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Problems resulting from industrialisation.
Around the globe all countries are encouraging the establishment of manufacturing industries with the sole aim of reaping the advantages outlined above.
On the contrary however, industrial development may come along with disadvantages such as:
Inefficiency in production and supplying of final products. In all developing countries newly established industries prefer using labour-intensive methods to mechanised production or automation. Although this provides employment to a certain proportion of a country's population, manual labour is more expensive and less efficient than machines. This keeps the prices of locally manufactured goods higher than those for imported goods to manufacturers are to realise some profits.
Environmental pollution. If not properly disposed of industrial wastes like gases, liquids, fibres and other solids may end up damaging the environment. Where this problem has already occurred the biological value of air, water bodies and soil has been mortally reduced.
Destruction of traditional values and cultures. In the less developed countries industrial development tends to come with "western values" and new ways of life. Such ways of life usually conflict with the local values, religion and general social set up. This eventually results m loss of cultural identity since the urban industrial areas tend to become melting pots for cultures.
Industrialisation encourages income inequalities between the urban industrial workers and the rural dwellers who are in most cases peasant tanners. This in turn leads to rural-urban migration and its related problems.
In the long-run industrial development may create unemployment. This happens when manufacturers try to reduce costs of production by replacing manual labourers with automated machines.
Despite these problems countries especially in the developing world should continue putting even greater emphasis on industrialisation as a sure way of attaining economic independence.
Every country should design clear policies to guide the process of industrialisation in order to mitigate the impact of the above problems.
On the contrary however, industrial development may come along with disadvantages such as:
Inefficiency in production and supplying of final products. In all developing countries newly established industries prefer using labour-intensive methods to mechanised production or automation. Although this provides employment to a certain proportion of a country's population, manual labour is more expensive and less efficient than machines. This keeps the prices of locally manufactured goods higher than those for imported goods to manufacturers are to realise some profits.
Environmental pollution. If not properly disposed of industrial wastes like gases, liquids, fibres and other solids may end up damaging the environment. Where this problem has already occurred the biological value of air, water bodies and soil has been mortally reduced.
Destruction of traditional values and cultures. In the less developed countries industrial development tends to come with "western values" and new ways of life. Such ways of life usually conflict with the local values, religion and general social set up. This eventually results m loss of cultural identity since the urban industrial areas tend to become melting pots for cultures.
Industrialisation encourages income inequalities between the urban industrial workers and the rural dwellers who are in most cases peasant tanners. This in turn leads to rural-urban migration and its related problems.
In the long-run industrial development may create unemployment. This happens when manufacturers try to reduce costs of production by replacing manual labourers with automated machines.
Despite these problems countries especially in the developing world should continue putting even greater emphasis on industrialisation as a sure way of attaining economic independence.
Every country should design clear policies to guide the process of industrialisation in order to mitigate the impact of the above problems.