Prompt
The movement of people from agricultural areas to cities to work can cause serious problems in both places. What are the serious problems and how to solve these problems?
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Write this essay in 40 minutes
Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies problems in both rural and urban areas and proposes policy responses; Band 9 explains how mechanization/consolidation eliminates rural jobs, driving migration; how rapid urban growth overwhelms services; and whether solutions should manage migration (improve rural economies) or absorb it (build urban capacity), examining trade-offs in each.
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