Question

Compare the urban and rural occupations

Answer 1

1)Rural livelihoods are based upon primary activities like farming and fishing.Urban livelihoods are based upon secondary and tertiary activities like manufacturing and services.

2)Rural livelihood involves living with and being sustained by nature.Urban is city based living and involve a range of activities like IT,jobs in the government or private sector,clerial and professional jobs.Urban areas have a large migrant population.

3)People generally inherit jobs in rural areas like carpenter,blacksmith etc.In urban areas job inheritance is not common.

4)Rural areas provide less opportunity to earn income as compared with urban areas.

5)Rural areas lack industries, infrastructure which is found in urban areas.