Traditional treatment and prevention as a technology of rehabilitation treatment in a megalopolis
AUTHORS : Moskaleva O.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Moscow, Russia
YEAR : 2012
It is known that concentrated half of all humanity lives in cities. Cities where production, culture, infrastructure are
engines of progress. Cities provide opportunities for raising incomes, wide access to education, medicine and social services. But the great overcrowding of people
suggests a number of negative aspects.
– these are unfavorable living conditions,
– the quality of food and water,
– insufficient work of waste disposal services,
– air pollution,
– overloaded transport,
– poor performance of treatment facilities,
– health impacts associated with climate change (heat waves, severe storms).