Sana Riaz

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author: Sana Riaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Received: November 03, 2023; Published: December 01, 2023

Abstract

People around the globe are moving from rural to urban setup at a very fast pace. It is expected that about 60 % population of the world will be living in urban setup by 2030 [1]. Migration of people in large numbers puts pressure on cities resulting in expansion, especially of metropolitan cities of the world. Which results in the establishment of societies, resorts and other real estate properties in the suburbs of large cities. For this purpose, the forests and other habitats are being demolished on a large scale. Further, modern lifestyle, heavy vehicles and development of more industries along with cities leads to the drastic increase in pollution, altered water and nutrient cycles and heat balance.

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Citation

Citation: Sana Riaz. “Rapid Urbanization: A Threat to Natural Habitat of Plants Calling a Need for Conservation".Acta Scientific Biotechnology 4.5 (2023): 01.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Sana Riaz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.