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Sep 3, 2019 · Urban populations have increased rapidly in the last 70 years, but this rapid urbanization isn't without consequences. Over a third of the projected urban growth between now and 2050 will occur in just three countries: India, China, and Nigeria.
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.
- 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
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.
Mar 25, 2022 · Rapid urban expansion has profound impacts on global biodiversity through habitat conversion, degradation, fragmentation, and species extinction. However, how future urban expansion will...
Oct 25, 2023 · In the meantime, recent events have revealed some of the drawbacks and downsides of rapid urbanization. COVID-19 showed the devastating effects of disease spreading among dense concentrations of people, particularly in crowded and unplanned settlements lacking basic services and open space.
Nov 21, 2016 · PopEd Blog. How Does Population Growth Impact Rapid Urbanization? By Katie Luoma | November 21, 2016. While people are moving from place to place more and more, the world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. More than half of the world’s population is living in cities and this is increasing at rate of 1.5 percent.
