D.7. Way Forward
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Sustainable, planned, and eco-friendly cities |
Governments’ efforts to build smart, safe, environmentally friendly, and affordable cities should get more boost and legal backing as well. |
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Private investments |
More investments can be encouraged for green living and other urban initiatives for sustainable landscapes. |
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Access for all |
every resident should be able to access all the services, without discrimination of any kind. Disabled friendly and inclusive infrastructure should be made mandatory in urban areas. |
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Employment |
To mitigate the negative consequences of increasing urbanization while still protecting natural ecosystems, private investments in environmental resource utilization and employment creation should be promoted. |
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Health and Population management |
population control is important to manage the spread of diseases. It will help in creating a healthy society with medical facilities accessible to all. |
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Poverty alleviation |
A bottom-up approach can be adopted to better understand unique challenges faced by the urban poor and worked upon. As we move forward in the 21st century, the global population is likely to continue growing. Urban areas will continue to grow with the population. By 2050, it is projected that two-thirds of the urban population will be living in urban areas, that are close to 7 billion people in cities alone. This continual growth presents complex challenges as we prepare for the cities of the future. How we choose to manage urbanization will have consequences for our world for many years to come. |