EQ2: rural urban migration and megacity growth Flashcards
1
Q
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
2
Q
What are the urban pull factors?
A
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
3
Q
What are the rural push factors?
A
poverty- pop growth ( not enough jobs for peeps that need it)
resource scarcity- rural areas with pop growth trigger conflict + migration
4
Q
What is natural increase?
A
difference between societys crude birth rate/death
dev worlds high inc because of young fertile adults/few older peeps reaching older life