2013
Country life is better than city life.
Debate #270 · Society, social change and institutions
Is urban life improving or eroding community life compared with rural life?
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Examiners want: Traits of rural and urban communities, gains and losses of urbanisation, quality of life, a balanced view
The questions
2009
Define the term "Community" and discuss the important characteristics of a rural and urban community.
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Evidence you can cite
Urban share of Pakistan's population (Census 2023): 38.88% urban in 2023, up from 36.44% in 2017 (2023 (vs 2017))Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, National Census Report: 7th Population and Housing Census 2023Lifetime internal migrants counted in Census 2023: 13.08 million migrants; intra-provincial 65.40%, inter-provincial 30.86%, from abroad 3.74% (2023)Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, National Census Report: 7th Population and Housing Census 2023
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News about this debate watches for: urbanisation, rural-urban migration, katchi abadi, karachi, lahore, smart cities, rural development, village life, housing crisis, slums, census 2023.