Urbanisation has brought harm to society.

Written by: Nurul Huda Binti Mohd Na’im (603 2020)

Urbanisation has brought harm to society. Do you agree?

                Urbanisation has brought  the biggest changes in development of countries. It occurs when more and more people migrate to the urban areas in hope for a better life yet it is not always sunshine and rainbows as this condition brings harm to both the country and society. The cities might be congested, the crime rates will definitley skyrocket, pollutions might increase and many more banes will entail which prove the drawbacks of urbanisation. Many people also suffer because of these changes. Thus, I strongly agree that urbanisation has brought harm to society. This is because urbanisation leads to an increase in serious health risks among citizens.

                First and foremost, urbanisation has brought harm to society because it leads to an increment of serious health risks among citizens. People’s health conditions are severely affected when urbanisation occurs in their areas. This is because urbanisation causes air pollution, which comes from vehicles and other types of transportation. When the country has developed because of urbanisation, there will be an increment of vehicles as people become busier and have to use many kinds of transports to move from one point to another, like commuting from their houses to the workplaces or other facilities and public centres. This is not good for the environment and exposes health risks towards people because carbon emissions from vehicles containing harmful gases will affect people’s health. For example, congestion of cars on the road will produce more gases such as carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases. This will reduce the quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere which eventually will lead to the detrimental effects such as breathing difficulties, heart attack and lung cancer;- an atrocity that manifests the brutality that comes with urbanisation, a price that has to be paid by the citizens. In addition, water pollution is also one of the effects from urbanisation. Water pollution comes from heavy constructions that are executed because of the urbanisation process. To illustrate further, the construction of skyscrapers or shopping malls lead to soil degradation that will produce excess sediments. The excess sediments will flow into the river and it will reduce water quality. Hence, it will affect clean water that is supplied to the houses that people use for domestic purposes like cleaning or washing, and for them to consume daily, especially for drinking and cooking. When people get the poor quality of water to drink, they will be exposed to the risk of varied health problems such as cholera, giardia and typhoid. Therefore, it is crystal clear that urbanisation has brought harm to society as it causes an increment in serious health problems among citizens.

                In conclusion, urbanisation has brought more harms than benefits to the society as people are exposed to health problems, signifying that people get many bad effects from urbanisation. However, this bad experience will not be faced by the citizens if the primary way is taken by the government to minimize the problems caused by urbanisation. Government has to plan very well before deciding to develop certain places or the whole country without putting more pressure on society and the environment. Hence, I once again emphasize that urbanisation has brought harm to the society.