Question

c. Mention three ways in which the environment is affected as a result of the increased urbanisation.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Urban populations interact with their environment. Urban people change their environment through their consumption of food, energy, water, and land. And in turn, the polluted urban environment affects the health and quality of life of the urban population.

Urban populations not only consume more food, but they also consume more durable goods. In the early 1990s, Chinese households in urban areas were two times more likely to have a TV, eight times more likely to have a washing machine, and 25 times more likely to have a refrigerator than rural households. This increased consumption is a function of urban labor markets, wages, and household structure.

Energy consumption for electricity, transportation, cooking, and heating is much higher in urban areas than in rural villages. For example, urban populations have many more cars than rural populations per capita. Almost all of the cars in the world in the 1930s were in the United States. Today we have a car for every two people in the United States. If that became the norm, in 2050 there would be 5.3 billion cars in the world, all using energy.

Answer 2

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• Mention three ways in which the environment is affected as a result of the increased urbanisation.

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• Urbanisation also affects the broader regional environments.

• Regions downwind from large industrial complexes also see increases in the amount of precipitation, air pollution, and the number of days with thunderstorm.

• Urban areas affect not only the weather patterns, but also the runoff pattern for water.