Question

Describe the negative effects the mass movement to the suburbs had on urban neighborhoods and the redevelopment strategies that work to create communities of opportunity.

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) Rural areas are generally the hubs that produce the raw materials required for the production work that is carried out in the cities. For instance, the villages produce the crops that go on to become flower, bread or other food products in large factories in the city.

In this case, both aspects of production are equally essential. Without raw materials, there would be no production and without production, the raw materials would have limited uses. On both sides of the equation, manpower is still an essential element that runs the process. In order for supply to be optimal, there needs to be a balance in manpower on both the rural and urban sides. Mass migration for the purpose of more capital and better opportunities would hamper the balance and tip the scales of production.

Redevelopment strategies, in this case, would only be effective if the development would occur on an area that was abandoned. In this case, it would be effective to re-develop the rural areas and create more opportunities there as people want to leave to the cities. The cities do not require as much re-development as further development concentrated to cities would induce further mass migration.

Therefore, rural communities and areas are more in need of re-development so as to create more opportunities in the agro-based sector. This would bring back the balance to the process of producing raw materials and increasing production.