Explain how cities arose.How is city life different from village life?
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b. Rural life 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, clerical and professional jobs. There is a migrant population in urban area
Answer:
a. The rise of a city can be attributed to many factors like the increased population in an area, followed by increased economic activity.
b. Further, development of means of communication also contributed in the rise and development of a city.
c. Establishment of industries and increased migration also led to further growth.
Differences between rural and city life:
a. Rural livelihood are based upon primary activities like farming and fishing. Urban livelihoods are based upon secondary and tertiary activities like manufacturing and services.
b. Rural life 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, clerical and professional jobs. There is a migrant population in urban areas.
c. People generally inherit jobs in rural areas like carpenter, blacksmith etc. In urban areas job inheritance is not common.
d. Rural areas provide less opportunity to earn income as compared with urban areas.
e. Rural areas lack industries, infrastructure which is found in urban areas.
f. Life is more simple in rural areas, city life is more complex in nature.