Research Paper on:
Nature and Cities

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significance of issues like acid rain. Bibliography lists 7 sources. MHairpol.rtf Urbanization, the Creation of Cities and the Impacts on the Natural Environment  Written by 11/2001 Introduction In a recent report by the World Health Organization, researchers argued that a reduction in greenhouse gases, those gases  that are expelled into the environment as a result of urban congestion that change the composition of the upper atmosphere, could have both short and long-term benefits for society in  general (Sheldon, 2000). The report also argued that there is documented support for the belief that there are deaths attributable to air pollution each year and that air pollution  negatively impacts the quality of life in the urban setting. What is interesting within this perspective is that there are varied perspectives on the issue of pollution as  an off-shoot of urbanization and questions have arisen about the correlation between urban development and the negative impacts of air pollution. Most agree, though, that it is a cyclical  process: increased urbanization has determined increases in air pollution created in these urban centers; and air pollution inherently determines negative issues in the urban setting, including structural deterioration and  a decline in the quality of life. The Report The report presented by the World Health Organization argued that there is a growing body of evidence in the  scientific community that attributes poor quality of life and incidences of death to poor air quality and air pollution and also related the notion that reducing greenhouse gases would inherent  determine cleaner air with dramatic health improvements (Sheldon, 2000). One of the most interesting components of this perspective is the notion of the cyclical nature of the air pollution