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IELTS Essay: Around the world more and more people today are living in urban areas. Why is...

Prompt

Around the world more and more people today are living in urban areas. Why is this? What problems does this cause?

#urbanization#migration_drivers#urban_problems#population_growth#city_expansion

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 writers explain urbanization drivers and identify multiple problems; Band 9 writers explain why urbanization is economically inevitable, discuss which problems are most severe, and propose targeted interventions.

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Key concepts in this essay

economic pull factors (employment, wages, entrepreneurship opportunities)
supply chain and agglomeration economies
infrastructure strain consequences (congestion, housing shortage, service gaps)
environmental impacts (resource consumption, pollution, habitat loss)
social consequences (inequality, crime, anonymity)

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Simply stating 'people move for jobs' without explaining why jobs concentrate in cities
Listing problems (crime, pollution, crowding) without linking them to population increase
Treating urbanization as uniformly negative without acknowledging benefits of city living

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