L4&5 URBAN LAND USE TYPES &

RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION

MYP I&S9
 FROM VILLAGE TO CITY (RURAL TO URBAN)

• Most buildings in a village are houses.

• As a settlement grows it develops other land uses. Places of
work are found, and these may form industrial areas. Shops and
other businesses will be needed and new housing will be built.
• A typical settlement grows outwards in all directions after
starting as a village, so that the oldest area is in the centre of the
urban area. This means that different parts of urban areas
have different characteristics.
• Since we rarely get to build “new cities” from nothing, it’s
important that we understand a bit about the history and
systems of urban land use that have define our current cities if
we want to solve modern problems in them.
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• Belfast on OneNote
 RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION

• Migration is the movement of population from one area to another.

• Some migrations are forced, voluntary, permanent and temporary, International and
regional.
• The type of migration that we are principally interested in in this unit is Rural to Urban
Migration, which is the movement of people from countryside (rural) to city (urban)
areas.
• A person who moves from one area to another is known as a Migrant.
PUSH & PULL FACTORS

• The Pull Factors are factors which attract the migrants to an area. Examples would
include: opportunities for better employment, higher wages, facilities, better working
conditions and attractive amenities (schools, hospitals, etc) are pull factors of an area.

• Push factors are those that encourage the individual to move voluntarily, and in many
cases, they are forced because the individual risk something if they stay. Push factors may
include: conflict, war, unemployment, underemployment, drought, famine, extreme
religious activity, political instability, climate change.
INQUIRY TASK - CHINA FOCUS RURAL TO
URBAN MIGRATION
• Use the evidence below (videos/graphs/maps/websites) to create an information summary
sheet (400 to 600 words) that outlines the causes and issues related to rural to urban
migration in China.
• Or please let Ms Lee know if you want to choose a different case study
L6 URBAN GROWTH PROBLEMS
 WORLD POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

• https://ourworldindata.org/population-growth
Urban and Rural Population
 • Urban areas in both MEDCs and LEDCs face a number of big
problems
• MEDC: More Economically Developed Country
URBAN • LEDC: Less Economically Developed Country

GROWTH • What could be some possible problems of urban growth?

PROBLEMS 1. POLLUTION
2. TRAFFIC CONGESTION
3. WASTE PRODUCTS & WASTE DISPOSAL
4. SHORTAGE OF HOUSING
5. UNEMPLOYMENT
6. POVERTY (Slums and Shanty Towns)
7. URBAN SPRAWL
8. CRIME