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urban growth is having a profound negative effect on the urban population. People
move into the city cause overcrowding within the area. Overcrowding becomes a catalyst for diseases
and infections as sanitation is compromised. More people existing in the city promote
person to person disease transmission. Furthermore, international travel has made
cities hubs for business and pleasure for tourists. This also causes the spread
of diseases as tourists would bring new and foreign diseases. The pattern of
settlement pattern in Trinidad makes it optimum for breakouts of diseases
(clustered and lineated). The link takes you to Nairobi, Kenya, an example
where the emergence of diseases in the city center has been the study for
researchers:
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