Question

List the benefits and problems faced by people living in metro cities

Answer 1

Answer:

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Claudio Torres

Slum Upgrading Consultant, Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch. UN-Habitat

Pireh Otieno

Human Settlements Officer, Urban Basic Services Branch - UN-Habitat

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Regional Advisor - UN-Habitat

Marcus Mayr

Urban Planner, Climate Change Planning Unit, UN-Habitat

Edmundo Werna

Head of Unit at Sectoral Policies Dept. ILO

Answer 2

HeRe IS UR AnS:

The following are the main advantages of metro cities:

Meeting New People

Meeting New PeopleActivities

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic Transportation

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic TransportationBig Events

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic TransportationBig EventsShared Experience

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic TransportationBig EventsShared ExperienceFree Activities

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic TransportationBig EventsShared ExperienceFree ActivitiesHigher Salaries

Meeting New PeopleActivitiesPublic TransportationBig EventsShared ExperienceFree ActivitiesHigher SalariesMore Job Opportunities

Disadvantages:

Urban Sprawl: Urban sprawl or real expansion of the cities, both in population and geographical area, of rapidly growing cities is the root cause of urban problems

Urban Sprawl: Urban sprawl or real expansion of the cities, both in population and geographical area, of rapidly growing cities is the root cause of urban problemsOvercrowding

Housing

Unemployment

UnemploymentSlums and Squatter Settlements

UnemploymentSlums and Squatter SettlementsTransport

UnemploymentSlums and Squatter SettlementsTransportWater

UnemploymentSlums and Squatter SettlementsTransportWaterSewerage Problems

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