Human settlements contribute to various environmental problems, including increased temperatures due to concrete structures, air pollution from harmful emissions, and water pollution from industrial sewage. These issues are exacerbated by rural-urban migration driven by limited job opportunities in rural areas. Proposed solutions involve improving living conditions and employment in rural communities while balancing environmental conditions between urban and rural areas.

2. What are the Environmental
Problems caused by Human
Settlement?

3. Temperature Increase
Huge concrete structures of buildings
create heat in the city environment.

4. Air pollution
emissions of harmful gases and smoke from
factories and vehicles, air pollution results

5. Changes in Natural Water Cycle
dumping of sewage from
factories in water bodies,
water pollution occur which
often resulting in outbreaks
of epidemics

6. Destruction of Natural Habitats of Flora and Fauna
forested areas are
destroyed which otherwise would
have been natural habitats to
many birds and animals

7. What measures can be taken
to ease these problems?

8. The major problem of urban
areas is the large-scale
immigration of rural people.
It is due to high population growth than
the generation of employment and
economic opportunities in rural areas.

9. i. Improve the quality of living conditions as well as create employment
and educational opportunities in rural areas.
MORE OPPORTUNIES

10. ii. Balance must be created between rural and
urban areas in their different environmental
conditions.
IT’S ALL ABOUT BALANCE

11. University of the Philippines Visayas
Miagao Campus
Natural Sciences II