The world's biggest cities are alluring new inhabitants the way giant sponges are sucking the water out of their surrounding areas. Despite the various benefits the cities can provide, the life quality suffers under a diverse set of environmental and socioeconomic issues. In this essay, the most prevalent reasons and solutions will be discussed.
One of the most critical causes of the shattering standard of living is the worsening of the city dwellers' health due to various environmental pollutants. The smog in the World capitals and other high-density urban areas, for example, Shanghai and Los Angeles has become unbearable for their inhabitants and require the undertaking of hampering measures.
The other often mentioned cause is intensified crime events. For that reason people are living under constant fear and threat; leaving them prone to stress related diseases and higher probabilities of falling victims of crimes. For instance, in Latin America's biggest cities, like Sao Paolo, is not recommended for women to walk alone on the streets even during the daylight.
For the problems, there are always solutions. Referring back to the pollution problem, the cure has been declared mainly by the means of cleaner energy and transportation systems. Many so-called 'green cities' like Copenhagen are leading the way in the development of higher quality public transports and prioritising the light vehicle traffic.
Dealing with crimes is a far more complicated. Psychologists believe that most beautiful, clean and happy external environment can reduce crime levels. Thus, this can be something city planners should look into more deeply when planning our urban areas. But most likely, providing people sufficient amount of opportunities and guidance in their lives would be the most effective prevention measure as far as I believe.
To summarise, there are many adversities that can reduce the urban life quality such as environmental pollution and crime; however, there are also opportunities and tools to reduce these effects. Mainly, planning our cities more wisely by taking care of negative environmental and socioeconomic effects to peoples' well-being, is necessary and doable.
The world's biggest
cities
are alluring new inhabitants the way giant sponges are sucking the water out of their surrounding areas. Despite the various benefits the
cities
can provide, the life quality suffers under a diverse set of
environmental
and socioeconomic issues. In this essay, the most prevalent reasons and solutions will
be discussed
.
One of the most critical causes of the shattering standard of living is the worsening of the city dwellers' health due to various
environmental
pollutants. The smog in the World capitals and other high-density urban areas,
for example
, Shanghai and Los Angeles has become unbearable for their inhabitants and require the undertaking of hampering measures.
The other
often
mentioned cause
is intensified
crime
events
. For that reason
people
are living under constant fear and threat; leaving them prone to
stress
related diseases and higher probabilities of falling victims of
crimes
.
For instance
, in Latin America's biggest
cities
, like
Sao Paolo
, is not recommended for women to walk alone on the streets even during the daylight.
For
the problems, there are always solutions. Referring back to the pollution problem, the cure has
been declared
mainly
by the means of cleaner energy and transportation systems.
Many
so
-called 'green cities' like Copenhagen are leading the way in the development of higher quality public transports and
prioritising
the light vehicle traffic.
Dealing with
crimes
is a far more complicated. Psychologists believe that most
beautiful
, clean and happy external environment can
reduce
crime
levels.
Thus
, this can be something city planners should look into more
deeply
when planning our urban areas.
But
most likely, providing
people
sufficient amount of opportunities and guidance in their
lives
would be the most effective prevention measure as far as I believe.
To
summarise
, there are
many
adversities that can
reduce
the urban life quality such as
environmental
pollution and
crime
;
however
, there are
also
opportunities and tools to
reduce
these effects.
Mainly
, planning our
cities
more
wisely
by taking care of
negative
environmental
and socioeconomic effects to peoples' well-being, is necessary and doable.