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Effects of rural- urban migration.
Positive effects on areas of origin
• Reduction on population pressure on the land in areas of origin
• Possibilities of better forms of land use and land use planning for example land consolidation
• Reduction in conflicts/ quarrels
• Regeneration of the environment/ land etc.
Negative effects on areas of origin.
• Fall in agricultural production as work is left to the aged women and children
• Possibility of rural areas being recolonised by natural vegetation as well as under utilisation of resources.
• Inadequate labour for development of the area.
• Decrease on tax base (potential tax payers move away from the area.
• Reduction in market for goods and services etc.
• Reduction on population pressure on the land in areas of origin
• Possibilities of better forms of land use and land use planning for example land consolidation
• Reduction in conflicts/ quarrels
• Regeneration of the environment/ land etc.
Negative effects on areas of origin.
• Fall in agricultural production as work is left to the aged women and children
• Possibility of rural areas being recolonised by natural vegetation as well as under utilisation of resources.
• Inadequate labour for development of the area.
• Decrease on tax base (potential tax payers move away from the area.
• Reduction in market for goods and services etc.