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Urbanization: Causes and Effects
Urbanization: Causes and Effects
Industrial 'evolution
Industrialization following the Industrial
'evolution
Emergence of large manufacturing
centers
(ob )pportunities
$vailability of easy transportation
*igration
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Effects of Urbanization
4 /ositive
4
5egative
/ lus es
society
Individual = failure to meet financial
obligations such as purchasing food
to
feed oneself and one?s family, and
paying one?s bills, failure to ma"e
mortgage payments or to pay rent
may lead to homelessness.
#ocietal & rising unemployment
increases the crime rate
Hous ing
)vercrowding
! o s s of privacy
! a c " of housing contributes directly to
crime, stress, and family brea"down
#hortage of livable housing leading to
growth of slums
Human beings have a right to lead a
life of dignity
<ransportation
transportation is a "ey issue.
Inade9uate8 lac" of public transport
creates commuting problems
leading to loss of efficiency.
#ocial Effects &
/overty
/overty is generally defined at the
individual or family level as not having
enough money to buy basic necessities.
/overty is caused by lac" of
opportunities
/overty causes malnutrition and illness@ it
<owns = 6hilai,
'our"ela,
(amshedpur, $hmedabad, #urat,
olar
<oday
*egacities = *umbai, : e l h i , ol"atta,
Chennai, 6angalore, Hyderabad
' a p i d Urbanization& rate of
urbanization increasing
<he process of urbanization is still
nascent in the Indian context.
<his explains the focus of global
attention on the developing nations.
<here are huge profits to be made in
the process of development.