Causes of urban growth Flashcards

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What are the causes of urban growth?

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Natural increase

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What is natural increase ?

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When birth rate exceeds death rates. This means that due to increase of birth rate death rates are decreasing

This is because of better healthcare and investment into healthcare

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Reasons why people have children ?

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  • religious

- children for work

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What is Rural to urban migration ?

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Factors causing someone to move from the country side to the city

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What are push factors ?

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Reason someone will leave a country

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What are pull factors ?

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Reason someone will want to move to a country

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Push factors examples :

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Lack of job opportunities

Conflict/war

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Pull factors example :

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Education
Transport
Better quality of life
Healthcare

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