The Importance Urbanisation in India

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INTRODUCTION Urbanisation refers to peoples changing attitude towards social life and modernization. It is a process by which there is an increase in proportion of people living in urban area, leading to transformation of land for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. The basic reason for increasing urbanisation is increase in the number of people moving into cities, for jobs, higher education, and better future prospective and for much higher quality of life. Urbanization allows for easier flow of information, more resistance to anti-progressive forces like nobles or religious officials, and more technological evolution. People grow and progress via trade and sharing, and urban environments allow this. Economic growth and urbanisation are inextricably linked in all the local, national and global context. RATIONALE Urbanisation in India has shown significant increase in the past two decades and there has been a considerable change in the people thinking and ways to look at social and global issues. Also the growth of Indian economy has improved a lot in the said duration. Is this change important specially in a country where agriculture has been a backbone and are we justifying with the nature and is the urbanisation not creating the gap between the different sections of people. All these have forced me to make a thorough study of the subject to analyse in real terms issues relating to urbanisation in India and its future impact on the social and cultural heritage of this country. KEY ISSUES Summary of all the key issues Urbanization began during the industrial revolution, when workers moved towards manufacturing hubs in cities to obtain jobs in factories as agricultural jobs became less common that is occupation... ... middle of paper ... ...wth and its benefit may reach to each and every sector of the society. LEARNING OUTCOME After going through the details on this topic I started realizing the importance urbanisation in India and how it plays a major role in the development of India, it got a sense of responsibility on me and made me think on this topic again, which is generally ignored or are not given much importance by the students of my age group. I do now believe that even our small contribution can make a difference in the world and help India grow. Works Cited http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_journals/files/2004/Volume1/Contents_Article_Jamaliah.pdf http://www.epa.gov/caddis/ssr_urb_urb1.html http://www.slideshare.net/MJ4950/1893207-635107471246657500 http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/urban/chapter1.htm http://www.essayforum.com/writing-feedback-3/essay-urbanisation-7280/

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