China is one of those developing countries that have most recently gone through the process of industrialization, and thereby changing from a societal focused on agricultural production into secondary industrial production. This change brought tremendous wealth and empowerment to the Chinese people, allowing China to become the second largest economy in the world. However, this rapid progression did not come without a social cost, industrialization has caused great destruction to the natural environment of the industralizing regions, causing social problems such as untreated chemical sewage to skyrocketing green house gases. Shenzhen, now one of the largest metropolitan areas in China, is a perfect example to show the environmental costs that industrialization brings to a local region