huge megapolitan areas and surrounding peri-urban environs. In China‚ a 40 million urban area is planned.The effects of cities on people are not well-understood. Cities require huge amounts of energy‚ resulting in large quantities of waste products‚ causing unsustainable environments. Cities are sources of air‚ water and soil pollution. Light and noise pollution are now known to adversely affect urban people. The role of urban heat islands and air pollution‚ PM2.5 and ozone‚ on human health is beginning
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More than half of the world’s population lives in cities‚ a trend that is rapidly accelerating‚ especially in developing countries. In the USA‚ urban areas are merging into huge megalopitan areas‚ especially along interstate highways. Cities require and use large quantities of energy and materials‚ metabolizing them and generating large quantities of waste products and pollutants‚ resulting in unsustainable environments that adversely affect ecological integrity and diversity
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Indoor pollution sources that release gases or particles into the air are the primary cause of indoor air quality problems in homes. Inadequate ventilation can increase indoor pollutant levels by not bringing in enough outdoor air to dilute emissions from indoor sources and by not carrying indoor air pollutants out of the home. High temperature and humidity levels can also increase concentrations of some pollutants. It is stated in “1)edugreen.teri” that Air pollutants consist of gaseous pollutants
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The Bane of Life and Beauty: Time "For every man‚ Time is an emptying reservoir; to fret over how much you have left only wastes it." - Lee Connolly. In every person’s mind‚ a clock is running. A pendulum is constantly swinging and ticking into the future‚ into the unknown. Every person must‚ at sometime‚ recognize Time as a measurement of their own life and not something that can be ignored and forgotten about. As long as there have been life there has been death‚ and Time is simply a tool
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the human environment that is escalating at such a high rate that it will become a major threat to the quality of human lives. In the past thirty years‚ noise in all areas‚ especially in urban areas‚ has been increasing rapidly. There are numerous effects on the human environment due to the increase in noise pollution. Slowly‚ unresponsively‚ we seem to accept noise and the physiological and psychological deterioration that accompanies it as an inevitable part of our lives. Although we attempt to set
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There are three notable difference lifestyles between urban areas and rural areas in Tokyo. They are degree of resident friendliness‚ city space‚ and variety of available activities. Live in city‚ life moves very quickly. People usually live in apartment with many different strange neighbors. And also people have many public activities choice to spend their free time. But life in country‚ it is really opposite to city. In the country‚ life is much slower. People feel more relaxed and no stress
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Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2006 BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY IN URBAN LIFE 1 GENDER EQUALITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL Monika Jaeckel and Marieke van Geldermalsen Introduction When looking at cities from a gender perspective‚ one of the main differences affecting the use of urban space is in terms of female and male care-giving roles and responsibilities. Due to the gender-specific division of labor‚ women do most of the direct care-giving
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Is urban living better than rural living? Related Topics: Home Add a New Topic Add to My Favorites Debate This Topic Report This Topic 22% Say Yes 78% Say No Culture and opportunities abound I understand the other side‚ but as a younger person‚ I find living near an urban center to be invaluable. Crime is rarely anything to worry about. The main reason is that in the search to find oneself‚ there are a plethora of opportunities in cities. You can walk down one block and experience
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As far as I am concerned‚ many people at some time of their life find themselves questioning the advantages of rural and urban life. Villagers want to abandon their boring houses and move to a big city while city habitants question themselves whether it would be better to move to the relaxing suburbs. The first point I would like to make is that country life may look boring‚ as you spend all your life with the same people as there really few schools‚ universities‚ places to work in so you have
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your assignment task regarding to the Main Causes Of “Pollution In Urban And Rural Areas”.Kindly go through the report thoroughly and give feedback accordingly. T.A “MAIN CAUSES OF POLLUTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS” CAUSES OF LAND POLLUTION: [pic] REASON: Land pollution is a major global health concern‚ and occurs when humans
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