Some of the major health problems resulting from urbanization include poor nutrition, pollution-related health conditions and communicable diseases, poor sanitation and housing conditions, and related health conditions. Population increase causes housing problems. Overcrowding Unemployment Development of Slums Water and Sanitation Problems Poor Health and the Spread of Diseases Traffic Congestion Urban Crime

1. Are urbanization
effects good or
not?

2. • Uncontrolled migration and rapid urban growth are associated with increasing
urban poverty and inequality and rises in slum and squatter populations. These
people usually have inadequate water supply and sanitation services.

3. • Urbanization affects the physical environment
through the impacts of the number of people, their
activities and the increased demands on resources.

4. • Urbanization has negative consequences on health due
mainly to pollution and overcrowded living conditions. It
can also put added pressure on food supply systems.
• The pressures of urban living may lead to crime and other
consequences of social deprivation.