Write a 1250 word paper answering; The rural people find urban cities attractive due to the availability of job opportunities and other resources hence migrate to urban centers. The concentration of population in urban areas poses a great challenge to urban planners and the government in the provision of basic services in developing countries and worsens the problem of urban poverty. This paper is a critique of rapid urbanization and the struggles of the poor in those areas, especially in developing countries.

Rapid urbanization has been prevalent in developing countries since the 1950s. The most rapid urbanization is in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean which are referred to as developing countries or the south. The most urbanized countries include China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India (Jones & Visaria, 1997). Most of these countries with rapid growth are in Asia except Japan which is a developed country. The less developed countries most population lives in rural areas but these are gradually transforming into small urban settlements and cities due to demographic factors. Each country’s urbanization takes a different form depending on economic status. for example, Brazil in Latin America is more industrialized and urbanized than the rest hence urbanization is due to natural increase while urbanization in Africa and parts of Asia is as a result of rural-urban migration (Pauchard et al. 2006). The form of government also determines the rate of urbanization in third world countries. Many governments in Africa discourage rural-urban migration hence lowering urbanization, unlike the Northern countries.

The less developed countries are also characterized by a concentration of industries in major cities thereby attracting rural-urban migration and concentration of population in those areas (Hardoy et al. 1992). For example in Brazil, industries are concentrated in three areas. Recife, Salvador, and Fortaleza.&nbsp.

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