Question

How does urbanization negatively impact the lives of people?

Answer 1

1. Migrants from village to cities end up being labourers and lead to the creation of slums.
2. Slum owners can easily throw out the slum dwellers from their houses.
3. Growth in slums puts extra pressure on essential utilities like clean drinking water, sanitation, electricity supply, etc.
4. Overcrowding in slums lead to the outbreak of diseases such as malaria and dengue.
5. unemployment increases as the number of people looking for jobs is more than jobs available.
6. Unemployment and poverty force people to do crimes.
7. With urbanization, environment is affected is many ways.
   There is a steep rise in air pollution due to more factories and motor vehicles plying on the roads.
   The expansion of cities leads to the destruction of flora and fauna. Demand for more housing leads to deforestation and destruction of wetlands which drive away many birds and animals from their natural habitats.
   In many areas close to the sea, urbanization damages the ocean ecosystem.
   Destruction of green areas and increase in buildings leads to an increase in city temperatures.
   Rise in air pollution leads to respiratory diseases and allergies.