problems of rural migration to the city and the impoverishment of the townspeople

Urbanisation is defined by demographers as the increasing share of population living in urbanareas (poston and bouvier .rural-urban migration continues to attract much interest, but alsogrowing concern. migrants are often blamed for increasing urban poverty, but not all migrantsare poor. in many cities, however, migrants form a large proportion of the urban poor withwhom they share income and non-income disadvantages, including difficulties in findingadequate housing and in accessing services. like the majority of the urban poor, they work longhours in low-paid, insecure and unsafe jobs and are exposed to a wide range of environmentalhazards because most low-income and informal settlements lack basic infrastructure. in manycases when urban governments try to reduce or control rural–urban migration, this also affectslow-income residents and not just migrants.

Problems of rural migration to the city and the impoverishment of the townspeople

The contribution of migration to urbanisation and urban population growth Internal migration, and net migration to urban areas in particular, drives the urbanisation of a country’s population. Rapid overall population growth often overlaps with rapid urbanisation, creating especially fast urban population growth. Ruralurban migration continues to attract much interest, but also growing concern. Migrants are often blamed for increasing urban poverty, but not all migrants are poor. In many cities, however, migrants form a large proportion of the urban poor with whom they share income and nonincome disadvantages, including difficulties in finding adequate housing and in accessing services. Like the majority of the urban poor, they work long hours in lowpaid, insecure and unsafe jobs and are exposed to a wide range of environmental hazards because most lowincome and informal settlements lack basic infrastructure. In many cases when urban governments try to reduce or control rural–urban migration, this also affects lowincome residents and not just migrants.This raises the question of whether policies that specifically target migrants in urban centres are desirable and possible.