Causes of urbanisation

Question 1

Causes of urban growth

Answer 1

1. Natural increase
2. Rural-urban migration

Question 2

Natural population growth/natural increase

Answer 2

• Urban areas= young age profiles
• Young adults are more likely to migrate from rural areas
• Young adults are in their fertile years therefore there are higher rates of natural increase in urban areas
• The birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 3

Rural-urban migration

Answer 3

Divided into push and pull factors
e.g. ‘Nappy Valley’ in Clapham to Fulham in London

Question 4

Push factors

Answer 4

• SOCIAL- Health: local diseases + inadequate houses
• POLITICAL- Wars and civil strike cause people to flee
• ECONOMIC- Cash crops- land traditionally used to grow food for locals now used to produce crops for money to pay off debts
• ENVIRONMENTAL: Agricultural problems- soil looses its nutrients due to consitent farming- people cant grow crops
  Natural disasters- floods, storms, and earthquakes
• DEMOGRAPHIC: Population growth- not enough land to support the increasing numbers of people

Question 5

Pull factors

Answer 5

• SOCIAL: Health- Better quality social provisions- e.g education, healthcare, entertainment
  Perceived improved quality of life
• EMPLOYMENT: in factories + service industries e.g hotels, better paid than rural area jobs
• Informal employment- selling on the streets