DEMOGRAPHY

ASSIGNMENT NO-1
PUSHPARAJ BORASE
ROLL NO.- 10
FY B.B.A
Q.4. WHAT IS URBANIZATION? EXPLAIN
VARIOUS FACTORS AFFECTING AND RURAL
POPULATION.
• Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the
proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is
predominantly the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin
living and working in central areas. Urbanization refers to the proportion of the total national population living
in areas classified as urban, whereas urban growth strictly refers to the absolute number of people living in
those areas. It is predicted that by 2050 about 64% of the developing world and 86% of the developed world
will be urbanized.

Definition:
According to Kingsley Davis, “Urbanization represents a revolutionary changes in the whole pattern
to social life.
1.Infrastructure: It is the area which majorly got affected because of urbanization. Infrastructure includes:
Housing, road, building, offices, transports, schools, colleges, bridges etc. Due to high development in
the cities, lands are occupied largely which demolishing the agricultural area. This has made villagers to
compromise their agricultural land in exchange of money which is a big loss in their lives and also for the
nation. Also, due to high density, city remains with huge housing problems. The cost of houses are going
very high which sometimes become non affordable to the common man. Due to full occupancy of urban
areas, city expands its boundaries and slowly cover the rural areas. Due to this movement, rural areas
are having buildings, constructions but this leads to depleting natural resources due to distribution. So,
though city gets all facilities, makes their daily life easy because of good infrastructure it occupies rural
place and another question which are unresolvable.

2.Uneven Distribution of resources: Due to uneven population distribution, resources have to be

shared among the population with various areas. The need of water, energy, food supply in the urban
areas are always on an increasing demand. But, the availability of these resources are not appropriate to
the demand. Hence, many of the times resources are diverted from the more available areas which
causing uneven or scarcity of the resources.
3.Waste Management: Rising population always causes to generate huge wastage Developed
cities cannot create more space for the garbage dumping or decomposing them. Urban cities
are having more number of industries, hospitals, housing which creates massive waste every
day. Hence, the problem instead of resolving, it grow rapidly and effect on living human, animal
population.

4.Administrative Problems: As the city grows, there is also an increase in the administrative
tasks. City funds sanctioning's, allocation, utilizations, registrations of various things are
becoming a huge task in front of administrators. Also traffic, crime civil protection such like
many administrative burden goes on increasing which needs support from the state and
central government. Although the support extended corruption is the virus which mollifies the
system.
5.Socio/Behavioral/Cultural Problems: Due to urbanization, society is full of diversified culture
which affects on people social status, their behavior, their relationship with society and families. Due to
jobs and sustainability, people move and settle in urban areas where they have to sometimes leave back
their families which also declines the connect and hamper their personal life. They always seek moral
support which makes people stress
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