How can sustainable development save urban areasINTRODUCTION: The population of people living in urban areas is increasing every year, especially in developing countries. "Urbanization" is a very popular word for almost everyone Now. However, many serious problems arise simultaneously with the development of urbanization. Let's take Europe's urban problems as an example. The successful process of urban areas brings with it problems including housing shortages, long commutes from residence to work, migration of people from rural to urban areas and traffic congestion. We cannot ignore them, otherwise they will be much worse in the future. What can we do? It is widely believed that sustainable development can successfully solve the problems caused by urbanization, such as lack of resources, high prices, food shortages and unemployment. Urbanization creates an enormous need for resources and causes them to be lacking. City-based manufacturing currently accounts for the majority of global resource consumption and waste generation" (WRI,1996). Resources, including food, are limited and cannot be available forever, but none of us can live without sufficient resources.We must therefore use resources sustainably to meet the huge need of urban areas.The idea of ​​sustainable development encourages people to use resources in a multi-stage and scientific way For example, some factories use a lot of water and at the same time produce a lot of polluted water. In the past, they usually discharge the polluted water directly into rivers sustainable suggests cleaning up polluted water... middle of paper... resources It is clear that if there are too many people, we will consume too many resources in a short time. And, once the environment cannot bear such a great need, it must be a disaster for the global world. Until now, we can come to the conclusion that all the problems caused by urbanization are not isolated. In fact, they are closely related to each other. Urbanization is an inevitable choice for human development as everyone wants a better life. Sustainable development is also an inevitable choice for humans to solve the problems caused by urbanization. With the urbanization process, the contradiction between man and nature is increasingly evident and serious. These problems not only limit the urbanization process, but also will harm humans in the future. Perhaps we have no choice but to promote sustainable development. It's the best choice.