Causes Of Urbanization In South Asia

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Trends:
South Asia observed the fastest growth rate of urbanization which is 2.4 % than the other parts of Asia which had urbanization growth rate close to 2% including: South-East Asia, North-West Asia, and the Pacific during 2005-2010. But in the remaining parts including Central Asia and North-Asia it was close to zero that is 0.3%. Why was there such a large difference between the urbanization growth rates? To find it out let’s look at the different urbanization trends at South Asia.
One eye catching fact is that S.A countries, which experiencing such a high rate of their urban population was at 40% or below. Another essential thing is that the South Asian countries are developing countries that is there is going on so much economic development and as we know that there is a strong link between economic growth and rural-urban migration. Rural people migrate to urban areas in search of better employment opportunities in order to improve their living standards and financial status. Other push factors, which make impossible for people to stay in rural areas and thus force them to migrate may include poor economic conditions, personal conflicts, effects of global warming, and natural disaster. So, we can say that this fast rate of rural to urban migration in South Asia is due to above mentioned push factors.

At the same time the migration of rural people also contributing towards the development of South Asian Countries. Because of following reasons:
 Rural-urban migration

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