Effects
• It leads to the creation of slums e.g. Bwaise in Kampala.
• It leads to an increase in urban unemployment.
• It leads to increased urban crime like pick pocketing, burglary and theft.
• It leads immoral acts e.g. prostitution, drug abuse etc.
• Quick spread of diseases due to overcrowding, floods and poor sanitation.
• Increased pressure on land in swamps.
• Rural underdevelopment since most energetic youths run to towns.
• Famine and malnutrition in rural areas
• An increase in the number of street children
• Increased dependence burden
• Increased government expenditure to provide social services and curb crime.
• Leads to the break up of family and cultural ties and erosion of cultural values
• It contributes to cheap labour in towns.
• It leads to increased demand for food and other commodities in town
• It leads to an increase in urban unemployment.
• It leads to increased urban crime like pick pocketing, burglary and theft.
• It leads immoral acts e.g. prostitution, drug abuse etc.
• Quick spread of diseases due to overcrowding, floods and poor sanitation.
• Increased pressure on land in swamps.
• Rural underdevelopment since most energetic youths run to towns.
• Famine and malnutrition in rural areas
• An increase in the number of street children
• Increased dependence burden
• Increased government expenditure to provide social services and curb crime.
• Leads to the break up of family and cultural ties and erosion of cultural values
• It contributes to cheap labour in towns.
• It leads to increased demand for food and other commodities in town
National Movements and New States in Africa