urbanisation

Ur·ban·i·sa·tion

The process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

An urban area can be defined as a composite of cells, neighbourhoods, or communities where people work together for the common good (Gallion, 2003, pg. 03).

As opposed to a rural region, an urban setting allows and welcomes variation because it ultimately thrives on diversity. Varied levels of approaches and perspectives coming together to work for the development of the city is what an urban area is essentially described as. Drawn by these opportunities of unity in diversity, over the course of several centuries, there has been a noticeable mass movement from rural to urban areas due to the increasing urbanisation of the cities. Literally speaking, urbanisation refers to a significant population transfer from rural to urban areas, which concentrates people in urban areas. to impose and assert their authority over the city. People continue to move to the city in large numbers, enticed by these capitalist opportunities.

What has changed is the factors that lure them to these metropolitans.

The transition point between the two fabrics of human settlement has been significantly impacted by this migration, and with the dawn of urbanisation, the impact has been an anti-climax.

Urban contexts are now transforming into places with like minds deviating towards capitalistic goals aiming to boost the economy of the city but in isolation.

The cultural community aspect is overshadowed and replaced by economically viable classes of people.

Urbanisation has resulted in setting generic goals for a city without giving enough consideration to the diversity that it was initially catering to.

Since ancient times, Mumbai’s haphazardly expanding population has been drawn in by the steadily expanding employment prospects that are purported to be a path to improved economic living.

As an outcome, the metropolitan area is constantly perceived to be under construction to suffice population growth.

Since the founding of the East India Company, Mumbai has had a large influx of immigrants from all conceivable regions of the nation looking for a place to fit in and a way to pursue their own growth.

People who have financial resources nonetheless tend to use a variety of tactics