Housing and waste disposal are major issue in cities. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement?

Almost half the world’s population

now live

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now lives

in urban areas and, as cities grow even larger, conditions for city dwellers are likely to get worse. Two of the most crucial problems, it can be argued, are

housing

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housed

and

waste

disposal. Of these, housing is undoubtedly the most serious. People need clean, safe accommodation in which to live and raise their families.

However

, as population rise, some people are forced to move to unsuitable

housing which

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housing, which

may lack

such

basic services as clean water and electricity, while others may actually become homeless. Any civilized society should try to prevent

this

situation. It is

therefore

essential for the authorities in major cities to take responsibility for the

wellbeing

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well being

of their poorest citizens and make the provision of secure, affordable housing a priority in their planning and budgeting.

Waste

disposal may seem a more trivial

problem but

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problem, but

uncollected rubbish is not only potentially dangerous but can

also

cause serious diseases. In the past,

waste

disposal was cheap and easy, as much rubbish was simply dumped in a convenient place. Today,

however

, there are numerous problems, including increased transport costs, which make

waste

disposal expensive, and a shortage of suitable space for depositing

waste

. The obvious answer is for communities to create less rubbish in the

first

place. Manufacturers must be persuaded to reduce the amount of packaging they produce, and people need to recycle their household

waste

efficiently In conclusion, it is clear that these are complex problems which will not be solved easily.

However

, unless we take steps to tackle them now they will represent even more serious challenges in

future

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the future

.