Urbanisation
- Created by: jesspalmer
- Created on: 25-01-17 20:58
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- Urbanisation
- Caused by rural-urban migration
- Young people looking for work
- Then may have children then population further increase
- Occurring in developing countries
- Young people looking for work
- PUSH factors
- Mechanisation of agriculture.
- Climate change causes desertification, which creates unproductive land.
- Natural disasters - ruin homes and land.
- Caused by rural-urban migration
- Young people looking for work
- Then may have children then population further increase
- Occurring in developing countries
- Young people looking for work
- PULL factors
- Better paid jobs
- More jobs available
- Better access to health and education services
- Better QOL in cities
- Impact on urban areas
- Increase of demand for resources and services
- LEDC's cannot afford to meet this demand
- Not enough houses for migrants
- Migrants build their own houses out of cheap material = slums and shanty towns
- Not enough houses for migrants
- LEDC's cannot afford to meet this demand
- Migrants cannot find formal work so work in the informal sector.
- Don't pay well, unskilled and dangerous
- Increase in population can result in demand for road and railways.
- Increases congestion and air pollution
- Increase of demand for resources and services
- Caused by rural-urban migration
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