Question

Causes of urbanization

Answer 1

The two causes of urbanization are natural population increase and rural to urban migration. Urbanization affects all sizes of settlements from small villages to towns to cities, leading up to the growth of mega-cities which have more than ten million people

Answer 2

Causes of urbanization in India

• Expansion in government services, as a result of the Second World War.
• Migration of people during the partition of India.
• The Industrial Revolution.
• Eleventh five-year plan that aimed at urbanisation for the economic development of India