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Urbanisation Advantages And Disadvantages

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Do the benefits of urbanisation outweigh the disadvantages? By Martha Chan 10B2
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Introduction
Urbanization is defined as rapid population growth in urban areas. There are four major causes for urbanisation including: rapid economic growth, population increase, economies of scale and multiplier effect. The environment around us is heavily affected by urbanisation, bringing advantages and disadvantages along with it. Almost 45 per cent of the world's population which is two and a half billion people are living in urban areas.

Global Perspective
There is a well-established connection between a country’s level of urbanization and its GDP (gross domestic product). In the 2011 data graph on the UN website, it shows a strong positive link: …show more content…

Tokyo is the world’s largest city with a total of 38 million residents and a GDP of US$1,479 billion. Four major advantages of living in Japan includes outstanding medical services, more job opportunities, and a convenient lifestyle. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the health systems of its 191 member states in its World Health Report in 2000 and Japan was ranked 10th. Japanese outcomes for high level medical treatment is generally competitive with that of the US. Nextly, according to the statistics from the Tokyo Government, the total number of offices in Tokyo is over 670,000, which accounts for 11.6% of all Japanese companies. Furthermore, Japan has the highest number of employees, 7,752,604. However, the major push factors due to urbanisation in this metropolis city is environmental pollution. According to a WHO survey, Japan has been suffering since 1960 due to it having an incredibly high level of air pollution. As the quality of air decreases, the risk of having different diseases increases. This contradiction causes Japan to become harder to live

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