1. PRESENTED BY: Urbanization and Changing Population Size

2. Urbanization and Changing Population Size - Benefits Shorter commute times Large opportunity for public transit Diverse population mix Close proximity to neighbors leading to a close community Can reduce subsistence farming techniques with a move towards more urban areas Many urban area planners are incorporating urban gardens and parks into the urban setting

3. Urbanization and Changing Population Size - Challenges Pollution  Air pollution  Water pollution  Soil pollution Urban heat islands Poverty conditions Lack of housing High competition for jobs and resources Unemployment Agencies offering help to population can be stretched too thin

4. 1 st 2008 Winner of the Dubai Awards The first winner of the 2008 Dubai Awards was APROCOBU (Association for the Promotion of Cooperative Stores for Production, Selling and Supplying in Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi.  This program has created a village to deal with the amount of refugees in the area from the war in Burundi.

5. How 1 st Dubai Award Winner Overcame Challenge Safety Environmental War

6. 2 nd 2008 Winner of the Dubai Awards Involving Indigenous People in Forest Management in Decision Making, Pokola, Republic of the Congo  This program works to protect the Indigenous people that live in the area by giving them a voice by helping to identify the different groups in the area.

7. How 2nd Dubai Award Winner Overcame Challenge Indigenous population rights Finding Indigenous population

8. Factors that Produced Urbanization and Changing Population Size

9. References News. (2008). Dubai Awards. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://www.dubaiaward.ae/web/NewsDetails161.aspx Winners: 2008. (2008). Dubai Awards. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://www.dubaiaward.ae/web/WinnersDetails.aspx?s =36&c=51 Winners: 2008. (2008). Dubai Awards. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://www.dubaiaward.ae/web/WinnersDetails.aspx?s =36&c=38