Question

What are the positive impacts of urbanization?

Answer 1

1. There is development and expansion of essential services like clean water, electricity and transport in cities.
2. People in urban areas have greater access to health, educational, cultural and social services than in rural areas.
3. More schools, colleges, training centers and universities provide better prospects to the children of migrants.
4. Urbanization creates harmony among people coming from different strata of society, allowing people of different castes, groups, languages and religions to live and work together, breaking down the social and cultural barriers.
5. Urbanization allows people to acquire modern communication skills, knowledge of computers, smartphones, languages, etc which enable them to get jobs.
6. Urbanization also provides people the opportunity to acquire training and work experience in hi-tech industries, enhancing their skills and facilitating them to migrate to other countries.