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Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization
In the past, agricultural practices characterized various nations’ economies, which led people to remain in the village to farm and feed their families. Perhaps, people migrated to search for better and fertile land to settle and venture into agricultural practices, which was mainly for family consumption. However, nations find the need to transform from agricultural-based practices to the industrialized-based economy and further commercialize agricultural practices. Such transformation steered simultaneously occurrence and interaction of industrialization, immigration, and urbanization as people sort better lives while nations strive to acquire economic stability.
Industrialization is the driving force of urbanization, whereas urban cities and immigrations provide factors of production for industrialization. Technology is among the products of industrialization that makes work more accessible while increasing productivity, which propels urbanization because of electricity and internets connectivity. Hence, a reflection of Bill Gate’s statement, “I thought digital technology would eventually reverse urbanization, and so far that has not happened. Several nations introduced railway lines primarily to connect cities with various industries and facilitate movements of goods and services. The connection enabled migrants to relocate to different countries deemed to favor them economically, politically, or security-wise, who came with different ideas as reported in the history that the areas with a large number of immigrants are more urbanized with less poverty (Sequeira et al. 4). Subsequently, nations put more effort into connecting cities with electricity and communication channels (telephone connections) as a strategy to boost industrialization, which in the long-run attracted many people to relocate to such towns to work at ease. For example, the Juakali sector, such as welding, started relocating to cities where they could get access to electricity. Other people began moving to urban areas since there were more advanced schools and health facilities, while others were in search of jobs. For example, people even today travel to cities to seek adequate medical attention, and thus if one is able will end up settling in cities.
Nonetheless, the number of job seekers in urban centers increased, leading to growth in the industrial sector due to the readily available labor force, as well as the improvement of social amenities and infrastructure. Increased rate of rural-urban migration has a significant benefit in the growth of the economy due to several services such population require to settle, like housing, which is a source of government revenue (Ellis et al. 14). Industrialization facilitated urbanization, noting that when people concentrate in one area, they accelerate economic growth as well as industrial growth (Rees 6). For example, due to manufacturing growth in cities, people introduced story buildings to house the high number of urban residents due to limited space, which is always fully occupied due to urbanization activities. However, as states continue enjoying the benefits of urbanization, the available industries in cities could not sustain the large population, which left many citizens to live in poverty. On that note, immigration and urbanization resulted in the development of slams, which brings forth various sorts of unpleasant issues such as diseases and criminal activities.
In conclusion, Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization drive each other’s success or failure because of interrelationships. Industrialization developments propelled urban migration as people seek green pastures, which, on the other hand, promoted urbanization. As a result, many nations attained socio-economic growth. However, it also facilitated poverty, as many people could not secure better jobs.
Work Cited
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transformation for prosperity and livability. The World Bank, 2015.
Rees, Jonathan. “Industrialization and Urbanization in the United States, 1880–1929.” Oxford
Research Encyclopedia of American History. 2016.
Sequeira, Sandra, Nathan Nunn, and Nancy Qian. Migrants and the making of America: the short-
and long-run effects of immigration during the age of mass migration. No. w23289. National
Bureau of Economic Research, 2017.