ABSTRACT
The problems of the urban environment are primarily associated with the rapid increase in the human population over recent decades. One of the most important indirect effects of this increase has been much more rapid, unplanned and careless increase in the populations of many large cities, especially in the developing countries. Number of inhabitants is not enough to distinguish a city from other settlements. According to modern functional urban planning, the city must serve the four basic needs of its inhabitants: housing, jobs, recreation and circulation. The more a city grows, the more the space within it becomes alienated from the elements of the natural space surrounding it. In developed countries, the movement of populations from the countryside to the city has mainly been due to industrialization, together with the mechanization of agriculture.
