Nowadays some governments encourage industrial factories and businesses to move out of large cities. Is it a positive or negative development? Discuss and give your opinion.
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| Lareg Cities and Industry |
As the large cities world
over are becoming overtly congested and polluted, the governments of different
countries have come out with ambitious plans to decongest larger urban areas by
encouraging industries and businesses to relocate to other locations. Many have welcomed this idea while some have registered strong reservations
against this kind of a move.
The plan of moving factories,
offices and manufacturing units out of urban locales, is believed
to be laden with several benefits. A move like this would not only save the
infrastructure and utility framework from collapsing but it would also offer a
better quality of life for the inhabitants of big cities. Additionally, this
would also help in disperse population over wider region by
generating opportunities in areas other than primary urban centers. Some even feel that this would also help in preventing the wastage of resources
spent on upkeep of bigger metropolitan areas.
However, those critical to this theory feel that this move would prove to be a recipe fpe disaster in a multitude of ways: moving the factories out to other areas would
result in proliferating pollution, and congestion, to the regions that do hardly have
any infrastructure to handle the increased influx of population and
resulting activities. Furthermore, the cost outlay of relocating businesses would witness a ramarkable spike; they would have to spend more for making available
even the basic facilities and utilities. Moreover, in other areas, availability
of skilled labor in diverse specializations and expertise would be a big issue.
To sum up, I personally feel, this policy has more detriments than favors, and will surely prove to be catastrophic in the long run, affecting rural areas adversely. An alternative plan that targets real issues that renders enduring solutions to urban areas, would be more useful.
