Mitigating Measures on Unmanaged Urbanization

The town areas differ from village in terms of facilities, life styles and settlements and large markets, dense and crowded settlements and facilities like road, transportation and communication have characterizes the city areas. However, village life is better from health point of view. There is fresh air, clean water and scattered settlement. The most effective way to minimize those problem is to maintain planned urbanization.

• Provision of facilities in rural areas:

The major causes of unplanned urbanization is the lack of various services and facilities in the rural areas. The rural areas still lack the most rudimentary services and facilities. Therefore, the services and facilities associated with drinking water, electricity, health, communication and education should be provided in the rural areas as well which helps to minimize the adverse effects brought y unplanned urbanization

• Employment opportunity:

People are attracted toward town areas for the income generation. Business, industry and income generation projects are the major source of employment. In which employment opportunity also plays a vital role to solve the problem of unmanaged urbanization.

• Dormitory towns:

For the planned urbanization village areas should be facilitated and converted into small towns, so that it can be converted into larger cities. In such areas various programmes about income generation, cottage industries and employment should be launched. It discourages the unplanned urbanization.

• Decentralized development:

Caring out development activities in all the areas in a balanced way helps to balance the distribution of population. The strategy should be well formulated so that it helps to establish the development programmes. Development is also one of the basic source to uplift the unmanaged urbanization into planned urbanization.