IDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Neoliberalism, Environmental Health, Public Toilet
25 Dec 2012
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Chapter 19 urban development: cities and slums in the global south. The world"s urban population is growing at a faster rate than the total population of the planet where cities play an important role in shaping possibilities for human development and economic well-being. Urban consumption patterns are usually unsustainable, cities are large consumers of water and energy resources and produce greenhouse gas emission, and industrial and residential waste; dependent on rural areas but often expand and consume agricultural land. Urbanization is the transformation over time of a rural society into a urban one, has modified and continues to modify the spatial distribution of the population globally. Development and sustainability challenges associated with urbanism: Location, pace and scale underway are unprecedented in history. Associates with a new geography of economic activity, political alliances and socio-economic outcomes in which distinctive forms of urban development, polarization, instability and environmental stress are emerging. Are major resource users and producers of wealth.
