Discuss the problems facing London as an urban centre.
Answer:
- Poverty: The poor people/peasants were exploited by the rich in the initial stages
of its growth.
- Rural-urban migration-A large number of people migrated to London to look for jobs employment opportunities.
- Population explosion / development of slums. The rural immigrants made the
town overpopulated forcing some to start living in slums/shanties.
- Increased crime rate due to the large number of immigrants to the city who
were unemployed.
- Unemployment continued to increase with the growing population in London.
- Pollution has become a major challenge/It has come from industrial waste, air
pollution, noise pollution etc.