Agent-Based Modelling for Enhancing Liveability: Addressing Overcrowded Living Conditions among Urban Migrants

Abstract

The migration started 60000 years ago out of Africa; the homo sapiens dispersed across Eurasia. Migration is an everyday act; millions of people migrate to places yearly for a good life, well-being, escape from natural calamities and so on. Cities and Urban areas face a massive influx of population from migration; cities sometimes find it hard to accommodate these migrating people. Millions of people in big cities live without enough space and have a low quality of life. Climate change and urban sprawling make the living conditions worse in cities. This article contains the internal migration data of people from 10 rural areas to a city from 2017-2022. Using this data by using regression, we find out the migration rate of the last five years and also the number of people expected to arrive in the city from the ten rural areas by 2023. Using Agent-based modelling, what kind of accommodation they choose is found out. The result from the study can be used for the city authorities to plan buildings in such a way that buildings are designed which is affordable, do not consume green fields present in the cities, and also in a sustainable way to promote climate resilience.