The positive and negative impacts each of urbanization on environment are listed below:
Positive effects:
- Development of skills and knowledge of people.
- Increases people's awareness level about environment.
- Increases technology for combating environmental pollution.
- Enables effective and optimum utilization of environmental resources.
Negative effects:
- Increases air, water, soil, and noise pollution.
- Increases solid waste in the city.
- Destruction of forest.
- Over exploitation of natural resources.
- Creates imbalance in nature and eco-system.