Question

"industrialisation and urbanisation go hand in hand".Justify the statement by giving any 3 reasons arguments.

Answer 1

1. Industrialists locate and establish their units keeping in view the closeness to source of raw material as well as markets i.e. city.

2. Sometimes, some industries come together to take advantage of facilities offerred by cities. This is called agglomeration economies and gradually a big agglomeration takes place.

3. City also provides the industries with services like insurance, transport, communication, loans, banking etc and is a market for them.

Thus, Industrialisation and urbanization go hand-in-hand.

Answer 2

The above statement is justified because

• Industrialisation cause a growth in available factory jobs. With this increase in jobs comes an increase in population.

• The people start moving towards cities for jobs and it gradually develop into   urban   centres.   Sometimes industries are located in or near cities.
• (iii) Cities provide markets and also provide services such as banking, insurance,     transport,     labour, consultants and financial advice, etc to the industry.

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