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The Effect Of Urbanization And Unemployment On The Nigerian Economy
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1.10 PROBLEMS CAUSED BY URBANIZATION
Environmental
effects due to urbanization have been observed since early in the 18th
century until the mobile of the 20th century, urbanization lends were
too low and the number of large cities was too small for there to be any
significant effects other than local climate and hydrologic impacts
As
late as 1900, there were barely 43 cities in the world exceeding,
500,000 population, of which only 16 exceeded 1,000,000. Since 1950 the
number of large cities has increased very rapidly (about 400 exceed
1,000000) metropolitan areas have grown to form even large agglomeration
and some very large urban areas with population in the tens of millions
have emerged for example by the year 2,000 and calculate, Bornbay,
cairo, Jakarta and seeul are each expected to be in the 15-20 million
people range. The environment in large urban areas has deteriorated and
resulted in an increased incidence of diseased and viments.
The
effects of urban development can be defined by many factors. The most
important of these factors related to and quality, the availability of
safe water supplies, and provisions for sanitation and waste management.
In this chapter we will consider the effects of urbanization on the
atmosphere.
Mexico city today is one of the largest cities in the
world. The environmental issues present in this megapolis are a good
example of the problems that plague many cities around the world.
The
population of Mexico city is over 20 million people the population has
gone from approximately 3 million people in 1950 to near 20 million in
1997, with an average growth rate close to 5% much of the high growth
rate of migrants from the economically depressed rural areas. Rapid
urbanization has out stripped society’s capacity to meet basic human
needs, leaving enormous portions of the city’s population with
inadequate incomes, diets, housing, services and health care. The land
area of Mexico, D.R 1,499 Knz, the area of Mexico D.F plus suburbs is
near 3,129 KMz. The growth rate of the city in spatial extent is close
to that of the population (5%). Mar developments are more dense and less
planned, and generally include less open space. Mary developments are
now built on hills slopes, generating a considerable amount of soil
erosion and a significant increase in flash floods enter rainstorms.
Overcrowding and inadequate housing respiratory disease and tuber
culosis.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The work is motivated by the seeming inability of the public sector to make and implement polices and programmes to curb the high rate of rural – urban migration and unemployment that is usually experienced in Nigeria. The study was geared towards an overview of the issues of urbanization and unemployment as well as their implication on the development of Nigeria. Secondary data were collected and analyzed using ordinary least square method. The result obtained from the analysis shows tha ... Continue reading---
