What is the urban crisis? what might be done to relieve it?

Question

What is the urban crisis? what might be done to relieve it?

Answer 1

Move out to the sticks.

Answer 2

From the Brookings Institute

Unprecedented urban growth makes sustainability in cities a crucial issue for policymakers, scholars and business leaders. This emerging urban crisis challenges environment-based and economicbased approaches to sustainability and brings to the forefront the multifaceted and critical role that culture plays in ensuring that cities are viable for future generations.