion poll was conducted in person and through online at Coimbatore to get the actual feedback from the public audience to mitigate the change in climate.