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However, when urbanization is rapid and unplanned, a combination of high population density, aging populations, poverty and lack of infrastructure can have a negative impact on public health, primarily by fostering conditions in which communicable diseases can flourish.
Jan 6, 2023 · The empirical results in column (1) indicate that the urbanization rate has a strong negative effect on the crude death rate. More specifically, 1% increase in the urbanization rate reduces the crude death rate by 0.06%.
- 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1096964
- 2022
- Front Public Health. 2022; 10: 1096964.
A preference for suburban living has a negative impact on both rural and urban environments alike, as it disadvantages public transport and creates severe traffic congestion contributing to...
Jan 28, 2019 · Rapid urbanization and climate change together increase the vulnerability of poor urban communities to natural hazards, undermining urban resilience. It is therefore critical to identify and deepen...
- David Samuel Williams, María Máñez Costa, Catherine Sutherland, Louis Celliers, Jürgen Scheffran
- 2019
May 27, 2021 · Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization.
- Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Thomas Elmqvist, Alexandros Gasparatos, Alexandros Gasparatos, Kensuke Fukus...
- 2021
Nov 1, 2016 · The health penalty of urbanization is more severe among higher-income earners. • Rapid urbanization accelerates the spatial concentration of people adopting unhealthy lifestyles. • An unhealthy diet and decreased physical activity contribute to the negative effects of urbanization on health.
Oct 25, 2023 · More frequent typhoons, flooding, wildfires and droughts have exposed cities with weak infrastructure to the catastrophic consequences of accelerating climate change. Wars and other conflicts have spurred migration pressures and heightened social tensions in cities in many parts of the world.
