Issue Related to Vertical Growth and Development

In various avenues of urban scenario, a high rise can be very notorious and have unpleasant outcomes. At the individual and familial level, living in a high rise may instigate fears of various kinds in the minds of residents. Thesefears, though, may at some point or some level be unrealistic but they doexist. One is the fear of their dear ones falling or jumping from the height. This may not essentially be suicide or a criminal activity. But this fear relates more to children and elderly who usually cannot hold their senses in many of their activities and stand a good chance of falling off while engaged in some chores. This other fear rises from the uncertainty of any natural calamity or manmade mishaps like earthquake and fire. 

The residents of tall buildings fear that in case of any such occurrence their lives would surely be jeopardized as they are far above the ground and by no means can they reach the ground within a short span of time. High Rise buildings can hold thousands ofpeople above the reach of fire safety people and their devices and once the height reaches the level which is beyond the reach of fire department, the chances of saving lives stands negligible in case of fire. Then there is also the fear of falling prey to communicable diseases which are air and touch borne which spreads more easily when many people share hallway, door and elevator buttons.