Rural urban migration in the developing world.
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Introduction The world's cities are undergoing an urban revolution. Population rates are soaring in mainly developing or underdeveloped cities. Consequences of this population rise will affect the people living in the cities and their standard of living. More and more people are moving to cities from rural areas for many different reasons and this is what is contributing to the urban change being experienced globally today. The developing cities of the world are growing at the most rapid rates, {see figure 1.1} compared to industrialised countries. The reason for this is that these cities do not have a lot of planning and control put forward by the government as the governments are always financially unstable and unprepared to suitably satisfy the needs of its city. Some people have been forced to leave their previous home (in rural areas) due to war, famine or changes in agriculture. They may have lost their jobs...


