URBANIZATION AND CITY LIFE

Prepared by:
Tan, Leticia
Salao, Clarice
Panlilio, Kathleen
L22
(Section)

Ms. Paulene I. Ronquillo

(Instructor)

What is Urbanization?
It refers to the concentration of human populations into
discrete areas, leading to transformation of land for
residential, commercial, industrial & transportation
purposes.

What is Urbanization in Sociology?

Urbanizationisthesocietaltrendwheretheproportion
ofpeoplelivingincitiesincreaseswhiletheproportionof
peoplelivinginthecountrysidediminishes.Urbanrefers
tothegeographicterritorywithinorclosetoacity.

Causes of Urbanization
Industrialization, modernization and economic opportunity cause
urbanization, or an increase in the number of people moving from
rural to urban areas. Urban areas offer better opportunities for
employment, housing and education, and city living allows people
to benefit from diversity and market place competition.

Effects of Urbanization
Social Effects
Urbanization has many adverse effects on the structure of society as gigantic
concentrations of people compete for limited resources. Rapid housing
construction leads to overcrowding and slums, which experience major problems
such as poverty, poor sanitation, unemployment and high crime rates.
Additionally, strains on important natural resources, such as water supply, leads
to higher prices and general environmental sustainability problems.

Psychological Effects
Urbanization makes people dependent on others for basic necessities; urbandwellers must rely on the rural hinterland for agricultural production, for instance,
because city residents do not have enough land to grow their own food. Urbandwellers suffer the psychological degradation that comes from depending on
other people to accomplish the activities of daily life, from transportation to
education to entertainment. Writing in the "Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry" in
2008, M. Tayfun Turan and Asli Besirli found that the social problems associated
with urban societies, the traffic problems and the general anxiety about the future
contributed to an increase in mental health disorders.

Positive Effects
Urbanization offers real economic opportunities to people who would otherwise
be destined to subsistence living without hope for economic improvement. There
is an overall growth in commercial opportunities with urbanization, resulting in
more profits and more jobs. As the economy grows, all of society benefits from
internal improvements, whether through the wealthier tax base or from
competition between private organizations. Another benefit of urbanization is that
the tight grouping of people enables social and cultural integration on a level
unavailable to scattered populations in rural areas.

What is City Life?

City Lifeisaneffectiveministrymodelthatseeks
totransformthelives ofurbanyouthandthe
communitiestheylivein.
A city refers to a place of relatively
settlement

Advantages of City Life

A city has metalled roads with bus or train services for
easy travelling.
It supplies potable water through a network of pipelines
and electricity to its residents.
There is a sewerage system of drainage of waste water.
There is an authority to look to the sanitation.
There is normally a health centre with qualified doctors
to attend to the ailing people.
There are educational and possibly vocational
institutions with facility for use of library.

Disadvantages of City Life

Because of the surge in urban population, cities are
now extremely congested,
There has been multiplicity of motorized vehicles in
city roads causing lots of traffic problems.
City life is now spoiled by pollution air, noise and
water pollution.
Sanitation is often neglected.
Garbage piles up on roads.
Dirty drains becomes the breeding grounds of

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