1) If people could get around easily on foot, or by bike, or by public transport, roads would be less communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl – or overcrowded – and less polluted. That sounds rather utopian to me though.
2) That sounds fantastic, but what about somewhere like Beijing with its constant communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl – or air pollution – hanging over the city? A lot of people ride bikes there too. So which city is going to be the model for the future?
3) Well, today's Los Angeles has terrible urban sprawl and traffic problems.
4) communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl is the way a city spreads into undeveloped land around it, often without planning permission.
5) People communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl – or move – from the countryside to the city to get better opportunities, but end up with nowhere to live.
6) So they build their own housing on unoccupied land. These communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl – poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials like corrugated iron and plastic sheeting – are often communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl…
7) Which means they don't have an electricity or water supply – or access to healthcare and education. And these communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl are growing, so the problem is getting bigger. So are there any solutions?
8) Well, it's all about improving the communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl. That's the basic facilities a town or city needs, for example: communication, transport, water, and electricity. But this shouldn't only mean improving housing conditions, but also promoting education and employment among the inhabitants, and building better communities.
9) - What's communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl?
- It means available everywhere. So, the idea behind smart cities is to use technology to collect large amounts of data about how a city is performing.
10) - And that will be a communitiescongestedgame changerinfrastructuremigrateoff the gridshanty townssmogubiquitousUrban sprawl – significantly affecting the way our cities function. Hope for the future?
- Fingers crossed.