Causes of Urbanisation
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The document discusses urbanization and its causes and processes. It defines urbanization as the increasing percentage of a population living in cities and suburbs. The main causes of urbanization discussed are natural population growth, internal migration from rural to urban areas, and international migration. The processes of urbanization include a rise in the urban population numbers and percentage, more urban centers, socioeconomic changes, and urban land expansion. Levels of urbanization and their indicators like infrastructure, health, literacy rates and female labor participation in various countries are also examined.
Causes of Urbanisation
- 4. Introduction q Urbanization is the process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs. q Urbanization can be defined as the rapid and massive growth of, and migration to, cities. U r b a n i z a t i o n i s c l o s e l y l i n k e d t o modernization, industrialization, and the sociological process of rationalization.
- 5. Introduction q Rapid economic growth , which occurred in many countries was accompanied by population growth and increased urbanization. q There has been a massive migration of the population from rural to urban areas, as well as immigration of foreign labour
- 10. International Migration — A massive inflow of foreign workers in each country competing with the others to attract Skilled Workers.
- 14. Process of Urbanization Ø The process is often linked to........ Ø industrialization and modernization(as large numbers of people leave farms to work and live in cities). Ø Rural-urban migration (today, more than 85% population lives in cities in GCC countries).
- 15. Process of Urbanization Ø The process of urbanization has been defined as...... Ø the process of society’s transformation (from predominantly rural to predominantly urban population). Ø This means an increase in percentage of population in urban settlement and changing Social and economic structure of the society.
- 20. Literacy Rate
- 21. Literacy Rates in GCC Countries — Education in GCC countries is on top priority. Hence all the member countries are among the high literacy rate countries in the world. Countries Year Literacy Rates Bahrain 2009 91% Kuwait 2008 94% Qatar 2009 95% Oman 2008 87% Saudi Arabia 2009 86% UAE 2005 90% India 2006 63%
- 24. Levels of Urbanization(% of Urban Population in the Total) Monaco 100 Singapore 100 Belgium 97 Kuwait 98 Qatar 93 Bahrain 93 Israel 92 Saudi Arabia 87 United Arab Emirates 87 Oman 77 France 76 Switzerland 67 China 37 Pakistan 33 India 28 World average: 56.2 Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_urb-people-urbanization