Rapid growth of urban areas in low-income countries

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Anagrams
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Inbred wolf

• Brownfield

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A grit infection

• Gentrification

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Bin grand beggar

• Garden grabbing

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I ad a nutrition slides

• Deindustrialisation

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• Depopulation

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Cow tone

• Eco town

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Wild glen

• Dwelling

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Drip seeds

• Dispersed

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Rapid growth of urban areas in low-income
countries
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• The LIC urban population has been growing at a
  much faster rate (compared to urban populations
  in HICs)

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Reasons for the rapid growth of urban areas
Rural-urban migration
Natural increase in population
Pull factors
Caused by high birth rate and falling death rate
Push factors
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Rural push factors

• Lack of jobs
• Monotonous and harsh lifestyle
• Mechanisation of farming
• Government uninterested
• Lack of investment
• Little entertainment
• Limited schooling

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Urban pull factors

• Better job opportunities
• Higher wages
• Pace and excitement of urban life
• Better education
• Public utilities piped water, electricity
• Government support