By: Bryan Taningco
When
we talk about cities what imagery comes in to mind? Isn’t it columns of
buildings and rooftops; skyscrapers and highways, a busy district full of
professionals and corporates? The “modern jungle” as analyst would describe it.
A gradual increase of infrastructure and population living in a city, it is
predicted that by 2050 about 64% of the developing world and 86% of the
developed world will be urbanized. That is equivalent to approximately 3
billion urbanites by 2050, much of which will occur in Africa and Asia.
Notably, the United Nations has also recently projected that nearly all global
population growth from 2015 to 2030 will be absorbed by cities, about 1.1 new
urbanites over the next 15 years.
So
the question boils; is Urbanization a blessing or a curse? A blessing for it
embodies a nation’s progress and development and a curse for it converts rural areas
which can be otherwise used to support agriculture and wildlife, does the
showcase of progress justify this conversion? Indeed metropolises are jewels to
behold by every progressive nation but how are we to sustain balance with
nature if mankind devours the very space in which nature breeds? Is
urbanization really the inevitable future?
Perhaps
my question has an answer; “Yes” urbanization is the future. Whether you like it our not, you will be seeing more skyscrapers and columns of buildings, lesser
farms and forests; A denser population and smaller living space. What can we
do? The least we can do is to adapt an Urban lifestyle. Because let’s face it, there is
no escaping this “modern jungle”.
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