WORLD CITIESRural to Urban Migration

Learning objectives:1. Know what rural to urban migration is

2. Understand what leads people to migrate to urban areas and how their life changes

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• Watch this video – what are the reasons for rural to urban migration? Push and Pull?

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Why are urban areas growing?

• Cities are growing as a result of two factors;1. Natural increase (high birth, low death rates) 60%2. Rural Urban migration (30%)

• Other factors to think about include;1. Land reclassification form rural to urban (10%)2. Slums dominate much of the city with huge populations

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Rapid growth of developing world cities

• Poorest cities have the fastest growth rate in world, especially when one city dominates and attracts all people to it. E.G. being a centre of industry and therefore employment.

• Much of the growth is in the form of slums.• Slum population will reach 1.4 billion by 2020.

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Rural – Urban Migration

• Why do people still move if life in the city is not great?

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Rural – Urban Migration

• Migrants will not make decision blind but know of a relative in the city. May know of a job available as well.

• Majority who move are young and well skilled.• Despite problems migrants make the journey

as they know its economically better in the city.

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History of Urbanisation

• Growth of urban areas, on average Asian cities are larger and growing slower than African cities.

• Watch the change here

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Rural Urban Migration

• Read the Geofile and • 1. Write down the PUSH and

PULL of rural to urban migration;

• 2. Use the case study of Peru as a case study to make notes on and learn.

PUSH PULL

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