GGR345H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kuznets Curve, Greenhouse Gas
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95% of the predicted population growth will take place in the urban areas of the developing world". Greater threats from disease causing agents, shortages of natural resources, and physical hazards than urban areas in the north. According to the kuznets curve, household sanitation is more severe than carbon emissions. The focus is immediate health concerns rather than long term environmental systems. Contrasted to susceptibility: endogenous (genetic constitution, immune system). Environmental hazards: environmental factors that pose a health threat to people. Transport is a driving force shaping cities and communities, affecting not only patterns of physical movements but also fundamental social interactions and patterns or social health and well- being. Car take up much more of the road. Thus often the richer ones who can avoid cars get more use out of the transportation compared to those who don"t have cars. Informal rise of transit systems arise out of:
