Rural to Urban Migration

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 475.

Push Factors from rural areas

· No jobs or poorly paid jobs

· Mechanisation. Machines taking the jobs of people

· Low prices for agricultural products

· Poor schools and hospitals

· Shortage of entertainment

· Poor quality of housing

· Drought and famine

· Shortages of water, electricity and gas

· Poor transport and communications

Pull factors to the cities

· More jobs

· Better education and medical care

· Better transport and communications

· More reliable supply of water, electricity and gas.

· Better entertainment

· More houses and better quality houses

It is estimated that more then 1 million residents live in Rios favelas the problems they night be facing:

· Landslides caused by the deforestation of the steep hills they are situated on

· Risk of eviction. Most of the land they are built on is illegally occupied so they could be thrown of it at any time.

· No proper electricity connections leading to illegal and dangerous connection to the city's electricity supply

· Housing that is only made out of temporary material which is vulnerable to flooding, etc.

· No clean water supply which can lead to diseases like typhoid.

· Overcrowding(high population density) which allows diseases to spread quickly

· No toilets, showers or proper sewer systems which can cause disease to spread and attract mosquitoes which cause diseases like malaria

· No proper rubbish collections which can attract animals like rats

· No proper schools and medical facilities

· Shortage of entertainment and facilities for all ages

· High unemployment

· High crime rates, including gangs, drugs and murders