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(i) Employment problems – as many people will be seeking for jobs at the area which may not be available.
(ii) Strategic reasons as the area is risky for the country especially in times of war as such can be easy target for attack.
(iii) Rural-urbane migration – People tend to move to the area in search of employment/better conditions.
(iv) Regional economic imbalances: as firms are concentrated in one area/new firms are attracted to that area due to the benefit that they may get.
(v) Social problems: as influx of people to urban areas constrains in the social amenities/increased crimes, prostitution/creation of slums.
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