Based on the trends of the past, what will your city ‘look like’ in the future?
Ella Perkins
Moscow is home to 13 million people, has the largest urban population in Europe and is the fifth largest city in the world. But how does it manage in the future?
On page seven of our website it states that ..."one of the biggest problems in Moscow city is pollution and because Moscow is a megacity there are a lot of factories and people to pollute the city." - (Isabella Nunnink.) It also says that ..."last year Moscow city emitted 995 million tons of pollution into the air." -Moscow Time (Isabella Nunnink).
If this amount of pollution was realised into the atmosphere in just one year, then in the near future, the air pollution would have dramatically increased, causing this megacity to almost be unliveable.
Moscow also has a rapid population growth. The current population of Moscow is 11.9 million. If this number continues to grow, Moscow could become over-populated, which could increase pollution and traffic congestion.
Even though Moscow's future could become an over-populated nightmare, there are also some good things that the Muscovites (the people of Moscow) can look forward to. Moscow City has officially more than doubled the size. The Russian capital is set to expand its city borders to reduce congestion and overcome its space problems. Moscow also plans to add more subway systems, to reduce the traffic problems that the city has.
Some of the improvements for the future would be:
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.com/articles/2010/11/19/moscows_future_a_wish_list05134.html)
This city has a long road ahead of it, and despite all the plans, nobody knows what the future holds for Moscow.
On page seven of our website it states that ..."one of the biggest problems in Moscow city is pollution and because Moscow is a megacity there are a lot of factories and people to pollute the city." - (Isabella Nunnink.) It also says that ..."last year Moscow city emitted 995 million tons of pollution into the air." -Moscow Time (Isabella Nunnink).
If this amount of pollution was realised into the atmosphere in just one year, then in the near future, the air pollution would have dramatically increased, causing this megacity to almost be unliveable.
Moscow also has a rapid population growth. The current population of Moscow is 11.9 million. If this number continues to grow, Moscow could become over-populated, which could increase pollution and traffic congestion.
Even though Moscow's future could become an over-populated nightmare, there are also some good things that the Muscovites (the people of Moscow) can look forward to. Moscow City has officially more than doubled the size. The Russian capital is set to expand its city borders to reduce congestion and overcome its space problems. Moscow also plans to add more subway systems, to reduce the traffic problems that the city has.
Some of the improvements for the future would be:
- Improving transportation is necessary to keep Moscow moving.
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.com/articles/2010/11/19/moscows_future_a_wish_list05134.html)
This city has a long road ahead of it, and despite all the plans, nobody knows what the future holds for Moscow.