Visual pollution may not be as harmful as atmospheric pollution, or at least not as obvious. However, among other negative consequences, it does not allow a good rest, which, in the long run, affects people’s health. Something similar happens with noise pollution: noise can cause you to fall asleep poorly and, the next day, to be tired.
It is not easy to calculate which are the cities that suffer the most from visual pollution. Although what is clear is that they are large cities with huge illuminated signs, lighted billboards and tall buildings with their lights on. The skylines postcard look great in photographs, but they are not environmentally acceptable.
Thus, most of the cities most polluted by lights are in North America. As a paradigm, we have New York. In fact, the lights of the city that never sleeps (pun intended) are one of its hallmarks.
Other cities that widely exceed the light limits are some of the most populated cities on the planet, such as Shanghai, Mexico City or Bombay. Next, in AgroCorrn we present you the cities with the highest visual pollution .
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The United States, the country with the most visual pollution
According to the images taken by NASA from the International Space Station, there are cities that are too bright all over the world, many of them the capitals or the most important cities of the country : Zurich (Switzerland), Milan (Italy), Madrid and Barcelona (Spain ), Athens (Greece), Antwerp (Belgium), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), called the City of Light; Cairo (Egypt), Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (in the Middle East), Riyadh and Jiddah (Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Hong Kong (China), Tokyo and Nagoya (Japan), Sao Paulo (Brazil) , Mexico City, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez (Mexico).
But the record as the country with the most visual pollution is taken by the United States : of course, New York, but also Phoenix, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Washington DC, until reaching the city that (proudly) holds the record of the brightest city in the world … Las Vegas .
How much energy, money and carbon emissions would be saved if all these cities were less bright?
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