Abstract:
The globalization impacts the urbanization, labor migration and change in
social economic conditions in the economy. The labor migration is one of the
major problems in the society. The scare literatures exhibit the labor migration
from rural to urban (LMRU) effect to the whole economy including, makes
slums in urban areas, traffic congestion, air water pollution and cultural issues
in economy. The problem is that the labor mobility from rural to urban and it
leads to generate most issues in cities. This study focuses on Ridipana Grama
Sewa Division, Badulla district, aiming the exploration causes and factors
which affects the LMRU. The research employed qualitative research design
and gathers data from 20 respondents through a developed interview guides
and personal interviews. And Secondary data was collected through
Newspapers, articles and books. The target population was labors who
migrated from rural to urban cuties in Badulla district of Sri Lanka. The
sample size was 20, and was selected based on purposive sampling technique.
Thematic method was applied as analytical tool. The finding of the study
revealed that various factors impact the LMRU including social, economics,
region, phycology and environment factors as well. Furthermore, economic
opportunity is one of the most important factors in LMRU as the urban areas
have most job vacancies infrastructure development and road networks than
rural area. According to the secondary data, The Urban population in 2022 is
19% greater than 2021 and beyond. And also in some cases, environment
factors contribute to LMBR such as natural disasters, drought and other
climate related issues. To reduce the LMRU, several strategies are proposed
including, invest in rural infrastructure, Agriculture Modernization,
Diversification of rural economy, enhancing the social security nets, PPP and
support to the SMEs in rural areas. Finally, the LMRU is the crucial problem
in economy and the “market intervention” and “civil society intervention” and
“government intervention” That also helps to avoid LMRU.
