Most of these who move to cities from the countryside are young, fertile people who therfore cause a high birth rate within cities - migration fuels high internal growth
Internal growth account for 60% of urban population growth, migration for around 30% and reclassification of rural to urban areas of the world have the fastest urban growth rates, and migration tends to dominate internal growth
many rural-urban migrants are well informed about the city to which they are migrating, they may be aware that life in cities is not good, but may consider the long term prospects to be better than in urban areas.
Push factors - poverty, conflict, natural disasters, crop failure, land subdivision
Pull factors - jobs, healthcare, education, safety, housing, bright lights
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