Rural-to-urban migration

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Rural-to-urban migrations Push Pull Theory

• By the end of this power point presentation, you
  will be able to
• Define KEY TERMS rural, urban, migration,
  rural-to-urban migration and push - pull factors

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Rural-to-urban migration

• Lets break up
• this expression
• What does rural
• mean?

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Rural means countryside.
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Rural-to-urban migration

• What does urban
• mean?

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Urban means city life.
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Rural-to-urban migration

• What does
• migration
• mean?

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Migration means the movement of people from one
area or region to another
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Rural-to-urban migration
The movement of people from the countryside to
the cities
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People migrate from one place to another for two
reasons

• 1. Push Factors
• People want to get away from things they do not
  like in the countryside

For some people, it is poor housing or inadequate
health care for their children or a lack of poor
schools, or no schools at all
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• 2. Pull Factors
• People are attracted to things they do like in
  the city

For some people, it is to find better paying jobs
to improve their living conditions. It also
includes finding better schools for their
children and better health care.
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Finished already??? Try the bonus question
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The following statements were all made by people
that have moved from countryside areas to
cities. State whether they were influenced by
push factors, pull factors or both push pull
factors.
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PULL!
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PUSH!
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PULL!
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PUSH PULL!
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PUSH!
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PUSH PULL!
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Self assessment

• Imagine that your are the head of your household
• Use the Push-Pull theory to decide why you would
  move from Franklin Township to a city
• What are reasons to push you from the suburb of
  Franklin?
• What are reasons to pull you to a city like New
  York, Boston, or Philadelphia?

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Now test yourself?

• What is meant rural?
• What is meant by urban?
• What is meant by migration
• What is rural-to-urban migration?
• What is a push factor?
• What is a pull factor?
• Give an example of a push factor for people to
  leave the rainforest
• Give an example of a pull factor for people to
  move to the cities

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