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Atmospheric pollution
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has a negative effect on human health by causing long term illnesses such as heart disease, lung cancer and stroke.
9,400 Londoners died prematurly from air pollutents in 2010.
in 2014, WHO found air pollution was 2.5x higher than the recommended amount in half of the countries it was monitoring.
Managing Air Pollution
clean air acts
created after the London smog of 1954 where regions of the UK are now required to track their air pollution levels and manage them if they get too high
vehicle control
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introduction of bus lanes, cycle lanes and public transport to reduce the number of cars.
relocation of industry to far outside the city to force pollutants to not be emitted directly into the cities atmosphere.
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Liveability
London
a HIC so a larger economy giving them a greater access to resources to help the less affluent to prevent the number of people in poverty and increase the liveability of the area
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a larger proportion of open roads with public transport allocation improving the availability for people to be able to easily transport around he urban area.
Mumbai
larger population density making quality of life poor because sanitation is worse and transportation is poor
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NEE so the economy is less able to give aid to those in poverty creating a negative multiplier effect
has very narrow roads creating congestion issues and increasing stress levels of being able to get to work so therefore the liveability is reduced.
Megacities
Environmental Problems
increased population results in an increase in number of vehicles around the city. This causes increased amount of air pollution into the atmosphere
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economic inequality
Management
enfocing a living wage
the london living wage caused 10,000 londoners to be lifted out of poverty since 2005
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provision of schools
helps gice those with less opportunitiess the same level of education as wealthy people so they have the same higher payed employment opportunities as wealthier people
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Inequality
wealthy and poor seem to congegate spatially creating a social segregation and wealthy can afford more outer city suburb areas where as poorer and loeft in the derelict city centre.
ethnic migrants when first entering the UK conrogate in inner city areas where employment opportunities are greatest and vcosts are cheapest as they have not a lot of money with them.