In recent years some countries have experienced very rapid economic development. This has resulted in much higher standards of living in urban areas but not in the countryside. This situation may bring some problems for the country as a whole. What are tbses problems? How might they be reduced?

It is a worrisome but genuine trend that countries experiencing rapid economic growth develop urban lifestyles more than those in rural

areas

do.

As a result

, the lack of opportunities and amenities in rural

areas

that abound in cities prompt massive rural-urban migration.

This

consequently

demands a fair distribution of

wealth

amongst all citizens regardless of their location in the country. Flourishing economies of countries do not mean that every citizen is benefiting equally as city dwellers seem to benefit more than those in rural

areas

do by having better

qualities

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of life and services.

This

leads to

rural urban

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migration as people flock to urban

areas

in search of better livelihoods.

For example

, if rural people in the Eastern Cape Province are not receiving the same amenities as those in urbanised provinces, they will opt to move.

Consequently

, urban overpopulation and shantytown development are some of the downsides of

wealth

imbalances and different

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standards in South Africa. Research shows that

wealth

distribution needs to be reviewed to curb

this

clear anomaly. Decentralisation is one of the solutions where rural

areas

benefit from investments

such

as

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university

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or research facilities

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built closer to them.

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building state-of-the-art facilities in the predominantly rural Limpopo province and not in Gauteng province. Lack of amenities results in brain drain from rural

areas

.

Therefore

, building new and upgrading existing facilities in rural

areas

can be a solution to elevate the standards of rural dwellers. In conclusion, regardless of their locality, unless the living standards of all citizens are uplifted and not only for those in urban

areas

, there will always be rural-urban migration leading to urban overpopulation.

Finally

, socio-economic hardships experienced in urban

areas

are largely due to the unequal

wealth

distribution in a country.