Urban problems and challenges

Urban problems and challenges

Despite the advantages of living in a city, there are some problems and challenges that inhabitants and government face.

• Include: preventing and reducing social exclusion
• Cities are home to many legal and illegal inmigrants who move there in search of a better quality of life

Social challenge

The growth of an urban population can lead to:

Health centres, Schools and sports centres

Problems with the supply of energy and food

Lack of basic social services

A rise in crime rates

Compromise the safety of urban inhabitants

Governments need to address these problems

Between them

Children and young people are vulnerable to this situations

Cities:

Also create pollution and have contributed to the climate crisis because of their constant expansion and use of natural resources.

Air pollution

The main environmental problems

Water pollution

Noise pollution

Waste

The main environmental challenges cities face are:

• Waste:
• Produced mainly by households.
• It´s usually burned in incinerators, which causes groundwater pollution.
• Waste also requires and extensive sewage network.

Air Pollution: caused by traffic, industry and heating. These emissions affect humans, plants and historical buildings. Water pollution: caused by waste. This makes it more difficutl to supply clean water to homes. Noise pollution: caused by many traffic, but also by construction and industry.

The high consumption of resources, such as building materials, food and energy also contributes to harm the urban environment