In India there is a case study known as the The Narmada Valley Dam Projects. (http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/narmada.html). This is the largest river development scheme in India with the purpose of irrigation, power production, and flood control. However, with these beneficial consequences in mind, there are more negative consequences that follow. In order for this project to be completed people are going to be forced off of their homelands along with the extensive loss of forests and agriculture land. The benefits of the power dam are also questionable. The power used to run the dam will be more than what the dam will produce. Due to the climate the dam will have to be emptied during monsoon season in order to avoid flooding. If the dam is empty there will be no water left to irrigate with. This case study shows how a project with good intentions leads to more negative consequences than positive ones all of which are at the cost of people and the environment.

Here in the United States there was an environmental study about the plastic micro beads in face wash. (http://www.refinery29.com/2016/01/100202/microbeads-beauty-products-environmental-effects). The results of this study came as a shock to many people, because how could something so small be so bad. Well, not only were these little beads polluting our water systems and being ingested by fish. They were also involuntarily being ingested by us. Due to the fish eating these plastic beads the pollutants from the plastic would be in the fish, and then we would eat these fish with plastic in them. So not only are we indirectly eating plastic, we are also doing more damage to fish which are already a limited resource. In order to resolve this issue Obama has passed a law banning the use of these beads in facial wash.

I live in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and we have a large recreational lake known as Lake Raystown. This lake was man made by the building of a dam. Just like in the India case study in order to build this dam several local families had to move and many acres of farm land were lost. The ban on the facial wash although it might not have research on how it affects my local area, due to my personal use of these products the effects are more than likely prevalent in my local streams. I have stopped using these products after I learned about their affects though. In order to advance development in my local community they could add new attractions to the lake in order to draw more tourists and therefore create more jobs, and bring in more money to the local economy, which in turn would lead to development else where in the community.