Writing topic: What are the key problems facing the world’s cities in the 21st century and what can be done for them?
As the population of cities all over the world increases, authorities are trying to improve ("To", as in "in order to", must be followed by an infinitive: e.g., to eat, to drink, to write, to edit, etc...) people's living conditions (The word infrastructure does not make sense here), but they are facing many difficult problems. (They are facing problems that needs to be solved? Don't all problems need to be solved???) Two of the most critical problems are heavy traffic and environmental pollution, which are mutually connected because heavy traffic pollutes the environment.
Environmental pollution is (Don't use verbs/verbial clauses. They weaken your ideas and arguments.) an
global issue about which many conferences annually discuss, hoping to find effective solutions. The main reason for that (I am lost, the main reason for what?)
(especially at the developing countries) is the proliferating
construction of buildings and industrial zones as well as factories and
plants for manufacturing many kinds of goods.
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The appropriate
allocation of urban scheme is the right answer for this problem. There
should be many different divided areas for many purposes of citizens’
lives. For example: for entertainment, there are theater and cinema
combinations in the center of the city to attract the citizens to go
out and have fun, for manufacturing, plants and factories should be
built outside the cities and they have to be checked regularly about
hygiene and drainage system problems, as well as for amusement, parks
should be constructed in everywhere of the city with the open spaces,
green trees, lakes and ponds for citizens to breath fresh air.
Nowadays, heavy traffic is the major problem of
many countries, especially the big cities. The cause is the crowded
personal transportation means including: cars, buses, trains,
motorbikes…For example: the population in New York City is 18.9 million
people and there are 28.2 % among them driving to work every day.
Government should build public transportation widely and encourage the
citizens to use it effectively as well as imposing the high tax to
personal vehicles and increasing the petroleum and gas prices.