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People who live in large cities face a range of problems in their daily life. What are the main problems people in cities face, and how can these problems be tackled?

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Nowadays the
cities
 around the world are getting larger. They are larger not only in
term
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 of population
,
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 but
also
 in
term
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terms
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 of
surface
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.
For instance
, the
city
 of Paris has a population of more than 10
millions
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of
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inhabitants
. The population of
cities
such
 as Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro
or
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and
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 Beijing are rising and these
cities
 are
expending
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expanding
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 their surface each day. The fact that the
cities
 are becoming larger leads to infrastructures or pollution problems. Every
city
 faces problems with the
mobility
 of
their
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inhabitants
.
This
problem
 is exacerbated in the largest
cities
. Sometimes
inhabitants
 of large
cities
cannot rely on neither
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 public
transports
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transport
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,
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nor
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or
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 private
transports
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transport
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 (
such
 as
car
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cars
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 or
bike
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bikes
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). Indeed, public
transports
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 may be overcrowded, too slow or not even appropriate if the nearest station is too far for some people. The use of private transport,
in particular
 the car, may lead their users to be stuck in traffic jams for hours.
The
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mobility
 is a hot topic in politics in a lot of European and American
cities
.
For instance
, the
city
 of Geneva built a subway to face
this
problem
. The
city
 of Los Angeles built extremely large highways to go through the
city
. The
problem
 of
mobility
 may
therefore
 be solved by building new infrastructures or investing
into
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 the existing
one
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. We
then
 address a
second
problem
 which every inhabitant of
megapol
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megapolis
face
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 in their everyday life, which is
the
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pollution. The pollution may cause health diseases and damage to the earth.
This
problem
 is tackled by the
cities
 by developing public
transports
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 and encouraging the
inhabitants
 to use soft
mobility
, by providing financial support for the purchase of a bike or an e-bike.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • urbanization
  • metropolis
  • commute
  • public transportation
  • gridlock
  • air pollution
  • noise pollution
  • expensive housing
  • exorbitant prices
  • work-life balance
  • recreation areas
  • parks and gardens
  • criminal activities
  • security measures
  • density
  • neighborhood
  • public amenities
  • healthcare facilities
  • educational institutions
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