urban 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
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