Innovation is Power

Society sees urbanization rather as a problem not an opportunity although there are also lot of positive effects of urbanization. Asian urban productivity is more than 55 times that of rural areas. Urbanization By Mya Barnes Rapid housing construction leads to overcrowding and slums which experience major problems such as poverty poor sanitation unemployment and high crime rates. Positive effects of urbanization . Positive effects of urbanization Some of the positive implications of urbanization therefore include creation of employment opportunities technological and infrastructural advancements improved transportation and communication quality educational and medical facilities and improved standards of. The rise in population of the cities gives rise to many problems. The FIG commission 2010 posits that urbanization comes with negative and positive impacts depending on how it is managed or planned for. Urbanization brings along development which in turn gives rise to hig...