Processes Responsible For Urbanisation In LEDCs

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Processes responsible for urbanisation in LEDCs

Cities in the developing world have experienced urbanisation over the last fifty years and the rate has been faster in these countries than in MEDCs. This is shown by Mexico city's population because since 1960 Mexico city's population has grown from around 5 million to around 25 million, which is an average growth of half a million a year.

Urbanisation happens in the developing world for two main reasons these are natural population increase and push and pull factors. High natural population growth happens to countries in stages two and three of the Demographic Transition models. These stages mean the country still has a high birth rate, however health care has improved which means that life expectancy increases, resulting in a lower death toll.

Developing world cities are experiencing a massive movement of the population from the rural countryside areas to urban cities; this is called rural to urban migration and is because people are leaving in the hope of a better life. The push factors are that local resources cannot support the pressure of the population, so people are forced to leave. There is also a decline of traditional industries in rural areas such as textiles because of cheaper imported goods from MEDCs. This means that people are forced to leave to look for jobs in the cities. Jobs in rural areas have also been lost because of modernisation of agriculture.
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The pull factors in the developing world cities are job opportunities created by multinational countries. As well as the attraction of jobs people also move there because of the attraction of `better` housing and services in cities. People have also

Been encouraged to migrate because of the media.

Case study for urbanisation in LEDCs

A city that has experienced rapid urbanisation is Sao Paulo in Brazil. Sao Paulo has experienced urbanisation because of people moving from the rural areas in the north for the hope of a better life in the south. There are many ...

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