1. Urbanization is thought to of started in Bangladesh over two thousand years ago back then they were concerned with setting up administration, trade, commerce, and certain religious celebrations. Urban centers were set up in hope to defend the country but most of them ended up coming under British command so growth at this time was very slow and limited. Most urban centers were where there was easy access to transport meaning the were usually on a river for trading with other urban areas. When India and Pakistan gain there independence in 1947 major investments in the city of Dhaka and Chittachong occurred they were old British headquarters and were all industrial areas. So this caused West Pakistan to dominate the government and Bangladesh was left with problems as the country experienced a huge increase in urban population just before its independence in 1971. This happened due to Muslims that migrated and decided to settle in urban areas. In this time there was also a rise in rural population witch helped in the process of urban growth
3. The main reasons for people moving to Dhaka city is if there unemployed, landless and just basically poverty stricken they may be able to improve there lifestyl
4. The government tried to slow down the rural urban drift by helping setting up small towns which migrants or people wanting to move would come to attempt to stop all the people from flocking into the 1 city and in time these small towns would grow and become cities themselves
e in the city. The other mail reason would be by environmental causes like a river eroding and it starting to flood the village this would cause people to move to Dhaka city
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