Title: Factors influencing Growth of Cities around the World
Headings: Factors influencing Growth of Cities around the World
Factors influencing Growth of Cities around the World
(i) Surplus Resources:
(ii) Industrialization and Commercialization:
(iii) Development of Transport and Communication:
(iv) Economic Pull of the City:
(v) Educational and Recreational Facilities:

Content: Factors influencing Growth of Cities around the World
Factors influencing Growth of Cities around the World
Article shared by : ADVERTISEMENTS: Some of the main factors that have led to grow of cities are: ( i) Surplus Resources (ii) Industrialization and Commercialization (iii) Development of Transport and Communication (iv) Economic Pull of the City (v) Educational and Recreational Facilities. “Like the origin of civilization itself, the origin of the city is lost in the obscurity of the past” said Gist and Halbert. In every great civilization there has been migration from the village Lo the city. ADVERTISEMENTS: The first cities seem to have appeared sometime between 6000 and 5000 B.C. These cities were however small and hard distinguished from lawns. By 3000 B.C., there was in existence what may be called “true” cities. After that there was a lull, for some 2000 years.