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Problems associated with rapid urbanisation Jiro, Calvin and Finlay -…

- - - - The issue of crimes increases with the increase in urbanisation. The increasing trend in urban crimes tends to upset the peace and tranquillity of the cities and make them more difficult to live in mainly for women. The problem of urban crime is becoming more complicated in the current situation because criminals often get shelter from politicians, bureaucrats and leaders of the urban society.
  - - - Transport
        
        As there are more people trying to get to work and back, the roads become increasingly full
  - - - Water is one of the most essential elements of nature to maintain life and right from the beginning of urban civilisation. However, supply of water started falling short of demand as the cities grew in size and number.
- - - - overcrowding
        
        Overcrowding leads to a constant problem of scarcity of houses in urban areas. This problem is particularly more severe in those urban areas where there is large invasion of jobless or underemployed immigrants who could not find place to live when they come in cities and towns from the nearby areas.
      - Have to live in the slums
        
        The natural development of unchecked, unexpected and random growth of urban areas is the growth and spread of slums and unlawful resident settlements which present a prominent feature in the environmental structure
        
        Factors affecting health in slums are Economic conditions, Social conditions, Living environment, Access and use of public health care services, Hidden/Unlisted slums and Rapid mobility.
  - - - Unhealthy
        
        Unable to work
- - - - As more people move into the city too fast for more sewage lines to be built, excess sewage can lead to disease
    - - Daily total of 4,000 cases of typhoid and diphtheria