Does Urbanisation affect Global Pollution?
By Mia Knudsen, 10.i
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the process of increase of population in urban areas. As a country develops urbanisation increases due to people being attracted to the benefits of living in an urban area. These benefits include job opportunities, better standards of living, better healthcare, and better schools. 90% of the UKs population is currently living in urban areas like towns or cities. (BBC Bitesize, 2014) Along with the benefits, urbanisation has several consequences. These include excessive traffic, demand for more space, high costs of living, increase in slums, increase in health problems, and increase in crime. (Rinkesh, Conserve Energy Future, 2017) Courses …show more content…
There is a notable increase in non-biodegradable substances such as plastic and glass and many more. (Tour Vista, 2017) The increase in population and demand for more space leads to deforestation. Cutting down trees have several consequences. They release harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and causes global warming, endangers wildlife, and flooding and erosion. (Emily Holland, Futurism, June 2017). Urbanisation also produces air pollution mainly from the increase in vehicles and traffic polluting the air and …show more content…
This is largely due to Denmark being a quite a developed country so plenty of urbanisation has already taken place. (Christian Fertner, University of Copenhagen, 2012) According to a statistic recorded in 2017, 86.1% of the population lived in urban areas in 2006 and 87.68% in 2015. This shows the consistency Denmark has in terms of urbanisation over the 6 years. (Statista, 2017) in terms of the effect urbanisation has on pollution, it is seemingly low. Statistics show that pollution is low and cleanliness is high in Denmark. This could be considered surprising since urbanisation is so prominent here. The fact is that if urbanisation is handled and dealt with well, there doesn’t have to be high pollution. There is only 21.12 % air pollution and 17.86 % water pollution, whereas in a developing country like Kenya, specifically Nairobi, there is a 68.24 % air pollution and 81.06% water pollution. However, not all developed countries have low pollution. In Chile, specifically Santiago, there is 86.96 % air pollution and 44.84% water pollution. (Numbeo,
By Mia Knudsen, 10.i
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the process of increase of population in urban areas. As a country develops urbanisation increases due to people being attracted to the benefits of living in an urban area. These benefits include job opportunities, better standards of living, better healthcare, and better schools. 90% of the UKs population is currently living in urban areas like towns or cities. (BBC Bitesize, 2014) Along with the benefits, urbanisation has several consequences. These include excessive traffic, demand for more space, high costs of living, increase in slums, increase in health problems, and increase in crime. (Rinkesh, Conserve Energy Future, 2017) Courses …show more content…
There is a notable increase in non-biodegradable substances such as plastic and glass and many more. (Tour Vista, 2017) The increase in population and demand for more space leads to deforestation. Cutting down trees have several consequences. They release harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and causes global warming, endangers wildlife, and flooding and erosion. (Emily Holland, Futurism, June 2017). Urbanisation also produces air pollution mainly from the increase in vehicles and traffic polluting the air and …show more content…
This is largely due to Denmark being a quite a developed country so plenty of urbanisation has already taken place. (Christian Fertner, University of Copenhagen, 2012) According to a statistic recorded in 2017, 86.1% of the population lived in urban areas in 2006 and 87.68% in 2015. This shows the consistency Denmark has in terms of urbanisation over the 6 years. (Statista, 2017) in terms of the effect urbanisation has on pollution, it is seemingly low. Statistics show that pollution is low and cleanliness is high in Denmark. This could be considered surprising since urbanisation is so prominent here. The fact is that if urbanisation is handled and dealt with well, there doesn’t have to be high pollution. There is only 21.12 % air pollution and 17.86 % water pollution, whereas in a developing country like Kenya, specifically Nairobi, there is a 68.24 % air pollution and 81.06% water pollution. However, not all developed countries have low pollution. In Chile, specifically Santiago, there is 86.96 % air pollution and 44.84% water pollution. (Numbeo,