Many old cities around the world are going through a major process of modernization. What are the advantages and disadvantages of modernization?

In recent times, many cities are undergoing transformation from old underdeveloped cities to high-tech modern cities. Despite the main advantages of

this

modernization which

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modernization, which

are

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increasing

increased

increases

in employment rate and

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employment rate and

tourism

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tourist

attraction, it has several disadvantages too including deforestation and

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an increase

in pollution level.

To begin

with, the process of turning old areas into big buildings generates more employment and increases

tourism

rates.

This

is because many work projects that are outsourced to smaller cities leads to the development of massive and attractive tall office buildings that eventually creates more job opportunities for people living in that area.

Moreover

,

modernization

of cities often

attacts

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

attracts

tourists that

boosts

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boost

the economy of the country.

For instance

, in India, in 2017 it was found that after the

modernization

of areas like Gurgaon that comes under NCR (National Capital Region),

tourism

rate was increased by 7%.

Hence

, growth in the cities improves the life of local people.

However

, the transformation of

smaller cities

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the smaller cities

to modern cyber cities comes with a price as

this

involves cutting of trees, and increase in the pollution level. In fact, construction of high-tech buildings is usually done by chopping off large areas of forests and creating infrastructure like flyovers, to accommodate more vehicles on

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the road

. In a recent survey, it was found, that for every new building constructed, 10 trees are destroyed.

Therefore

,

modernization

causes a great amount of environmental damage. In conclusion,

modernization

is transforming the lives of people across the globe.

Although

it is fruitful as it creates more job opportunities and increases

tourism

rate, it

also

has some drawbacks that it is deteriorating our environment, due to high need of deforestation and pollution caused when more vehicles are allowed on roads.