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  • ISSUES
    • Limited incomes and possesions - 40% living below poverty line
    • RURAL SETTLEMENT MONGOLIA
      • SOLUTIONS
        • SCHEMES
          • LIivestock insurance
        • farmers migrate to the city as livestock are killed and crops are hard to grow. Mongolians adapt to the change in climate by sharing recourses with other farmers.
          • stronger communities allows herders to manage their pastures and slow down the degradation of their land
      • CHARACTERISITCS
        • traditional housing in the form of gers
        • local customs
        • sparse population - 3.17 mill
    • burn coal for heat as no electricity
      • leading to pollution; 1/3 of children get too sick for school due to respiratory problems
    • 200,00 houses in city of Ulabaatar; 200,00 chimneys adding to pollution
    • lack of transport (mainly off road tracks) - causing extreme isolation
      • limited service provision - lower health and education standards in many provinces
      • 1 in 5 rural dwellers lack. a car
  • extreme weathers - long winters and short summers, drought; killing livestock and crops
    • cattle are a source of income and provide residents with cheese and milk; therefore serious problems caused if drought occurs.
    • ISSUES
      • Limited incomes and possesions - 40% living below poverty line
      • RURAL SETTLEMENT MONGOLIA
        • SOLUTIONS
          • SCHEMES
            • LIivestock insurance
          • farmers migrate to the city as livestock are killed and crops are hard to grow. Mongolians adapt to the change in climate by sharing recourses with other farmers.
            • stronger communities allows herders to manage their pastures and slow down the degradation of their land
        • CHARACTERISITCS
          • traditional housing in the form of gers
          • local customs
          • sparse population - 3.17 mill
      • burn coal for heat as no electricity
        • leading to pollution; 1/3 of children get too sick for school due to respiratory problems
      • 200,00 houses in city of Ulabaatar; 200,00 chimneys adding to pollution
      • lack of transport (mainly off road tracks) - causing extreme isolation
        • limited service provision - lower health and education standards in many provinces
        • 1 in 5 rural dwellers lack. a car
  • green development strategy - various laws in 2014 that increased the regulation of minerals
    • migration to cities increases the economic growth as there are more jobs available and Mongolians earn a higher wage
      • migration to cities where population us denser and transport is better.

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