Case Study 4: Rural to Urban Migration in South Africa
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- Created on: 10-05-14 17:51
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- Urban change in Jo'burg
- Problems of life in Soweto
- High density housing
- Lack of basic services (i.e. clean water, sanitation, waste collection)
- People connected to electric illegially (dangerous)
- Roads are not paved so get flooded
- Diseases quickly spread
- Large number of deaths from AIDS
- Unskilled workers with low paid jobs
- How is Jo'burg improving Soweto?
- Replacing informal housing with low cost social homes
- Roads have been paved
- Improved water supply (98% now have clean water)
- Street lights improve safety at night
- More police on streets, decreasing crime rate
- Park being built for children to safely play in
- Case Study 4: Rural to Urban Migration, SA
- Where did people move from?
- Limpopo Province , North of SA
- 250k people moved btwn ages of 20&30
- Most move to Gauteng Province
- MOST go to Jo'burg, Pretoria and Soweto
- Why did people leave Limpopo?
- Push factors
- Few houses have electric
- Poor job opportunies
- Lack of money- most people earn £100/month
- Low quality of life
- Mostly farmers on small farms so crop yield varies
- Pull factors
- Better job opportunies
- Average earning of £700/month
- Better quality of life
- Better health care
- Better schools
- Higher ownership of electronic goods
- Untitled
- Push factors
- Where did people move from?
- Problems of life in Soweto
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