DEVELOPED OR UNDEVELOPED

Countries are classifies as either ‘developed’ or ‘undeveloped’. Developed is the term used to describes the countries that have already been urbanized (aka- world powers), whereas undeveloped is the term used to describe the countries that have yet to be urbanized. There are a total of 131 developed countries, which means that 61 countries are undeveloped. About 16 million people migrate each year to urban areas from rural areas in developing countries which accounts for about one half of recent urban growth.

IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE

For the majority of human history most people have lived in rural areas. However, in the past fifty years an irregularity has occurred. For the first time in history the majority of the population now live in urban areas due to urbanization (The process of human movement and centralization towards and into cities and urban areas, with the associated industrialization, urban sprawl. This is a result of people moving from rural surroundings so the city, a natural population increase in cities (births minus deaths), and the reclassification of previously rural areas that have been built up.