Some cities create extra housing by building tall buildings. Other cities do this by building on wide areas of land. Which do you think is the best solution to the problem of housing?

More than half of the world`s population lives in cities and that number is growing.

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rapid influx of people creates challenges,

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as extra housing. From my point of view, building tall edifices is the best solution

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the problem of housing. There is no doubt,

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opulation is growing and it will grow. As land has its physical limit, the crucial question is no what to build, but where new houses will be situated. Urban sprawl is not a solution.

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loss of greenfield land and often of valuable agricultural acreages. Huge areas,

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, need bigger transport infrastructure, which affects the environment. It should not be ignored. In my opinion, governments should be looking to high-tech innovative solutions to not only provide enough living spaces for citizens

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uality of life for decades to come. In fact,

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ertical city with its skyscrapers can

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merits that are very similar to what we have in

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usual horizontal city. But in many ways

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it can be much better. The point of the vertical cities is to have people live in a more compact way and to free up open land, which can be used for growing vegetables and fruits, livestock, breeding or fish farming. Compact life, in its turn, does not need a huge number of vehicles;

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, it improves air quality. In conclusion, housing is the biggest challenge , because it affects not only our social well-being

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conomy and environment.

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olution should take into account all the perspectives. On my view, looking into the future, vertical cities can solve the problem of housing to the best advantage.