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Urbanization - Impacts: Mrs - Vimala.M

Urbanization is increasing as more people migrate from rural to urban areas due to population pressure, lack of resources, and the belief that living standards are higher in cities. This rapid urbanization leads to socio-cultural impacts like a decrease in rural culture and standard languages becoming those of major cities. It also has socio-economic impacts such as increasing housing costs, unemployment, and overcrowding of cities. Environmental impacts include greater waste production, air and water pollution, and traffic congestion in large cities. The key challenges of urbanization are minimizing its negative effects through improved infrastructure and creating more opportunities in rural areas to reduce migration to cities.

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Urbanization - Impacts: Mrs - Vimala.M

Urbanization is increasing as more people migrate from rural to urban areas due to population pressure, lack of resources, and the belief that living standards are higher in cities. This rapid urbanization leads to socio-cultural impacts like a decrease in rural culture and standard languages becoming those of major cities. It also has socio-economic impacts such as increasing housing costs, unemployment, and overcrowding of cities. Environmental impacts include greater waste production, air and water pollution, and traffic congestion in large cities. The key challenges of urbanization are minimizing its negative effects through improved infrastructure and creating more opportunities in rural areas to reduce migration to cities.

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URBANIZATION - IMPACTS

Mrs.Vimala.M. Vidyaniketan Public school, Bangalore-56

URBANIZATION
Urbanization is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. Urbanization occurs because people move from rural areas to urban areas .This usually occurs when a country is still developing.

Causes of Urbanization
Rural to urban migration is happening on a massive scale due to population pressure and lack of resources in rural areas. People living in rural areas are PULLED to the city. Often they believe that the standard of living in urban areas will be much better in urban areas. Natural increase caused by a decrease in death rates while birth rates remain high.

Effects of Urbanization
A range of economic, political,social, cultural and environmental factors affect urbanization. Urbanization is encouraged socially and culturally through the media.

Socio-cultural impacts
Cities have a strong socio-cultural impacts on their surrounding rural areas. The mass media depicts city life as superior to rural life, the STANDARD language is deemed that of the national capital, and better services are received in the city due to its wealth. The fertility rate in cities is often lower than in rural areas due to the absence of agriculture, the cost of children,food and living space in cities, and family planning.

Socio-economic impacts
As a city grows, the cost of housing and infrastructure also grows, since there are less water, land and building material available,and greater congestion problems.As a city decays in this way, governments often do not meet the service needs of residents and urban development is dominated by private capital. Unemployment grows,as do drug abuse,crime and homelessness.

Environmental impacts
Waste are a major problem in large cities. Air pollution results from overdependence on motorised transport and from burning of coal to supply energy. Water pollution results from poor sewage facililties and disposal of industrial heavy metals into waterways. Vast quantities of solid waste are produced in industries. Traffic congestion and noise pollution are major environmental impacts of large cities.

Benefits of Urbanisation
Improvement in economy Growth of commercial activities Social & cultural integration Efficient services Resources of utilization

Adverse effects of Urbanization


There is increasing competition for facilities due to the high standard of living in urban areas, which has triggered several negative effects:Slums and its consequences of overcrowding. Lack of sanitation, Poverty, Illiteracy, Unemployment and Crime is the worst impact of urbanization. Global warming, air ,pollution, water scarcity and pollution and loss of forest cover, agricultural land and depletion of wildlife as a result of urban sprawl, pose serious threats to the environment.

CONCLUSION
The challenge facing the world today is to Minimize the negative effects and build the benefits . Infrastructure needs to be improved. Opportunities should be created within rural areas to prevent migration to cities.

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