User:Josiah.C

Urbanisation
Urbanisation is when a percentage of a country's population begins to start living in cities.Urban environments produce air pollution that begins to cause damage to the natural environment. Most of the air pollution made is more concentrated around urban areas.Visible air pollution is called smog, smog is found in mostly all urbanised areas. Not only are we as humans affected by bad air quality but animals also suffer. Air pollution from human activities can potentially pose a big threat to all living creatures in the urbanized world.

Location affected by the issue
An example of a location affected by Urbanisation is Singapore as a matter of fact the whole countries population has already been Urbanised which means everyone living in the country of Singapore is living in a city.

What is affected by this issue ?
The things that are mostly affected by the Urbanisation of Singapore is the country's environment,their environment is slowly deteriorating from all the pollution in their atmosphere.Wherever you go in Singapore, there is one thing you wont miss sight of and that thing is skyscrapers,and that is because they are found absoloutley everywhere you go in Singapore.

What the government is doing about this issue
The Singaporean government is doing a mediocre job of containing the haze problem in Singapore this haze problem was no doubt caused by Urbanisation. The Singaporean Government is providing financial assistance to Singaporeans who need money to pay for medical expenses if they become sick as a result from the hazardous haze all caused by the Urbanisation.



What else they need to do
The Singaporean government need to contain this major haze situation they are currently working on the situation by supplying the people of Singapore with money for medical expenses this however is not enough. The Singaporean government should try to provide more, an example of things the government could do is attempt to drain the haze city by city.

How the different perspectives on this issue are usually presented in the media
The following perspectives are not of my own but from websites and will be credited in my bibliography.Urbanisation in Africa - African Development Bank, and i quote:Urbanization is growing in both developed and developing countries. The proportion of the world’s urban population is expected to increase to about 57% by 2050 from 47% in 2000.That's 10% more of the WHOLE WORLDS population completely Urbanised. Another website - Population Reference Bureau states and i quote:In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history. News reports on the subject frequently rephrased this development slightly to say that half of the global population now lives in "cities" and illustrated articles with photos of Mumbai, Shanghai, or New York.

What others can do to address this issue
There is not really much people can do to address this situation personally i think the only way to address the situation is to tell anyone and everyone you know about the situation. Firstly help spread the word about Urbanisation as it is a very unknown concept and only a few actually know what it is.Try telling a small or large group of friends about this situation and see what their views on this issue are.