Urbanisation In Lidcs

Urbanisation in LIDCs- caused by rural-urban migration and internal growth

Rural-Urban migration is the movement of people from countryside to urban areas caused push and pull factors

Push factors

• Natural disasters such as flood can cause damage to property and so they won't be able to repair the damage.
• war can cause people to flee from their homes
• Drought may occur and as people rely on subsistence farming, it won't longer support them

Pull factors of Urban areas

• There are are more jobs that are highly paid 
• There is better health care and education
• People believe there is a better quality of life

Urbanisation is also caused by Internal growth  (When they are higher birth rates then death)

• Usually young people move to urban areas and so replicate causing the population to increase
• Since there is better healthcare the death rates are low and the birth rates become high 

Rapid Urbanisation can cause problems

Economic Consequences

• Not enough jobs for everyone leading to high levels of unemployment
• Others may not be able to get access to education and so won't be able to develop the skills needed for better paying jobs

Social Consequences

• Since alot of people move to the area, there won't be enough houses leading to overcrowded streets- This will lead to high levels of crime
• Infrastructure cannot be build fast enough and so people will not be able to access basic neccessities