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Urban growth (Factors (Push (Natural disaster, Farming mechanization, War,…
Urban growth
Factors
Push
Natural disaster
Farming mechanization
War
Famine, disease
Desertification
Pull
More job variety
Access to education and healthcare
Join family
Think it will have a better quality of life
Rural- urban migration= countryside to city
Young move to work → have family→ increase proportion of urbanization
Natural increase
High rates of growth lead to megacities
Urbanisation
Increase in proportion of population who live in urban areas
50% of the world's population live in urban areas
HICs have slow rates of urban growth:
Urbanization happened earlier
People move to countryside for better quality of life
LICs have faster rates of urban growth
Few live in urban areas
NEEs- (MINT + BRIC) have varied speeds of growth
Challanges
Enviromental
Rapid growth means waste disposal becomes increasingly difficult
Air pollution
Sewage enters rivers→ harms wildlife
Roads become inadequate for high volumes of traffic
Social + Economic
People live in slums
Badly built+ overcrowded
Lack services such as sewers and electricity
Leads to poor health
No access to education
Stuck in poverty
Opportunities
Economic
Industrial areas growing increases economic development
Developed industries require workers→ better wages than farming
Manufactured goods sell with greater profit than farming goods
Social
Access to better services to services: healthcare and education
Better access to resources such as water and electicity