Example 1
PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS
Contamination of rice paddy
Soil Contamination fields by such heavy metals as
cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu)
and arsenic (As) mainly from
The mismanagement of
Air Contamination mining and sweltering
landfill waste caused by
activities.
garbage pollution. Includes
some air pollutants are
poisonous.
Water Contamination They faces coastal water pollution
caused by petroleum hydrocarbons,
pesticides, dioxins and
Harm towards Animal and dibenzofurans, and the integrated
Marine Life. circuit industry (trichloroethylene,
etc.), and many semi-enclosed
Human Damage estuaries remain severely polluted.
C O N S E Q U E N C E S
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B WASTE MANAGEMENT – handling and
L disposal process of dealing with removal of human waste.
E
M
C
Lack of Public Awareness
A
U Refusal to learn about compliance
S
E Poor attitudes dealing with waste disposal, when
S something is at the end of its use, the way it’s
disposed of can be done so with a lack of care.
Insufficient Investment in Waste Management
Example 2
Climate change has affected like in Japan drastically.
The temperature and rainfall have increased rapidly in
Climate change the years leading up to 2020. This has resulted in
immature rice grains and also oranges that
Higher sea levels automatically get separated from their skin due to
immature growth by inappropriate weather.
Unexpected acidification of deep
Water quality could suffer waters in the Sea of Japan due to global
More acidic oceans warming. As organic matter
decomposition in these waters
continues to accumulate more CO2,
the pH decreases. As a result, the
acidification rate near the bottom of
Higher death rates the Sea of Japan is 27% higher than at
the surface.
Higher wildlife extinction rates
Loss of sea ice
More intense heat waves
C O N S E Q U E N C E S
Dirtier
air
P
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O GLOBAL WARING – is a global situation whose
effects will not choose which country to affect, but will
B
devastate us all. Therefore, Japan just like any other country
L in the world, faces the same challenges to ensure that they do
E not contribute to things that bring about global warming.
M
C Deforestation
GREENHOUSE GASES the
A amount of carbon dioxide that was
released by the energy conversion
U AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY The
sector in Japan amounted to
use of both commercial and
S organic fertilizers releases approximately 433 million tons of
CO2. Carbon dioxide had the largest
E nitrous oxide, a powerful
share of greenhouse gas emissions in
greenhouse gas.
S Variations in the
Japan, accounting for over 90 percent of
greenhouse gases.
Sun's Intensity
Example 3
The process of mining uranium releases high amounts
Carbon dioxide of carbon dioxide into the environment.
The reactor accident in Fukushima in 2011 Carbon dioxide is also released into the environment
resulted in the release of radioactive material when new nuclear power plants are built. Finally, the
(radionuclides) into the atmosphere. The transport of radioactive waste also causes carbon
dioxide emissions.
radioactive fallout was dispersed locally,
regionally and globally over land and sea by the
weather (wind and precipitation) SECURITY THREAT - Nuclear power
presents a unique threat to our national
security because it is powered by nuclear
C O N S E Q U E N C E S energy. Terrorists might target nuclear
power plants with the intention of
Produces Radioactive Waste creating a disaster, and the uranium used
to produce the power can be turned into
Limited Fuel Supply nuclear weapons if they end up in the
Expensive to Build
wrong hands. For these reasons, security
surrounding nuclear materials and
Nuclear accidents
nuclear power plants is extremely
important.
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O RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM NUCLEAR
B
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POWER PLANT – waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel
processing plants, hospitals and research facilities.
E
M
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE - Radioactive waste is
produced during the nuclear fuel chain. If the
INDUSTRIAL WASTE - the disposal process is not set up properly, large amounts
process of radiography as of nuclear waste may be produced. there are still
well as applications such some nuclear by-products which result in the
as oil well logging. production of nuclear waste.
ARMS DECOMMISSIONING - In the process of
C nuclear arms decommissioning, the radioactive
A substances which are left in arms have to be
processed somehow. As a result, many radioactive
U compounds will be left over after the
decommissioning process.
S
E NATURAL NUCLEAR WASTE SOURCES - There is also naturally occurring nuclear material in our
S environmental system. These natural radioactive materials can lead to radioactive waste through the
intervention of industrial processes. For example, coal power plants emit small concentrations of
radioactive compounds. Moreover, the oil and gas industry also produces radioactive by-products
like radium and radon.
HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE - High-level radioactive waste is usually by-product in the generation of
electricity in nuclear power plants. The disposal process for high-level nuclear waste is subject to
discussion by leading scientists. Many of them advocate a solution in which the high-level nuclear
waste is buried in either deep boreholes or in mines.
