Karen Seto on the Environmental Impact of Expanding Cities In 1970, there were roughly the same number of city dwellers in developed nations as in developing nations. By the mid-1990s, however, urban residents of the developing world outnumbered their developed-world counterparts by a factor of two to one. Since then, the gap has continued to grow. .... Seto acknowledged that many of the today’s discussions surrounding urbanization focus on the negative impacts for the environment and human security – among them the loss of agricultural land, conversion of forests, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrology, and climate effects. Ultimately though, she said, urbanization and its attendant land-use changes shouldn’t be viewed through a black-or-white lens. “Certainly we think about the oncoming demographic transition of something like three billion more people living in cities, Seto said, but that means there’s a lot of... click-to-read-mo.re/p/5Vq2
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:34:20 +0000
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