Rural to Urban Migration Flashcards
There is _____ and ____ factors from moving to the city from the countryside in LEDCS?
Push.
Pull.
Overpopulation is due to what?
Push or pull?
High birth rates.
Push.
What do cities have more of?
Push or pull?
Reliable food supply.
Pull.
Where is transport much better?
Push or pull?
Cities.
Pull.
Crops can be destroyed by what ?
Push or pull?
Natural disasters.
Floods, droughts, pests.
Push.
Few services?
Push or pull?
Many villages don’t have school/doctors.
Push.
In the countryside some houses don’t have what?
Push or pull?
Electricity.
Sewage disposal.
Running water.
Push.
Why might there be a lack of jobs to do on farms?
Push or pull?
Introduction of machinery.
Push.
How can animals cause a push factor?
Overgrazed.
Over-cultivation.
Villages in rural are what?
Push or pull?
Isolated.
Little transport.
Push.
What is life expectancy like in the city?
Push or pull?
On average ten years longer.
Pull.
There is plenty of what in cities?
Push or pull factor?
Schools.
Hospitals.
Pull.
How is housing better in cities?
Push or pull?
It has electricity and water supply.
Pull.
What are jobs like in cities?
Push or pull?
More jobs.
Higher wages.
Pull.
