URBANISATION

Sem 6, Prepared by Mary Thomas

• PRECLASSICAL CITIES

• CLASSICAL CITY

• MEDIEVAL CITY

• NEOCLASSIC CITY

• Rise of mercantilism and the concentration of

population(14th century)
• Congestion and slums (Black death)

• THE RENAISSANCE

• COLONIAL EXPANSION: AMERICA

• THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (19th century)

• THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (19th century)

• From the handcraft to machine

• Transportation
• Communications
• Public health and safety
• City and factory town
• Movement to the cities
 MIGRATION

• The process of a person or people travelling to a new place or

country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or
permanently:

• The process of moving or being moved from one place to another:

MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
 TYPES OF MIGRATION
• Rural-Urban Migration:
• Intercontinental migration:
• Intracontinental migration
• Forced Migration:(Voluntary and involuntary)
• Seasonal migration(job, climate pull factors)
• Return migration(culture, nostalgia, family pull factor)
• Chain migration (Family as a pull factor)
 Impacts of Migration
Positive Impact

• People get better job opportunities.

• Migration helps in improving the quality of life of people.
• Helps to improve social life of people as they learn about new culture,
customs, and languages.
• Migration of skilled workers leads to a greater economic growth of the
regional GDP
• Children get better opportunities for higher education.
 Impacts of Migration
Negative Impact
• Population growth
• Pressure on natural resources, amenities and services.
• Uneven distribution of population
• Poverty
• Impact on the level of output and development of rural areas.
• Increases competition for the job, houses, school facilities etc.
• Health issues, improper management of waste
• Transportation
• Crime, Law and order
• Housing, homelessness
• Exploitation
Ellis Island 1892
Click the link below to see the article about urbanization and its problems
http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/urbanisation/11-major-problems-of-urbanisation-
in-india/19880
 PROBLEMS OF URBANIZATION
• HIGH POPULATION DENSITY
• UNEMPLOYMENT
• INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURES
• LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
• CONGESTION
• SLUM
• CRIME
• ECONOMIC EFFECT
• POVERTY
• ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
• POLLUTION
• WATER QUALITY AND AVAILABILTY
• FLOODING
• HABITAT LOSS
• HEALTH AND SOCIAL EFFECTS
• CULTURAL CHANGES