Relationship Between Urbanisation and Climate Change

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Index

Topic Page no.

Introduction 3

Rationale 3

Key Issues

How climate change and urbanisation relate

Local perspective

National perspective

Global perspective 4

Analysis 5

Conclusion 6

Learning Outcome 6

Bibliography 6

Acknowledgement 7

Association between Climate Change and Urbanisation

Introduction

Urbanisation refers to the physical progression of urban areas. It results in the migration of rural population to the aforementioned metropolitan areas. People get attracted from the countryside to cities to work for corporal industries. The usual reason for urbanisation is deficiency of employment in rural residences.

Climate change speaks of radical changes in the weather conditions of a place, or the whole planet. It is affected by several natural factors such as temperature changes, precipitation, wind and solar radiation; and occurrences such as earthquakes and droughts. It is also severely affected by several human factors. This paper will explore the impact urbanisation makes in this process.

In today’s contemporary world, the 21st century, one of the biggest problems that our Globe faces is climate change. Activities occurring in the urban sector of the society are what contribute most to the change in climate. Therefore, it is no surprise that an increase in urbanisation will effect climate change drastically and increase temperatures all around the globe.

Rationale

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... steps to decrease my carbon footprint and I feel like I could really reflect these thoughts upon others and essentially make a difference.

Acknowledgement

I would like to give my special thanks of gratitude to my teachers of global perspectives and appreciate the help and guidance my teachers of global perspectives have always been more than willing to provide. I sincerely appreciate them helping me grow and become a socially aware being. This project has helped learn a lot and make me into a more environmentally responsible individual and I am grateful.

Bibliography

http://usj.sagepub.com/content/50/7/1325.short?rss=1&ssource=mfr

http://ugec.org/

http://www.climate-kic.org/case-studies/mitigating-climate-change-as-a-result-of-urbanisation/

http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/users/schensul/public/CCPD/papers/Satterthwaite%20paper.pdf

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