You Know migration processes have been existent throughout all times and in all regions of the world. While the original triggering in former times had been the search for more favorable conditions and not yet or only sparsely populated living spaces, patterns of migration underwent many changes since industrialization. In Europe the period in the 18th century was marked by a migration waves from the countryside to urban areas in unprecedented form and extent. But in comparison to European migration and urbanization processes as we know them the developments in developing countries are of a whole different dimension. Population and rates of population growth are by far higher than they had been in Europe which leads to increasing dynamic urbanization but also severe side effects.
In most of the so-called developing countries employment possibilities and housing facilities are not sufficient at all to absorb the huge influx of people moving into the cities. While European cities had been able to at least offer enough jobs to incoming migrants many cities in Africa, Latin America or Asia face severe problems like unemployment, poverty, pollution or crime.
This paper is going to deal with rural-urban migration generally first before going to causes, effects and control to rural-urban migration.
The question behind these topics will be the following: definition of terms; rural-urban migration, urban growth and urban sustainability.
Why They Migrate:
,Searching of jobs in urban areas where opportunities of employment are high due to location of industries in these areas.
.Low prices for agricultural product. This makes the income for people living in rural areas low since agriculture is the major source of income in rural areas.
.Nature of education system. In many countries higher learning institution are located in towns making many youth to migrate to towns when they reach college going age.
.Insecurity in some rural areas. In many countries security organs are concentrated in towns making remote rural areas less secure .
.Social services gap between rural and urban areas. In many countries social services facilities such as referral hospital are located in urban areas making them more attractive to rural urban dwellers.
Many other reasons as time goes on.
