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- When poorly managed, urbanization can be detrimental to sustainable development. However, with vision and commitment, sustainable urbanization is one of the solutions to our ever growing global population. Efforts to create jobs, reduce our ecological footprint, and improve quality of life are most effective when pursued holistically.
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Jan 6, 2023 · Some researchers argue that urbanization is harmful to public health through many channels. First, rapid urbanization will lead to a series of environmental pollution problems ( ), including water pollution ( ), dust pollution ( ), and carbon dioxide emission () in urban residents' daily life.
- 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1096964
- 2022
- Front Public Health. 2022; 10: 1096964.
Solutions to Urbanization. Although most effects of urbanization are negative, there are a few that can be done to help mitigate the negative impacts. These include: 1. Building Sustainable and Environmentally-friendly Cities
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Without appropriate planning, design, and investment in the development of sustainable cities, a growing number of people will continue to face unprecedented negative impacts, not only of climate...
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
This article examines four key areas of urbanization risk and how they can be affected by rapid urbanization in developing countries: infrastructure, health, climate change and social instability. Within each area we also highlight new or increased risks that are possible to manage or, in some cases, transfer through the mechanism of insurance.
Apr 27, 2021 · Low, moderate and high urbanization is defined here as the increasing number of urban people and total people with sewer connections (see a and b panels and Supplementary Tables 4–6).The number ...
Mar 20, 2024 · For example, the complex interactions between urbanization, climate, hydrology, and human behavior can result in positive consequences for urban stream ecosystem resilience 11, including reduced...
