5.2 Internal Migration Flashcards
(8 cards)
Rural-Urban Migration
Push & Pull
Mumbai
- Average age 21 - 65% male
Push
- Mechanisation; fewer ppl required
- Farming; Low wages; 4,000 suicides
Pull
- Wages; $4700 mumbai, $2900 in Maharashtra
- Employment; 10% factory work is in Mumbai
- Education; literacy rate %90
Rural-Urban Migration - Impacts on Urban Areas
Social
- Growth of squatter settlements - 1 million in 1 mile squared
Environment:
- Waste - 7500 metric tonnes per day
- air pollution
Economic
- growth; 6% of India’s GDP, so high levels of employment
- Dharavi, $700million per year
Rural-Urban Migration - Impacts on Rural Areas
Economic
- Remittances
- Labour Loss
Social
- Fewer men
Environment
- More resources
Urban-Rural Migration
Isle of Purbeck
- 44,000 to 47,000 (6.8% increase)
Urban-Rural Migration - Impact on Rural and Source
Economic
- House prices increase; 14x higher than average salary 4% increase 2021 to 2022
Rural Service Decline
- 11 villages have no school
- 1/5 have no post office
Source
- fewer old people
Intra Urban Migration + Example
Movements within Urban settlements
Re-urbanisation; Nine Elms
Regeneration; Docklands
Suburbanisation; Detroit
Re-urbanisation
Example
Causes
Impacts
Nine Elms
Causes
- 227 Hectare brownfield site
- brownfield
Impacts
- Residential Segregation; rent risen 25% since sept 2021, 2 million pound pent houses
- Social Exclusion; ‘poor doors’
- Transport;£1bn extension to Northern Line - elizabeth line
Suburbanisation
Example
Causes
Impacts
Detroit
Causes
- white flights 1950s 60s as black people moved into Detroit caused tensions
- infrastructures; new highways easier transportation
- Automobile Industry; grew rapidly in detroit during post war - suburbs for workers
Impacts
- Economic decline; detroit lost jobs and taxes to suburbs
- Urban sprawl; 50% increase since 1950
- Residential segregation; white people moved out
