present a written argument to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic: overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious ones . suggest that government and individuals can tackle these problems . Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

Overpopulation has been the major problem facing most cities of the world. In the recent times, drastic rapid growth in population has led to meteoric rise in

crime

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the crime rate

rate

and influx of young people from rural areas is believed to be the main factor responsible for

this

unfortunate trend.

Thus

,

this

essay will critically examine the negative effect of migration of young people to

cities

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the cities

and likely measures to be taken by

government

and individuals to solve

this

problem. A growing number of research

suggest

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suggests

that increase in crime

rate

in most cities is caused by the uncontrolled influx of young graduates to cities after university education to search for job opportunities.

For instance

, in the

last

decade

,

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,

the population of most cities has doubled due to

high

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the high rate

rate

at which youths from rural areas migrate to urban areas to search for greener pastures. It is believed that

larger proportion

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a larger proportion

of these young graduates resort to crimes for survival as

result

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a result

of failure to secure jobs in the cities. The

government

and individuals are

saddle

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saddled

with the responsibilities to solve

this

problem confronting the cities. The

government

is expected to provide

enabling environment

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an enabling environment

for the growth of business in the rural areas by providing infrastructure facilities

such

as constant electricity supply

,

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,

good road network and health care. Young graduates in the rural areas are

also

to scan their environment

,

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,

identify and exploit the opportunities there. They should

also

acquire skills that will enable to be self- independent

instead

of searching for non- existent white collar jobs in the cities. In conclusion,

high

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the high rate

rate

at which young people migrate from rural areas to urban areas has led to increase in crime

rate

in the cities

.

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.

However

, individual and

government

are

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is

responsible to provide lasting solutions to

this

unfortunate development.