Sao Paulo - A City in a LEDC

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Sao Paulo - A City in an LEDC

Introduction:-

This report will investigate urbanization in Brazil, focusing on Sao Paulo as an example. It will describe and anylyse the effects on the people in and around Sao Paulo and explain how and why urbanization occurs.

Urban population change of Brazil since 1920

Since 1920, there has been a vast population change. There has been trend towards moving to cities and out of rural and country areas. This is mainly to do with the availiabilty of jobs and the move towards trying to achieve a more westerized culture. The many people who move into the cities are usually very poor and have little or no possesions. Because of this, shanty towns are errected by the many people that arrive as the inner city housing is too expensive and/or cannot cope with the influx of people.

The urban population change in Sao Paulo since 1920.

The population of Sao Paulo has increased rapidly in the past 50 years.  Many people have  moved away from the country, into the city. The population rose slowly up until 1950, where it then 'boomed' as people came for a better standard of living and job.

The rapid growth of the population of Sao Paulo

The movement of people from country areas to towns and cities is called rural-urban migration. This movement is partly due to 'urban pull' and 'rural push'

'Rural Push Factors' (why people leave the countryside):-

Lack of employment oppertunities - Main reason

Pressure on land/No land owned

Overpopulation - Caused by high birth rates

Starvation - Becuase of failed crops or too little production

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'Urban Pull Factors' (why people move to the city):-

Hope of better paid jobs in industry - 3 times that of farmers

Excepectation of higher quality of life and housing

Better services - Education, medical facilities and entertainment

Improved food sources

Push and pull factors are what affects the migration of people from the country into the city. While the push factors are real enough, the pull factors do not always turn out as expected as many new arrivals do not have much money and are forced to build a shelter on the outskirts using waste materials.

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