EQ2: rural urban migration and megacity growth Flashcards

1
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What is mega city growth?

A

home to 10 mill peeps +
in 1970 around 3 mill by 2020 to be 30 mill
grows through rural-urban migration + natural inc

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2
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What are the urban pull factors?

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Main factor=employment 
FDI+TNC's in urban poor points in poorer count provides a range of work 
Urban areas provide=
hope of promotion 
advancement in pro roles
school/health care
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3
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What are the rural push factors?

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poverty- pop growth ( not enough jobs for peeps that need it)
resource scarcity- rural areas with pop growth trigger conflict + migration

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4
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What is natural increase?

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difference between societys crude birth rate/death

dev worlds high inc because of young fertile adults/few older peeps reaching older life

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