Overpopulation in many major urban centres around the world is a major problem. What are the kicauses of this? How can this problem be solved?

Nowadays, the migration from the country to the urban areas involves the moving of big crowds, much bigger than what cities can absorb.

Thus

, the big metropolis is overpopulated and can no longer offer housing to everyone, leading to the creation of slums where a criminal life seems to be the only option.

This

could be prevented by implementing solutions that can give the population of rural areas an alternative to migration. In

this

essay, I will suggest a solution that can be adopted to mitigate

this

issue.

Firstly

, most people do not want to leave their house and friends unless it is necessary.

For example

, famine and bad crops are the motivation for farmers to pack and move to places where job opportunities are offered.

Therefore

, millions of newcomers gather every year around the economic poles of the country expecting to earn their living. The consequence of it is the rise of criminality due to the lack of employment.

Moreover

, the sanitary conditions of these new neighbourhoods affect the environment badly. Illegal dumpsters flourish and uncontrolled sewage occurs every day around the ghetto.

For instance

, some affections that were on the brink of disappearing, like tuberculosis or leprosy, have surged again due to

this

unhealthy environment. Cities can not allow

this

kind of situation because it is dangerous and can cause an epidemic. Taking all these into account, my suggestion is avoiding that exodus from the fields is to offer job opportunities to the peasants that prevent them from making the decision of packing. Some initiatives have been made on modernising agriculture, that not only have benefited farmers but

also

aided nature to recover extensions that were ploughed in an inefficient way.

Besides

, new jobs are created around these farms. In my opinion, towns and fields must coexist and the modernisation of agronomy can be the solution for towns' massification.