One major issue is that young people migrating to urban areas leaves elderly behind in the countryside. Although this trend can cause environmental and employment issues in cities, it can be addressed through adjusting effective approaches from both companies and governments.
The increasing influx of young people into cities can harm the environment and raise unemployment rate. Overcrowding cities causes heavy traffic on roads, which eventually worsens the air quality due to an increased harmful emissions like CO2 from vehicles. Furthermore, intense competition for job market makes it challenging for young people to secure a job. In fact, there are fewer job opennings than millions of candidates from all corners, and this makes up a large unemployment porpotion. In many developing countries in Southeast Asia, for instance, cities can not satisfy the job demand, causing the unemployment rate surge to around 10-15%.
However, governments and companies can implement stratergies to tackle these problems. One of effective solution is that companies promote remote work. This approach not only reduces operational cost, but also helps cities alleviate the pressure on a new influx of young immigrants. For instance, professions in fields like software development, which primarily rely on computer work, can easily adopt this remote working method to benefit both parties. Another solution is that governments can encourage companies on relocating factories to rural areas. This can create more jobs in these regions preventing young people residing to cities for employment. For example, governments can also offer financial supports and incentives as an encouragement to let companies willingly obey.
In conclusion, while the migration of young people to cities can lead to environmental degradation and higher unemployment, these issues can be addressed through collaboration between companies and governments to adopt new appoaches such as promoting remote work and relocating factories.