Title: Causes and Effects of Urbanization | The Classroom
Headings: Causes and Effects of Urbanization
Causes and Effects of Urbanization
Economic Causes
Negative Social Effects
Negative Psychological Effects
Positive Effects
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Content: urban-dwellers must rely on the rural hinterland for agricultural production, for instance, because city residents do not have enough land to grow their own food. Urban-dwellers suffer the psychological degradation that comes from depending on other people to accomplish the activities of daily life, from transportation to education to entertainment. Writing in the "Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry" in 2008, M. Tayfun Turan and Asli Besirli found that the social problems associated with urban societies, the traffic problems and the general anxiety about the future contributed to an increase in mental health disorders. Positive Effects
Urbanization offers real economic opportunities to people who would otherwise be destined to subsistence living without hope for economic improvement. There is an overall growth in commercial opportunities with urbanization, resulting in more profits and more jobs. As the economy grows, all of society benefits from internal improvements, whether through the wealthier tax base or from competition between private organizations. Another benefit of urbanization is that the tight grouping of people enables social and cultural integration on a level unavailable to scattered populations in rural areas. Related Articles
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