Activity for Chapter 5

Population and Mobility:

Answer the following questions comprehensively: Cite and example to justify your answer. (500
words each questions).

1. What is the implication of word population growth this year/current year and the years to
come/Future amidst Corona virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading, infecting millions of people and disrupting
economic growth. The baseline estimate expects a decrease in global output in 2020, based on market
exchange rate weights. The epidemic highlights the need for urgent action to mitigate the pandemic's
health and economic consequences, protect fragile populations, and lay the groundwork for long-term
recovery. It is important for emerging market and developed nations, many of which are vulnerable, to
strengthen their public health systems. The national organized measures for handling the COVID-19
pandemic reduce high mass carbon emissions due to nationwide lockdowns in businesses and
economies.
To limit sensitivity of corona-virus cases and economic crisis, global systematic strategies have
been prepared to eliminate human and economic misery. While the COVID-19 interventions on
environmental improvements are promising in the short term, they are likely to worsen the problem in
the long run until economic operations resume after the pandemic is over. During a pandemic, the
closing of commercial operations reduces greenhouse pollution in a city significantly. The pandemic
has some negative social and economic consequences, but it also has some positive consequences in the
form of cleaner air and a cleaner atmosphere around the country. It is desirable to contain the need for
sustainable economic policies. The year was proclaimed by coronavirus emergency in late December
and early January 2020, which is more devastating than any other emergency led by the world in
previous years. Energy production is one of the most important elements of global development in
order to carry out economic functions. Electricity consumption in homes and businesses is very high,
resulting in a massive increase in demand. The COVID-19 initiatives would increase energy demand in
the healthcare sector, especially in order to regulate healthcare issues. The research looked at
population growth data to see how it affected carbon emissions. The consumer price index was used as
a proxy for calculating fluctuations in food prices in the report. In order to model fertility, the
researchers used data from insecure employment. Thanks to inadequate healthcare spending, the poor
income population has mostly been unable to survive the pandemic.
The year 2020 will go down in history as one of those that left an indelible mark. The COVID-
19 pandemic has impacted negatively on almost every aspect of life. Many aspects have improved,
although some have worsened. Some of these reforms will be irreversible, and others will be contingent
on how quickly the pandemic can be contained, according to analysts. In the aftermath of a pandemic,
concerted economic and social intervention is still needed. They argue that multilateral organizations
such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization require more teeth. Now is the time for
policymakers to get things right.
2. What are the challenges that might threaten a global city? Does the Philippines have what it
takes to build a global city?

Each country is facing different challenges, it can be the same and it can also be different. In
the Asia-Pacific region, Metro Manila has risen to prominence as a viable investment destination.
Because of its central position between Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, and Indonesia, the
Philippines serves as the Asian  region's North and Pacific gateway. The city is seen as a viable
business area by a large number of international companies and foreign buyers. And when struck by the
most damaging typhoon, the Philippine economy has shown its strength. The country's macroeconomic
changes have won it investment grade scores and growth predictions that extend past 2030. 

Although population growth accelerates, here are five of the most pressing issues that cities will
face in the future. The growing divide between haves and have-nots will be amplified in future
megacities. Technology can play an enormously important role in the growth and operation of future
cities. Environmental technology that can more easily cool houses or drive fewer polluting cars can
also contribute to safer future cities. One of the threats to the environment is the rapid population
growth, which puts a burden on critical infrastructure, is exacerbating the effects of environmental
challenges, as are increasingly regular and severe weather conditions related to global climate change.
Flooding, tropical heat waves, and epidemics are all common environmental threats. Due to the
extreme of the geographical and demographic density of cities, such risks often result in both financial
and human losses. Making neighborhoods more resilient to environmental risks is one of the most
pressing issues facing local governments, and it needs immediate attention. Population growth limits
available water catchment areas and farm fields while also increasing electricity demand. When the
number of urban super-rich rises, so will the number of urban poor in many cities. The growing divide
between haves and have-nots will be amplified in future megacities. It is important for policymakers to
ensure that the benefits of change are distributed fairly.

Through describing informality as opposed to formal, state-regulated spaces. The Philippine

government isn't the only one that creates a distinction between formal and informal spaces.
Governments all over the world do the same, for historical and political purposes. 
The Philippine government isn't the only one that creates a distinction between formal and informal
areas. Governments all over the world do the same thing, for historical and political purposes.
Countries are advised to do so by United Nations technical support missions and US international relief
services. Informal residents are well aware of their status as outcasts in the global city. "They think
we're garbage people," grumbled one taxi driver and Tondo resident. "Unless it's voting season!" a cab
driver bemoaned the authorities' behavior.
3. Prove that “migration is both a result and cause of development?

The geographic movement of people over a defined border for the purpose of creating a new
permanent or semi-permanent home, or the movement of people from one location to live in another, is
referred to as migration. Individuals, families, and large numbers of people can choose to migrate.
Other factors may cause migration; in this case, the migrant may be an incredibly young agile person
with a high level of education who wishes to break free from the social constraints of his or her family
or village for a while. The migrant may be forced to engage in migrant labor, which is regarded as an
adult initiation. However, migration, whether internal or external, is a fact of life.

A variation of these push and pull forces typically results in migration. People migrate from
their point of origin to their point of destination, especially from rural to urban areas, in order to
improve their living conditions. Because of a natural disaster or civil unrest, people may move
internally from their home to another location; this sort of migration is referred to as a refugee;
however, refugees do not bring many belongings with them and have no idea where they will
eventually settle. Wide migration changes are caused by environmental conditions. In the event of
drought or other significant environmental crises, rural people may be forced to migrate to urban areas
in search of food, jobs, or other means of subsistence. To flee a country's religious, political, or social
condition, a person seeking asylum from political, religious, or other types of oppression is commonly
referred to as an asylum seeker. People move to the city for a variety of reasons, including schooling
and the acquisition of new skills. People migrate for a variety of reasons, including favorable climates.
For the sake of social amenities that vary. for the sake of adventure and transition.

Migration can have a range of social, cultural, political, and economic effects. It involves
transfer of knowledge and skills, financial assets, and the transfer of people from one location to
another. Brain drain occurs when significant numbers of highly skilled nationals leave their countries of
origin to seek employment or establish businesses abroad. Sudden mass relocation or displacement has
an adverse environmental effect on the migrant host area. Migration also has consequences for the
individual, the area of origin, the family, household, society, the economy, and development as a whole.
The environmental impact of protracted overexploitation of natural resources, prolonged indiscriminate
disposal of wastes, and other unwholesome environmental practices pose a significant hazard to the
immigrants themselves and to residents in proximity to such a settlement.