Urbanization

Urbanization can bring so much chaos and destruction among the government and the people in a country. Since these current events, I have started to second think whether or not urbanization is the worst thing that could happen to a country. In many places such as China and Yemen, urbanization has caused people to become much more aware of the environment and new ideas have emerged. But now the case has changed since my reading on Africa.
Urbanization has caused a downward spiral of Africa’s society. One of the greatest issues in Africa that is not being helped by urbanization is massive poverty. Even though the people moving from the country to the large cities are getting paid more, the product costs rise more and more each day. It seems people are moving to the cities to be paid more for their work, but they are realizing the cost of living isn’t affordable. Africa’s stagnation is resulting in a increase in unemployment rates.
The role of the subterranean sector, a forceful and powerful group, is expected to take on many people moving into the labor force. Hopefully the sector will decrease the problem of unemployment and help Africa’s economy in it’s time of need. To make this sector easier to be involved in, Africa’s government is taking away the harassment toward people who are involved in the sector and by making the process much easier (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3821/is_199910/ai_n8862001).
In my opinion, I feel the government has not been trying to do too much towards unemployment or urbanization in Africa. Africa has had a unmoving economy for years and it seems that not much has ever been done about it. Africa could have tried to prevent the problem of urbanization in so many ways before now. If there was more emphasis put on education and housing problems, many people from Africa would not have not moved from rural to urban areas only to find more pain and despair.