首页
登录
职称英语
Water and CitiesVocabulary and Expressionssanitation malaria jeopardiz
Water and CitiesVocabulary and Expressionssanitation malaria jeopardiz
游客
2025-01-26
31
管理
问题
Water and Cities
Vocabulary and Expressions
sanitation malaria jeopardize tenure
diarrhea cholera [br] What is the proportion of urban population who used an improved water supply source last year globally?
Water and Cities
Half of humanity now lives in cities, and within two decades, nearly 60 percent of the world’s people will be urban dwellers. Urban growth is most rapid in the developing world, where cities gain an average of 5 million residents every month. The exploding urban population growth creates unprecedented challenges, among which provision for water and sanitation has been the most pressing and painfully felt when lacking.
Two main challenges related to water are affecting the sustainability of human urban settlements: the lack of access to safe water and sanitation, and increasing water-related disasters such as floods and droughts. These problems have enormous consequences on human health and well-being, safety, the environment, economic growth and development. The lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities leads to health issues such as diarrhoea, malaria and cholera outbreaks. Though water supply and sanitation coverage have increased for the last 18 years, the growth of the world’s urban populations jeopardizes those results. During these years, 1052 million urban dwellers gained access to improve drinking water and 813 million to improve sanitation, but the urban population in that period grew by 1089 million people.
An estimated 96 percent of the urban population globally used an improved water supply source last year, compared to 81 percent of the rural population. This means that 653 million rural dwellers lacked improved sources of drinking water.
Globally, 79 percent of the urban population used an improved sanitation facility last year, compared to 47 percent of the rural population.
Those who suffer the most of these water-related challenges are the urban poor, often living in slum areas or informal settlements following rapid urban growth, in situations lacking many of life’s basic necessities: safe drinking water, adequate sanitation services and access to health services, durable housing and secure tenure.
Cities cannot be sustainable without ensuring reliable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Coping with the growing needs of water and sanitation services within cities is one of the most pressing issues of this century. Sustainable, efficient and equitable management of water in cities has never been as important as in today’s world.
选项
A、An estimated 96 percent.
B、An estimated 81 percent.
C、An estimated 79 percent.
D、An estimated 47 percent.
答案
A
解析
根据原文“An estimated 96 percent of the urban population globally used an improved water supply source last year,…”可知,选项A正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3929562.html
相关试题推荐
Thesenatoragreedthathissupportofthemeasurewouldjeopardizehischances
OnthisobservanceofWorldMalariaDay,Icallonallpartnerstoincreaseinve
OnthisobservanceofWorldMalariaDay,Icallonallpartnerstoincreaseinve
OnthisobservanceofWorldMalariaDay,Icallonallpartnerstoincreaseinve
OnthisobservanceofWorldMalariaDay,Icallonallpartnerstoincreaseinve
WaterandCitiesVocabularyandExpressionssanitationmalariajeopardiz
WaterandCitiesVocabularyandExpressionssanitationmalariajeopardiz
WaterandCitiesVocabularyandExpressionssanitationmalariajeopardiz
Whatisthisyear’sthemeofWorldMalariaDay?A、ZeroMalaria.B、ZeroMalariaan
WhatdayisWorldMalariaDay?[originaltext]OnApril25thweobserveWorld
随机试题
Inrecentyears,traditionalprintednewspapershavefacedaseriouschallen
TheSeattleTimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthathasrecognizedtheneed
Thequalityofuniversitylifeisdecliningunderstrainfromthehigheredu
全国水资源一级分区主要湿地面积比例最大的河流是:() A.松花江 B.黄
项目部要对施工升降机的使用建立相关的管理制度不包括()。A.司机的岗位责任制
下列关于轻微副作用的处理说法正确的是A:一旦用药后出现便秘,应立即停药 B:出
在碱性溶液中可使毒性增强的有机磷农药是A.敌百虫 B.乐果 C.氧乐果 D
下边四个图形中,只有一个是由上边的四个图形拼合(只能通过上、下、左、右平移)而成
正常情况下胃黏膜不会被胃液所消化,是由于A.胃液中不含有可消化胃黏膜的酶 B.
以下哪项不是感染性心内膜炎的临床表现A.皮肤、黏膜瘀点 B.皮下小结 C.脾
最新回复
(
0
)