Question: over population of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify two serious ones and suggest ways that government and individual can tackle these problems.

It is no longer news that most

cities

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city

centre

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centres

are over crowded.

This

has brought about some challenges and most worrisome among these problems are poor housing and

pollution

.

This

essay will explain the problem and suggest ways government and individual can address them. Lack of good

housing

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house

system might be probably the worst challenge facing urban areas.

This

is because as people migrate from their local communities in rural and suburban settlement, it is impossible to carry along their houses.

Also these

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Also, these

migrants are actually of lower class whose aim of coming to cities is to seek

elevation

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the elevation

of their standard of living, so they could not afford to build

decent house

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a decent house

or hire one. The option available for them

is find

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is finding

has found

a place in the shabby area of the city without essential facilities like drainage system or toilet.

This

kind of area is often even

over crowded

cause to crowd together too much

overcrowded

and unhygienic.

In

addition

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addition, pollution

pollution

is the

second

worst problem of city centres. Indiscriminate dumping of

waste

everywhere due to lack of space for proper

waste

disposal pollute the land and cause visual disturbances as well. The middle and upper class

occupy

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occupies

the roads with private cars of which the carbon emission from these vehicles causes air

pollution

. Both land and air

pollution

are capable of causing health hazard to people. Turning to solution now, the government can tackle the challenge of poor housing by proper urban planning

,

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,

taking down poorly constructed accommodation and build apartments and making the cost of renting affordable. Laws should be made to prevent indiscriminate

waste

disposal but

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disposal, but

that can only be effective if a proper

waste

management system is put in place

first

. For the individual, it is important to take responsibility for a healthy society by making sure every house built has necessary

convinence

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convenient

convenience

conveyance

facilities. They should obey

law

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the law

of proper

waste

disposal and avoid using cars when possible. All in all, urban over population has several challenges but it can be solved or at least reduced by government action and individual.