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Out of the farms and into the cities. The United Nations cites two intertwined reasons for urbanization: an overall population increase that’s unevenly distributed by region, and an upward trend in people flocking to cities. Since 1950, the world’s urban populationhas risen almost six-fold, from 751 million to 4.2 billion in 2018.
Jan 6, 2023 · Table 3 reports the OLS regression results of the impact of urbanization rate on public health. 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.
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- Environment and Quality of Life
- Physical Aspect and Urban Quality of Life
- Psychological Dimension and Urban Quality of Life
- Social Aspects and Urban Quality of Life
- Economic Aspects and Urban Quality of Life
- Political Aspect and Urban Quality of Life
- Conclusion
Good QoL needs access to clean air, and water, while maintaining biodiversity, and maintaining lands free of toxins and wastes. Utilizing energy-saving technologies to create clean energy sources and efforts to reduce energy demands are necessary to maintain and improve QoL from an environmental perspective. Urban populations and the physical area ...
Eco-friendly housing, safe neighborhoods, interconnected streets, and a transportation system that is accessible to all citizens are the factors considered when assessing the physical urban quality of life. Sidewalks and designated bike paths provide alternative modes of transportation for pedestrians that are safe and environmentally friendly. A w...
Historical evidence suggests that in order to maintain (or create) psychological urban quality of life, human beings must be close to nature. Ancient Egyptian towns, Persian settlements and medieval Chinese villages were all characterized by extensive and elaborate gardens based on the notion that quality of life was a function of a human being’s p...
The social aspects of urban QoL include equal access to affordable housing, employment and business opportunities, health services and education. Barriers that constrain the elderly, disabled, women, children and minority groups from participating in daily life activities must be overcome. Essential to social integration is the provision of a wide ...
Historically, urbanization has been viewed as a growth mechanism to produce and increase the quality of life of urban residents for two reasons. First, urban growth and urbanization have been invariably associated with industrial growth—at least such was the case in Western Europe, North America, and Japan—where cities served as centers of employme...
Theoretically, urbanization enhances secondary and tertiary sector activities (including manufacturing, tourism, restaurants and hotels, and government services) and contributes substantially to foreign exchange earnings. However, government and politics greatly influence such activities. Nepal’s political instability over the past two decades has ...
Based on the survey of the literature, this paper discussed the various aspects of urban quality of life (QoL). It discussed how various factors such as economic growth, employment opportunities, per capita income, remittances, industry and agriculture, water supply, the environment, and manufacturing services can influence the quality of life. It ...
- Keshav Bhattarai, Darlene Budd
- 2019
Nov 21, 2016 · This rapid influx of people into cities can exacerbate the problems of poverty, slum development, and social disruption that often affect the most vulnerable segments of the population. Rapid urbanization matched with continuous population growth will put big pressures on infrastructure, the environment, and the social fabric of cities.
Mar 25, 2022 · Rapid urban expansion has profound impacts on global biodiversity through habitat conversion, degradation, fragmentation, and species extinction. ... McKinney, M. L. Effects of urbanization on ...
For rapid urbanization to provide opportunities to all, carefully considered urban planning and good governance within effective regulatory frameworks are required. Indeed, the inability of governments to provide appropriate infrastructure and public services is at the core of many urban challenges in developing countries.
Jun 28, 2013 · This paper reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban population growth can help to raise living standards. The main finding is that the development effects of urbanization and the magnitude of agglomeration economies are very variable.
