Understanding Urban Growth Causes

What is the term used to describe the movement of people from rural areas to cities?

• Urban to rural migration

• Rural to urban migration

• Urbanisation

• Natural increase

Which of the following is a push factor that might cause someone to leave a rural area?

• More jobs

• Higher wages

• Crop failure

• Better education services

Which of the following is a pull factor that might attract someone to a city?

• Unemployment

• Poor living conditions

• Better health services

• Civil war

What is the term for the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a city?

• Migration

• Natural increase

• Urbanisation

• Population density

Which of the following is a challenge faced by people moving to cities like Mumbai?

• Better housing conditions

• Higher wages

• Polluted drinking water

• More job opportunities

What is one environmental pull factor for moving to a city?

• Natural disasters

• Safer environment

• Poor sanitation

• Low wages

Which of the following is NOT a push factor for rural to urban migration?

• Unemployment

• Better facilities

• Poor health services

• Natural disasters

In the context of urban growth, what does the term "NEE" stand for?

• Newly Emerging Economy

• National Economic Expansion

• New Environmental Era

• Non-Existent Entity

Which of the following is a social pull factor for moving to a city like Mumbai?

• Poor housing conditions

• Better education

• Low wages

• Civil war

What is a common economic challenge faced by migrants in cities?

• Higher wages

• More job opportunities

• Low wages or unemployment

• Better living conditions