Urban issues and mitigation measures: Case of developed cities

Abstract

URBAN POPULATION has been sharply growing since last several decades, and the rate of growth has been steadily increasing due to various factors such as economic reasons. In the future, not only the population in cities but also the number and size of cities are expected to grow. This profound growth in urbanization is imposing several serious problems on human and earth, such as pollution, deforestation and food scarcity. In our project, to learn and understand about such problems, we have selected a few cities from different parts of the world and assessed them on a wide spectrum of various parameters ranging from land use to transportation to architecture to environment and sustainability. Based on this research, we have selected a few urban problems, such as lack of open spaces, for further analysis. Then, we have studied about some cities which have successfully tackled these problems. Finally, we have presented a comparison of the selected cities highlighting the similarities and differences between them in a tabular format.