Urbanization And Development Of Urbanization

All in all the industrial revolution had a positive effect on society, accomplishing things many do not realize and creating a turn of events that would put the USA as the world power. New farming methods meant better diets, which lead to lower death rates. Efficient and useful inventions, as well as machinery, made it easier for people to work, and made more job opportunities, as well as enjoyment in the workplace. More and easier ways of travel became commonplace, such as railroads. In addition, as cities began to grow, streetlights provided safety at night, and our economy grew greatly. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because it caused children to be used as workers and made school

Urbanization issues are found in all nations regardless of them being first or third nations. It is a combination of factors of global, national, and local. Even the type of government is key to whether or not a developing country will succeed or fail. Also elite power, class structure and state policies are differences these countries often face.

Greenwood shows us cities in the United State are Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, Detroit, Houston, New York and Los Angeles. These cities are the corners of the United State that part of basis of our economy and also the oil industry. He thinks listing these cities in the song will make people who listen to the song can remember and know about these main cities in America. He also mentions the amazing and special views from each different cities. “From the lake of Minnesota to the hill of Tennessee” Listing the places help the listener has an overview about the city. For example, Minnesota has so many amazing lake such as Mille Lacs Lake, Leech lake, lake Vermillion,... and so on. These are the most beautiful lakes in America that Greenwood just wants to bring the lake to his song for people to admire the beautiful of nature in America. On the other hand, lake is not the only beautiful place in America; there’s also hill of Tennessee and plains of Texas. The hill and plains in Texas are huge, wild and majestic. The nature is not just the quiet and beautiful lakes, there’s also wild hills, giant plains and “shining sea” that highlight the beautifulness of America. Beside the nature, people is the one that make America where it at now. New York and Los Angeles are the most bustling and modern cities in the United State.

Urbanization is all around us. Every day somewhere along a route that someone takes to school or work, they will likely pass a construction site constructing a new apartment complex or housing community or even the building of a new shopping centre. All of these are ways urbanization creeps in on our daily lives. We may think of urbanization as something that benefits our world but it can also have many negative consequences such as traffic congestion which is the number one factor of air pollution. China is known as a very highly developed country with over 1 billion people. Urbanization has greatly impacted China in many ways. There is a huge demanding population for communities in these largely populated cities

It’s amazing how many roads have been made, skyscrapers have been thrown up and technology has been invented in just a hundred years. The transition from agriculture to mass production know as the industrial revolution has impacted all of our lives from indoor plumbing to electricity. Industrialization is “a process that leads to a significantly increased proportion of a population engaged in factory work and nonagricultural occupations; it increases the number of people living near factories and relying on mechanically produced goods and services” (Monti et al. 2015: 191). Industrialization in Western societies brought about about urbanization,“the movement of populations from rural to urban areas; the growth and development and redevelopment of cities” (Monti et al. 2015: 192). The shift to larger effective machines caused many factories to open up which in turn provided opportunity for people seeking jobs. The jobs brought in employees and their families, which created a need for more housing. As more and more people moved near factories, cities became larger and more dense. Many changes occurred as societies changed from rural and small to large, industrial and urban settings.

The Civil War, which took place between 1861 and 1865, was fought over the Southern states’ return to the United States after their secession and the issue of slavery in America. Following the Civil War, Americans tried to reconstruct their government and society. For example, African Americans gained the rights to freedom, citizenship and suffrage through the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments, otherwise known as the Reconstruction Amendments. The Industrial Revolution created better agricultural techniques, farming tools, and technology for use in factories, such as assembly lines. These updated agricultural techniques required less human work and took several jobs in rural areas, while the factory system continued to have a high demand for workers. Over time urbanization, or the redistribution of populations from rural to urban areas, occurred. Although the social benefits of city life is often seen as the main cause of urbanization in the U.S, the most crucial causes of urbanization between 1875 and 1925 include the influx of free unskilled workers, new technology and ideas, and the expansion of railroads.

Even though, there is already massive development in growth of urbanization across the globe, the growth is projected to continue at a greater rate than before. With the developing countries expected to experience rising number of megacities. In addition, a greater population is expected to invade the cities continuously. Moreover, the increasing number of cities has been noted to contribute tremendously to economic development of host countries. According to Liotta (2012), a booming political economy within the cities drives the development of developing countries.

Urbanisation is a global problem with various impacts in different fields. “Urbanisation is the transformation of society from rural life to life in towns and cities” McDonald and McMillen (2010, p.8). The United Nations published, that in 1950 there was 2.54 billion of the population which equivalent to 29.1% of the world population was living in cities, but this percentage increased to 48.6% that means 6.5 billion of the world’s population in 2005. This indicates that the number of urban people had doubled about four times from 739 million in 1950 to 3.16 billion in 2005. It is expected to

In this paper I will be explaining the four factors that produce a change in the population as well as urbanization. Urbanization is moving from a rural area to a big city in hopes of better opportunity or employment along with many other benefits. Urbanization may seem like a good idea to those trying to better themselves but it has challenges in the city people may face. I will be providing you with current or historical events that may be a benefit or a challenge of urbanization.

Urbanization and urban growth are two different concepts often found in the literature of urban studies. The distinction should be noted that urbanization refers to proportion of the national population living in the urban areas, and urban growth refers to an increase in urban population size, independent of rural population (Haregewoin, 2005). In contrast, urbanization can be viewed and perceived to mean a lot of things depending on how it is used. It can be viewed as a characteristic of social and economic processes and interactions affecting both population and land. Clark (1982) defined urbanization as a spatial and social process which refers to the change of behavior and social relationships which occur in a society as a result of people living in towns and cities (Nduwayezu, 2015). Oguz (2004) argued that urbanization has been increasing since World War II, and has not shown any sign of decline and is likely to continue in to the twenty first century. Fast urbanization has led to a conversion of rural area in to built-up areas and loss of green spaces in cities. These changes in land use and land cover concern loss of agricultural, forest land and loss of vacant areas.

ABSTRACT As people live more and more in cities, they change consumption habits, and in they turn towns attract investors, and the number of city dwellers increases. This paper investigates the link between urbanization and economic growth in general, and especially in Africa. Cities seem to be efficient in organizing exchange between suppliers and consumers, and contribute so to economic development. The positive correlation between urban growth and the development of economy has been shown in previous researches and confirm the theory of exchange.

The concept of urbanization is essentially when a nation becomes more urban, meaning that more cities are built and people live closer together. Generally urbanization tends to have a positive effect on the nations that undergo it, by allowing them to grow economically and industrially. However, one commonly overlooked effect of urbanization is its effects on the mental health of those that live in the cities it builds. Urban settings generally tend to add many stressors to one’s daily lifestyle and these new stressors could lead to a multitude of mental health problems. Examples of this have been seen since the beginning of rapid urbanization, Lyndon B Johnson mentioned some of its effects in his “Great Society” speech when he said

Theoretically, urban population growth should be able to foster economic growth of a city. Although in most of the developing countries including Indonesia, rapid urban growth is acting as obstacle and interference for development. Rapid urban growth in Bandung has

Urbanisation is an integral part of the economic development. The global economic growth, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability and quality of life are largely determined by the extent of urbanisation. In the past few decades urban areas in the world have experienced inadequate infrastructure, rising population and the social problems like poverty, growth of informal settlement and environmental problems accruing it. These problems in turn poses serious problems to sustainable development in the present and future. Moreover many cities in the world have become the hotspot of vulnerability due to climate change and variability and are susceptible to extreme and recurrent weather events. Most of the urban areas, in recent decades, have been facing extreme weather events and subsequent damages and loss of lives caused due these extreme events. Extreme event in its wake severely affect economic development and poverty alleviation and has the potential to drastically alter the development trajectory of the city and the areas surrounding it. In addition to physical, social and economic vulnerabilities in such cities is the low adaptive capacity with constraints on physical, financial and human resources. Therefore the assessment of vulnerability to extreme and recurrent weather events of the city is an imperative for the vulnerability and exposure determines the extent of adaptation and coping capacity of the communities in the periphory of the cities.

Urbanization is the defining phenomenon of the 21st century. For the first time in history, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, with 90 percent of urban growth taking place in the developing world. Increasing population growth in the existing urban areas and rapid urbanisation is leading to need for increased land area to accommodate the growing population. Rapid urbanization is turning villages are into towns, towns into big cities and cities in to metropolitan cities. This is leading to various emerging challenges that urban areas today have to address like inadequate housing, inefficient physical infrastructure like water, sanitation, transport, inadequate social infrastructure like education and health, spiralling construction costs and land prices.