Population Reports' Q&As

Meeting the Urban Challenge

An Urban Future

In general, why do people move from rural to urban areas?

People leave rural areas and move to urban centers to escape adverse rural conditions (push factors). At the same time, many urban areas attract people from the countryside because they generally offer more opportunity (pull factors).

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