Briefly comment on the following : (b) The process of economic development is accompanied by the transfer of population from rural to urban areas. This brings about a change in the distribution of net domestic product in favour of urban areas.

 

Briefly comment on the following :

(b) The process of economic development is accompanied by the transfer of population from rural to urban areas. This brings about a change in the distribution of net domestic product in favour of urban areas.

Answer

Urbanization tends to correlate positively with industrialization. With the promise of greater employment opportunities that come from industrialization, people from rural areas will go to cities in pursuit of greater economic rewards.

 The rise and growth of cities. Another term for urbanization is “rural flight. ” In modern times, this flight often occurs in a region following the industrialization of agriculture—when fewer people are needed to bring the same amount of agricultural output to market—and related agricultural services and industries are consolidated. These factors negatively affect the economy of small- and middle-sized farms and strongly reduce the size of the rural labor market. Rural flight is exacerbated when the population decline leads to the loss of rural services (such as business enterprises and schools), which leads to greater loss of population as people leave to seek those features.

 As more and more people leave villages and farms to live in cities, urban growth results. The rapid growth of cities like Chicago in the late nineteenth century and Mumbai a century later can be attributed largely to rural-urban migration. This kind of growth is especially commonplace in developing countries.

 Urbanization occurs naturally from individual and corporate efforts to reduce time and expense in commuting, while improving opportunities for jobs, education, housing, entertainment, and transportation. Living in cities permits individuals and families to take advantage of the opportunities of proximity, diversity, and marketplace competition. Due to their high populations, urban areas can also have more diverse social communities than rural areas, allowing others to find people like them.

Briefly comment on the following :

(b) The process of economic development is accompanied by the transfer of population from rural to urban areas. This brings about a change in the distribution of net domestic product in favour of urban areas.