Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious one and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

It is true that day by day

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is increasing at an alarming rate and due to

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, there are many migrants to urban areas, which brings many problems. The problems are an

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in the prices of rents and flats and

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pollution

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.

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, both

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and individual play an integral role to solve

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problems like creating employment in a rural area and using public transport respectively. One of the main problems related to overpopulation of metro cities is the prices of rents and residential areas are soaring.

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is because of the majority of

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pulation migrant f

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rom the rural areas to urban areas, that requires more flats to be constructed in the cities.

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, due to shortage of land, the owners of flat

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the price of rent and builders

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the prices for new construction of flats. Another issue arises from

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is an

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in the rate of

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pollution

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. To elucidate, due to more

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in the cities, there are many industries which release many harmful gases in the

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and many vehicles

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as cars, bikes and buses on the roads which emits a lot of smoke.

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contributes to

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pollution

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.

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, in Mumbai, since the

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decade, the level of

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pollution

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has increased from 75% to 90%, which is due to an

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in the

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and shifting of many migrants.

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, in order to resolve these problems the

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and an individual play an important role. In terms of the

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, they can create many job opportunities in rural areas so that many people over there do not shift to cities for improving their standard of living or fulfilling their basic needs.

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, the higher authorities could give tax concession to many industrialists to open new factories in the urban areas in order to create more jobs over there. In terms of an individual, they could use public transport or car pooling system to reduce the level of

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pollution

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, in Japan, many people started using the car pooling system for commuting from home to work, which resulted in the reduction of

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pollution

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by 25%. In conclusion, the

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is increasing at a rapid pace in the cities, which brings problems as the

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gets polluted and prices of accommodation. Only when the

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will create more jobs in the urban areas and an individual start using public transport

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of private cars, will these problems be solved.