Title: Causes, Effects and Solutions to Urbanization Leading to Urban Growth - Conserve Energy Future
Headings: What is Urbanization?
What is Urbanization?
To learn more about urbanization, here are its causes, effects, and solutions.
Various Causes of Urbanization
1. Industrialization
2. Commercialization
3. Social Benefits and Services
4. Employment Opportunities
5. Modernization and Changes in the Mode of Living
6. Rural-urban Transformation
Effects of Urbanization on Our Cities
1. Positive Effects of Urbanization
2. Housing Problems
3. Overcrowding
4. Unemployment
5. Development of Slums
6. Water and Sanitation Problems
7. Poor Health and Spread of Diseases
8. Traffic Congestion
9. Urban Crime
Solutions to Urbanization
1. Building Sustainable and Environmentally-friendly Cities
2. Provision of Essential Services
3. Creation of More Jobs
4. Population Control
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Content: The growth of slums and squatters in urban areas is even further exacerbated by fast-paced industrialization, lack of developed land for housing, a large influx of rural immigrants to the cities in search of a better life, and the elevated prices of land beyond the reach of the urban poor. 6. Water and Sanitation Problems
Because of overpopulation and rapid population increase in most urban centers, it is common to find there are inadequate sewage facilities. Municipalities and local governments are faced with serious resource crisis in the management of sewage facilities. As a result, sanitation becomes poor and sewages flow chaotically, and they are drained into neighboring streams, rivers, lakes, or seas. Eventually, communicable diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, plague, and diarrhea spread very fast leading to suffering and even deaths. Overcrowding also highly contributes to water scarcity as supply falls short of demand. 7. Poor Health and Spread of Diseases
The social, economic and living conditions in congested urban areas affects access and utilization of public health care services. Slum areas in particular experience poor sanitation and insufficient water supply which generally make slum populations susceptible to communicable diseases.