Rural Urban Migration

In the developed countries many people migrate to the urban centers in order to access cheap means of transport and also in search of employment opportunities. Availability of jobs and other means to make money influence people gain more interest in joining the urban center life and also make some money for survival (Knox & Pinch, 2014). There are numerous opportunities for people in the urban areas to grow than there are in the rural areas and therefore the need to migrate to the urban areas. There are also a number of services which are not available in the rural areas but are made very available one a person migrates to the urban areas. These services can be cheap amenities and development in terms of infrastructure. Good roads, garbage collection, water, postal services, police stations and a clean environment are all services which can make a person migrate to the urban areas (Knox & Pinch, 2014). In the rural areas, the main source of income is mostly from agriculture and due to some places being overpopulated there is competition. Such kind of competition is not healthy as it leads to people producing same resources which cannot earn much revenue meaning there is no development.

Rural to urban migration is very difficult in the government. There will be depletion in terms of the natural resources which are available. Natural resources such as the food and water are very limited and this causes a reduction in both and therefore the government has to find a way to rescue the situation (Næss, 2014). Degradation of the environment will be the ultimate result due to people struggling for the available spaces thereby affecting the environment which now becomes a problem to the government in terms of conservation.

 

 

References

 

Knox, P., & Pinch, S. (2014). Urban social geography: an introduction. Routledge.

Næss, P. (2014). Urban form, sustainability and health: The case of Greater Oslo. European Planning Studies, 22(7), 1524-1543.