Increasing urbanization is a powerful trend in today\'s world: Within the next s
ID: 464068 • Letter: I
Question
Increasing urbanization is a powerful trend in today's world: Within the next several decades, UN projections show that over half of the world's population will be located in urban centers. This will require the construction of the equivalent of eight cities of ten million inhabitants every year for the foreseeable future. Discuss what this trend implies for flows of products and residues: food, water, sewage, energy, and so on.Overall, is urbanization environmentally advantageous or disadvantageous? Will it continue in any event regardless of environmental impacts?( 70 words limited )
Explanation / Answer
Many disadvantages are there for living in an Urban environment mainly the high living cost. Level of pollution which has gone high because of industrial pollution, factories, vehicles etc. Such as traffic jams in an urban area with the shortage of land for development. Overcrowding is also a major issue, with the high crime rates. The rapid growth result in some issues because of the lack of the required planning for the investments on any form of infrastructure, environmental provisions, transportation for public, which used to result in major environmental problems.