The major cause of most environmental problems is the rapidly growing human population. About 90 million babies are born each year. At this rate, by the year 2050, global population will reach 10 billion. The current world population is on average very young and has many years of reproductive life ahead. In developing countries where the urbanization is occurring most rapidly the technology is not high enough to take responsibility of water treatment and clean production. Many Western companies produce their products in developing countries because of more flexible environmental law and cheaper production costs. This puts extra pressure on the environment of the developing countries.
Environmental problems in most of the urban centers are evident. Environment-related diseases oraccidents remain among the major causes of illness, injury, and premature death. This is common in the poorer centers of urban areas. Most of these diseases are caused by pathogens in water, food, soil, or air. Burns, scalds, and accidental fires are common in overcrowded shelters,
The cities have two general categories of human environmental risk: those that directly affect health, such as pollution, and those that may not be less damaging, but operate indirectly by worsen the ecosystem that human life depends on. The link between environment and health is evident. Poor environment, housing and living conditions are the main reasons to the diseases and poor health. Contents1) Introduction 2) slums:the indian scenario, 3) Housing and Homelessness,4) caring for community dynamics of slums, 5) slum dwellers and disease, 6) emperical analysis, 7) conclusions, 8) References.
Urban planning should be based on integrated approaches to providing and maintaining basic services. This will enable addressing in a holistic manner the environmental, economic and social dimensions associated with environmental infrastructure in cities. adequate steps are not taken to prevent pollution and to improve the quality of life by providing more social amenities, life of slum dwellers of Bangalore agglomeration may become moremiserable which may be the cause of heath hazards and worst devastation.
