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Thursday, 27 June 2013

Urban & Rural Migration: Push & Pull Factors

Urban & Rural Migration: Push & Pull Factors

Push factors(why a person leaves that area)

  • high crime rate
  • poverty
  • war
  • religious persecution
  • lack of jobs/schools/hospital
  • crop failure/ drought
  • pollution
  • flooding

Pull factors(why people want to move to an area)

  • good climate
  • lower crime rate
  • better housing
  • more job opportunities 
  • better health care
  • more fertile land
  • political stability
  • low risk from natural hazards
Su-Anne:)

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