EFFECT OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION

• The graph shows that the population in rural area is decreasing in U.S.
• Many people leaves the rural and migrate to the urban.
• At 1800, 95% of U.S total population lived at rural while now it had decreased till 23%.

Migration is not a bad thing to do. When a person migrates, they do not realize that they are causing a few positive effect and many negative effects to the area. Not only in rural, they also cause effects to the urban and country.

RURAL

URBAN

EFFECT TO THE RURAL(POSITIVE)

• the area will be more peaceful
• less crime
• more lands for farmer to plant crops 

EFFECT TO THE RURAL(NEGATIVE)

• the birth rate decreases
• the shops there have no income, so they may close the shop. (no trading) The people living at the rural have no shops.
• many houses will be abandoned
• lesser clinics or hospital for the people who needs medical check-up or etc.
• difficult to be developed

EFFECT TO THE URBAN(POSITIVE)

• the people there would be more socialized . ( more friends, etc)
• if the migrants migrate to get better studies, there will be more smart or educated people.
• people can get higher pay jobs.

EFFECT TO THE URBAN(NEGATIVE)

• less job opportunity
• lack of house
• more pollution
• lack of public transport
• increase in crime
• traffic problem
• lesser choice for education

EFFECT TO THE COUNTRY(POSITIVE)

• the country will be more developed. For countries which are LEDC's, they are able to become a MEDC's country.

EFFECT TO THE COUNTRY(NEGATIVE)

• the country will be more urbanized
• the population distribution is not even

PREPARED BY: 

Brayden Ng Zheng Lin

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