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Urbanisation: why do so many people want to live in cities?

Explore why urbanization is increasing as more people move from rural to urban areas, with case studies on cities like Shanghai and problems in LEDCs like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Learn about push and pull factors driving migration.

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Urbanisation: why do so many people want to live in cities?

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  1. Urbanisation: why do so many people want to live in cities?

  2. On 23rd May 2007 it was claimed that for the first time in history more people live in urban areas than rural areas.

  3. What is Urbanisation • Urbanisation is the movement of people from rural to urban areas.

  4. Quite simply urbanisation is as a result of rural to urban migration

  5. Shanghai: An example of a large RIC city • Study the photo of Shanghai on P76. It is China’s biggest city. • Produce a spidergram to suggest why many people in China might want to move to Shanghai.

  6. The reasons people migrate is because of push and pull factors. • Push factors make you/force you leave your rural home. • Pull factors are the things that attract you to the city. • Activity- Identify as many reasons as possible why people might migrate. Divide these into 2 spidergrams. Push factors and Pull factors.

  7. Life in cities in LEDCs such as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil can be difficult. • Watch or take notes from the DVD; ‘Slum Cities’.

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