What Causes Urbanisation?
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- What Causes Urbanisation?
- 2 Reasons why Urbanisation occurs:
- Rural To Urban Migration
- Moving from the countryside to towns and cities
- Natural Increase
- Where the birth rate is higher than the death rate, making the population increase
- Rural To Urban Migration
- Factors
- Push Factor
- the reasons why people want to leave the countryside
- Pull Factor
- the reasons why people are attracted to the city
- Push Factor
- Examples of Push and Pull Factors
- Push
- Natural Disasters; floods and earthquakes can damage property and farmland which people cant afford to repair.
- Mechanisatio-n of agriculture. Farms require fewer workers so less jobs.
- Conflict or war can cause people to flee their homes
- Desertification can make land unproductive so people can no longer support themselves
- Pull
- there are more jobs in urban areas that are often better paid
- Access to better health care and education
- Join other family members who have already moved so they don't feel lonely.
- People think they will have a better quality of life
- Push
- 2 Reasons why Urbanisation occurs:
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