The population of most cities is growing as people move to cities to find work and new opportunities. What problems does overpopulation in cities cause? How can these problems be solved?

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In present days, modernized
cities
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have a lot of opportunities to broaden
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's horizons. A vast amount of
people
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tend to move to
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in seek of new work and a way of building their careers.
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, it usually causes a shortage of places in working areas and overpopulation.
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of all, due to the extremely large amount of
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, some
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have various types of pollution. Overcrowded
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are more likely to have more car owners. It causes
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on roads, which
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noisy sounds that can be heard from nearby houses.
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, electric cars have not become so popular yet.
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, most
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the vehicles use harmful fuel, gases
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which are spread into the air.
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, humans throw away at least a few kilograms of rubbish every day. In most
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it causes soil erosion and poisoning. Notwithstanding the current situation, the problems could be solved by
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governments
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of those
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. In order to prevent overusing
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cars, vehicle ownership might be limited and
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could be allowed to use them only
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certain hours.
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, bicycle owners should be given some privileges to persuade others to use environmental safe transport. Governments must make a law of sorting garbage
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produce by dividing trash cans into separate ones,
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old food must be stored in one container, while batteries are in another. To sum up, I would say that overcrowded towns are the reason
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many environmental problems we have nowadays. Since we live on one planet, citizens and governments must cooperate to save nature and prevent
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catastrophes that may be escalated.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • overpopulation
  • urbanization
  • strain on resources
  • property prices
  • traffic congestion
  • public services
  • healthcare
  • education
  • sanitation
  • unemployment rates
  • competition
  • green spaces
  • recreational areas
  • infrastructure
  • quality of life
  • mental health
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