Population are growing in cities rapidly. What are the effects of it. What solution can you give to maintain a good quality of life in urban cities.

Urbanisation is a common process found in most parts of the world, bringing many negative impacts to

people

living in cities where there is a stark rise in

population

.

This

paper will assess some consequences caused by

such

trends, and provide constructive

solutions

based on personal insights.

Firstly

, if the

population

growth in a

city

is unsustainable, it is likely that the supply and demand in the local housing market will be

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, affecting

people

's affordability in houses. with limited land spaces and construction workers, a report distributed by a non-governmental organisation in California has reported that it would take 8 years for a couple from San Jose to buy their first property without spending a penny on expenses other than the house.

This

demonstrates that urban residents are struggling

in securing

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shelters

for living

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, which

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can be a trend devastating

in

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people

's living qualities.

Secondly

, with a significant rise in urban

population

, there will

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cars adding to the already congested urban roads. Regarded as the most congested

city

in Australia in 2023, Melbournian drivers normally spent more than one hour

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commuting, with more greenhouse gas

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emitted

due to

the jammed

traffic

. Without effective plans and

solutions

, I believe that the

situations

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in

traffic

is only set to get worse. To avoid the impacts caused by urban

population

growth, governments are responsible to plan and implement

solutions

to address the matter. Addressing the overwhelming amount of

traffic

on the road, the government in Hong Kong has been interactively imposing heavier taxes on car ownership,

while

expanding the

city

's railway network

on the other hand

. Over the years, I am convinced that these measures have been effective in reducing road

congestions

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congestion

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and

people

's time spent

on

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commuting.

Furthermore

, to create more

rooms

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for urban residents to reside, the Singaporean government has put efforts

in

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building new public housing and setting up plans

in helping

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young couple

to

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purchase their first housing

property

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properties

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over the years. Despite the

population

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still rising in the

city

, in 2022 over 70% of the local

population

lived in homes owned by the households themselves, I believe if other cities can adopt

such

policies and plans, there would be an effective relief on the local housing supplies. All in all, housing and

traffic

are two of the main effects caused by the speedy growth in urban

population

.

While

the quality of life was crucially impacted, there are

solutions

with proven effectiveness in addressing these effects, namely car control policies, the construction of public transport infrastructure and public housing.