Week 8 Writing Homework
Is prioritising environmental sustainability in urban development justifiable, even if it makes cities less affordable for lower-income residents?
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Hundreds of kids run amidst the fumes, coughing and choking. Pipes rise from the factories that are scattered throughout the city. The streets are lit up, not from the stars but rather from the glint in the rising smoke. The streets are filled with cars that pump out black smog while people lay helplessly on the streets. An environmental environment is an indefinite priority even if it affects lower-income residents.
Firstly, many poverty stricken areas are within the area of factories and other polluting landfills. By providing a more environmentally stable home and reducing the amount of factories and greenhouse gasses emitted, we can also give back to the communities that don’t have as much as us. By prioritising the environment, it will also help people financially for long term effects. Cheaper forms of transport are apparent while there is also more efficient energy.
Secondly, by providing a more sustainable environment cities and countries will be less vulnerable to natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes. Pollution is a large factor that increases the severity in natural disasters. By reducing landfills and pollution, the imminent threat of natural disasters would be calmed.
Last of all, improving the sustainability of cities directly enhances everyday life, especially for those in lower-income communities. Clean air, green spaces, access to safe water, and healthier food options shouldn’t be luxuries reserved for the wealthy. They are basic rights. Children shouldn’t grow up coughing in the shadow of smokestacks. Families shouldn’t have to choose between affordability and safety. A cleaner, greener city is a fairer city — one that invests in the wellbeing of all its citizens, not just the privileged few.
In conclusion, prioritising environmental sustainability is not only justifiable — it is necessary. It reduces inequality, protects public health, prepares us for the future, and uplifts the very people who have been left behind for too long. Yes, the transition may bring challenges, but the cost of inaction is far greater. We must stop asking whether we can afford to protect the environment and start asking whether we can afford not to. Because every breath, every child, and every life in our cities depends on it.
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