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Name Course Tutor Date ➢ Overtime, we have experienced an increase in the numbers of populations occupying different parts of the world ➢ Urbanization, in effect, has resulted in the great decline of different species of animals leading to an unbalanced ecosystem ➢ This has led to major concerns of what our world is coming to if some of its inhabitants are going into extinction ➢ There are five stages of economic development that have taken place over the years ➢ These stages are; ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ hunting-gathering and early agriculture Riverine civilizations agricultural empires the Atlantic-industrial era the Pacific-global era ➢ The last two are the most recent stages of economic development ➢ All these stages help us understand the extent of economic development and urbanization that has been experienced ➢ During the Atlantic-industrial era, the impact on the environment started increasing through the use of fossil fuels and industrial development which created a strain on the environment ➢ Transportation and infrastructure also become characteristic of the era ➢ The population increase led to this kind of urbanization ➢ Economic development was realized but so was a negative environmental impact ➢ The Pacific-global era holds the most recent position on ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ the economic era list The environmental conditions have been made worse There has been an increase in infrastructural development, that is, buildings, roads and po ...
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