Question

Describe with text and illustrate (with the help of maps, diagrams or flowcharts) how your locality has changed over a period of time including the changes on the following aspects:
1. land use 2. population 3. Ecosystem services 4. Pollution

Answer 1

Ecosystem services that we see, are related to clean drinking water supply, disposal and decomposition of waste.  They services are grouped as  1)  production of Food and water, 2) regulating control of climate and disease,  3) supporting services for nutrient cycles and crop pollination,  and 4) cultural services for spiritual and recreational.

     The global regulations for food products are applicable in our locality too.  Various cultural events that happen around the World, are also driving our recreational activities.  Disease control related activities too take place in synchronism with the global situation now.    

    Our locality was not very populated in my childhood, that is when I was going to Nursery school nearby in my colony itself.  I have been watching my locality over the last decade.  It has changed a lot.  There have been developments in all fronts.

  All residents have built comfortable houses for themselves or are living in appartment buildings.  They are all working in respectable organizations public and private.  Long ago they used to take buses or use bicycles and scooters to go for work.  Most of them now use cars small and big.

    We had to go some distance to buy groceries and other things.  Now, we have many things available at the stretch of hands.  We get them home delivered too.  The roads are have changed from kachcha Earthen lanes to well laid nice tar roads.