Urbanization

A. Today, where are the most highly urbanized societies in the world?

Bombay, Kinshasa, Nairobi, and in the barriadas/villas miserias of Lima, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires. Not only in these area, but also in Calcutta, and Cairo are a large part of this movement towards great urbanization.

B. Explain why urbanization has been a challenging transformation for people who live in rural areas?

Urbanization has been a challenging transformation for people who live in rural areas for a few reasons. The first reason is that there was limited access to supplies that would further urbanization due to the remote surroundings. The second reason is that farmers made their living off of their produce, and as the world became more urbanized, the demand began to change. In Latin America, Africa, and South Asia, many people have migrated to metropolitan areas to escape rural poverty; many people cram into small plots of land due to this increased urbanization.

C. What challenges do cities like Bombay, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires face with thousands of people crammed into a small area?

Some of the challenges that cities like Bombay, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires face with having thousands of people crammed into a small area is that now they have to try to control fertility, housing is limited, there is a lot of poverty, and it is difficult to have enough jobs to support it’s people.