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Study your area and write down about the settlement pattern.

Kolkata is a Mega city which comes under urban settlement as the population is much more than 50 lakh. Kolkata is divided into North Kolkata, Central Kolkata and South Kolkata. Here the people are engaged in secondary, quaternary and tertiary activities.

• In cities the population density is much higher. So there lies a problem of monetary shortage and unemployment. The cost of living in cities is high. So, people can afford the cost of living. Therefore the sudden shift to urban give rises to slums.

• The lack of proper planning and low housing creates a way for the slums. Insufficient funding and lack of coordination in government give rise to poor planning.

• Urbanisation paves the way for the formation of slums.