Disadvantages And Disadvantages Of Urbanization

A mere 200 years ago, the amount of people that lived in urbanized areas accounted for less than 5% of the world’s population. Today, as many as 50 percent of the world’s population has followed the trend of urbanization, and moved from agriculture to the industrial world. Urbanization can be seen as a global challenge that has advantages and disadvantages to the world and humanity. These aspects can be explored through multiple perspectives: including its effects on international security, the political/ economical aspect, the repercussions to the environment, and even its impact on culture itself. The first aspect that should be explored is the influence that globalization has had on international Security. Since urbanization has a direct

When considering the stages of economic growth that W.W. Rostow wrote about, Urbanization can be found mostly on the drive to maturity, where cities are more industrial and base economies on commerce. The countries that go through the challenge of urbanization aim to reach high mass-consumption, which would improve the life of those that are in the higher parts of the economic pyramid. Those that are in the working class are affected, because the drive for rapid urban growth and often efficiency can create a lower quality urban development for the

The simplest way that this can be observed is if one arrives in a megacity and looks around, chances are that a McDonalds or any other fast food restaurant will be in the vicinity. That is the idea of homogenization in the consumer culture of urban settings, it can be thought of the ideals of America attempting to colonize the minds of those in newly urbanized cities (Anderson, 4/16). The issue is that urban settings aren’t simply homogenous; they are a mixture of cultures that pan out as a hybrid world (Anderson, 4/16). This hybridization, can be felt when you walk into a McDonalds in Paris, instead of having only the classic options that McDonalds in America would have, there is an extra French touch; such as macaroons or