An Assessment of the Provision of Basic Needs as a Determinant of Migration from Rural to Urban Areas

Abstract

In the post-modern society, urbanization has become a very crucial phenomenon. The research primarily focuses to find out the basic reasons and causes of migration. The research defines that basic needs of life and two major pull and push factor become the causes of rural to urban migration. The study is explanatory in nature, and it used quantitative research principles. The universe for research was Tehsil Taunsa Sharif District Dera Ghazi Khan. A carefully prepared questionnaire survey was conducted in the study area. Direct observation and interview were conducted in the study area. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The major findings of research reveal that migration from one place to another place is due to for education, health, water supply, sanitation, and employment and business facilities in urban areas. It concluded that if these facilities are provided in rural areas people will not migrate in urban areas. The study was conducted in one district only; however, it suggests that in future, researchers may conduct study on such topic with same variables in different regions of the Punjab province. However, the study is an addition to the theory and offers some practical implications and suggestions to the government functionaries.