Pollution Heatmap

Pollution is kinda gross. It's irritating and it gets everywhere. Track sources of air, noise, and water based pollution in your city with the Pollution Heatmap (![](IconPollution)) and squash them out to improve your citizens' quality-of-life. You can also reduce pollution by building parks.

![](docs/images/pollution.png)

##### Affects:
* Reduces [[heatmaps/hmHealth|Health]]
* Reduces [[heatmaps/hmValue|Value]]
* Slows Growth of [[heatmaps/hmDensity|Density]]

##### Affected By:
* Reduced by [[effects/nature|parks]] and [[zones/parkzone|park lots]].
* Reduced city-wide by the [[effects/environment|![](IconTree)Environment Score]].
* Reduced by terrain - Hills, mountains and water reduce pollution.
* Increased by buildings - All buildings, including farms and houses, emit pollution.
* Increased by industry - Factories are particularly bad polluters.
* Increased by Transportation - Roads, Expressways, Trains, and Buses all emit pollution.
  * Buses and Trains emit much less pollution per person moved.
  * Places where large numbers of cars wait for a light, or get bunched up by traffic, are major sources of pollution. Get that traffic moving!

##### Heatmap Menu
* [[heatmaps/hmPollution|Pollution]]
* [[heatmaps/hmValue|Value]]
* [[heatmaps/hmDensity|Density]]
* [[heatmaps/hmCrime|Crime]]
* [[heatmaps/hmEducation|Education]]
* [[heatmaps/hmProsperity|Prosperity]]
* [[heatmaps/hmCommunity|Community]]
* [[heatmaps/hmHealth|Health]]

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