City of Port of Spain and its Environs

The picture above (taken by Jameel Phillip) shows our study area of Port of Spain and its environs. The area with the high rise buildings is downtown Port of Spain, which is our principle area of study along with other areas in the city. Most of Trinidad's population travels to the city on a daily basis either for work or other activities.
With this large amount or persons traveling to the city there will be heavy traffic congestion along the country's major roads, leading to heavy pollution from vehicle emissions adding to that from the Beetham landfill which is not to far away. This level of pollution causes a slit haze which can be seen over downtown Port of Spain.

The diagram above displays the link between urban characteristics and urban issues. This blog will focus on these characteristics and the issue of pollution; flooding and traffic congestion will be touched on as these three issues are linked one way or the other.

References

"Port of Spain Case Study." Scribd - Read Unlimited Books. Accessed February 5th, 2015.                                        http://www.scribd.com/doc/19552480/Port-of-Spain-Case-Study#scribd.