Urbanisation

• Urbanisation


  The growth of people living in urban areas
• Around 55 percent of the world lives in urban areas and this figure constantly increases
• In higher income countries (e.g. UK, Japan)


  There is a low rate of urbanization
• In lower income countries (e.g. Ethiopia, Afghanistan)

  There is a high rate of urbanization
• In newly emerging economies (e.g. Brazil, China)


  There is a medium rate of urbanization
• Rural to Urban migration


  The movement of people from the countryside to the city
• Factors affecting the rate of rural to urban migration

  • Push factors
  • Pull factors
• Push factors


  • Natural disasters which damage property and farmland, rural areas find this hard to recover from, desertification, fewer jobs, lack of education opportunities
• Pull factors


  • More jobs, more economic opportunities, access to better healthcare, to join other family members that have already moved there