There is a decrease in residents’ well-being due to rapid decline in green ecosystem in urban areas nowdays due to rampant construction of both residential and commercial buildings.
Numerous multifaceted causes have detrimental effects as put forward by scholars. Chief among them is scarcity of land. Limited space in cosmopolitan areas has been a major factor for diminishing flora in the cities. Construction workers fell down down trees and other plants to pave way for developments. A prime example is the erection of affordable housing in ELdoret city, in Kenya, a significant numbers of wattle trees were cut down to create space for the construction. In addition, lack of adherence of laws governing building an construction. Enforcement of laws regarding set for upcoming structures are contributing ways to a surge in massive buildings in metroplis. A case in point is a rogue gorvenment official in Iten town,in Kenya, awarding a construction permit to a client who wants to build in riparian land. This leads to depletion of native plants leading to hazardous effects to the environment.
Proponents assert that the causative ways should be curbed to prevent further predicaments. Vertical farming should be introduced. Limited building space should devise a way of incoorperating both the buildings as well as plants in the same habitat using rooftop technique. An significant example is plants grown in rooftops and gardens in Nairobi, Kenya, consequently brings the lost biodiversity in the city back. Furthermore, stringent laws and heavy fines to offenders. Private developers who violate the laws face disciplinary action inorder to halt misuse of green space and in appropriate erection of structures.
In conclusion, residents well-being can be achieved when the causes are mitigated. Scarcity of land can use alternative mode of plant growing , for instance, by using vertical farming. Wrong-doers should face adverse conditions of heavy penalties to control perpatrators from indulging in destruction of plants.