Abstract This paper looks at climate and topographical factors that have contributed to and intensified air pollution in Los Angelse, as well as those that have helped reduce it. Also discussed are the sources of water pollution in Los Angeles, as well as how both air pollution and water pollution adversely affect the people and environment of the city, both physically and economically.
From the Paper "Pollution in the giant and sprawling American metropolis of Los Angeles is nothing new. As a 1997 article marking the fiftieth anniversary of smog and pollutant cleanup efforts in the city notes, this problem started well at the beginning of the twentieth century. "Los Angeles suffered from smog well before World War II," states the article. "Industrial smoke and fumes were so thick during one day in 1903 that residents mistook it for an eclipse of the sun" ("Southland's War," 1997a). It was the city finally tiring of this ongoing pollution just after said world war that forced its residents, planners, and movers and shakers to investigate the problem and attempt to remedy it. This paper shall look at climate and topographical factors that have contributed to and intensified air pollution, as well as those that have helped reduce it."
