Problems or Consequences or Challenges of Urbanization in Developing Countries

In Bangladesh urbanization is making great contribution on our national economy. But urbanization created many serious problems those are given below: 

1. Economic Implication: It is a great choice of urbanization. Because of growing the nature of unskilled and agricultural workers the formal economy of urban ones often struggles to absence the entry into the workforce.
2. Flooding and Drainage: Due to rapid urbanization and uncontrolled or unplanned urbanization may establish many areas within large cities are attacked by drainage system. For that reason road or flooded and created problems on transportation.
3. Water Supply: Water supply system in urban area is not at all satisfactory. According to a report published in a UNICEF magazine nearly 50-100% of the water in such cities as Khulna, Mymansing, Dhaka, Rajshahi and Chittagong was found to be polluted (Ahmed. 1989).
4. Sanitation: It is also a big challenge in urban area. The sanitation systems are not also satisfactory all. Some of the minority people have modernity sanitation system. Most of the urban people are poor and they have no proper or fixed latrines. In Dhaka city most of the poor people live in slum and more than one hundred families have a latrine only.
5. Easy Consumption: Due to rapid urbanization growth we are spoiling our energy such as oil, gas, etc. 
6. Transportation: It is a serious challenge for urbanization. Due to rapid growth of urbanization and population different kinds of vehicle, cars, rickshaws, cycles, truck, and van are increasing for transportation. For this reason traffic jam is common phenomena in many crowded city like. Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong etc.
7. Health: The health conditions are not good in urban area. Most of the people are poor and they lived in slums. Many people are attacked by different kinds of diseases. Most common diseases are diarrhea, typhoid, whooping cough and fever etc. The health care centers are inadequate and the private facilities are too costly that people are not able to afford the cost.
8. Urban Pollution: In urban area pollution is a big challenge. The cities air is being polluted by different kinds of smoke. Water is being polluted by industrial waste, solid waste, different kinds of mills and factories vehicle. The noise is also being polluted in urban area.
9. Housing Condition: Housing condition in urban area is not satisfactory. Some of the rich people live in buildings and most of the poor people in urban areas live in slums. Due to high rate of construction material poor people are unable to buy this material. 
10. Green Space: Due to creating many mills, factories building the green space have been lessening.
11. Slums Condition: The slums condition is not well. Most of slums are made by low materials and small areas. Many people live in a small area together. Slums are the appropriate place for creating violence, corruption and criminals.

From the above discussion it can be said that to take the advantage of urbanization, at first we must have control the problems of urbanization.