Question

Is urbanisation a symbol of development or does it lead to problems? Answer should be very big. Like everything about it.

Answer 1

Urbanization, as the name suggests, is the process where people from rural or semi-urban areas move to metro cities in search of better opportunities for growth and income. However, it has its advantages, as well as disadvantages, let’s look at some of those points.

Advantages of Urbanization

1)It helps in the economic development of the country because due to urbanization local talents gets chances whether it is in sports, business, entertainment and by using the talent of these people many industries, as well as companies, are getting better and bigger which in turn is helping the country in achieving its target of economic growth and also enabling the country to have a competitive edge in global markets.


2)People who are from rural areas are deprived of basic amenities like school, hospitals, banks and so on but due to urbanization, these people get these facilities and hence it helps in improving the overall living standard of people.


3)Due to urbanization foreign companies having international presence come to set up their companies because these companies want all facilities and in rural or semis urban areas these facilities are not present and hence urbanization promotes foreign direct investment which in turn helps in improving the foreign exchange reserves of the country.





problems:


1)Due to urbanization many people benefit but not all get the opportunities which result in those people doing illegal work and so on and thus one can say that urbanization is party behind the increasing crime rates in big cities.


2)Since many people migrate to cities it results in a scarcity of houses which in turn results in the development of slums and since in these slums many people live in small areas (which is unhygienic) it results in these people contracting many diseases.

3)Urbanization leads to shifting of working population from agency shifting to industries and due to this there is fall in agriculture produce w,which results in fall in food production and that in turn results in inflation as there are more demand and less supply of food products.