Rural Infrastructure Development: A Tool for Resolving Urbanization Crisis. A Case Study of South-Eastern Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined improving rural infrastructure development as a gateway towards solving the problems of urbanization. The rate of urbanization, which has, in turn, outstripped the provision of urban housing, basic service and facilities, is now calling for attention across different cities of the world today. The rapid growth of the cities and the immediate consequences of such growth have continued to be an issue of concern to both professionals and the government. So many countries are now investing huge amounts of money in infrastructural projects, seeking a more integrated domestic market and easier access to world business, to which they have not actually solved the problem of urbanization and the decay of the cities infrastructures. This work postulated that the provision of adequate infrastructures in the rural communities will turn out to be an alternative solution to the sustainability of the cities by reducing its rate of urbanization and the decay of its infrastructure. It concluded by pointing out that the importance of providing rural dwellers with their needed facilities and services is a sure tool for the sustainability of the modern day cities infrastructure.

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