essay on pollution in urban areas

Moreover, none of these papers consider density in urban areas. Papers in the literature which investigate the relationship between population dynamics and pollution at the city level have typically looked at a single country and/or relied on a limited sample size (Glaeser and Kahn, 2010; Zheng et al., 2011; Cirilli and Veneri, 2014; Hilber and ...

The relationship between urban form and air pollution has rarely been explored with such a wide range of city selections. Most prior studies were focused on large urban agglomeration areas, and thus their conclusions are not representative towards small cities at the early or transition stage of urbanization.

Air pollution is a grave environmental concern, particularly in urbanized regions where a large population is exposed to air quality levels that exceed the established emission thresholds. It has been projected that by 2025, urban areas will be inhabited by approximately 60% of the global populace.