D. Answer these questions in detail.
1. Explain the push and pull factors of migration.
2. What are the causes of rural to urban migration?
3. How does migration cause urban sprawl?
4. Explain the impacts of migration.
Answers
Answer:
1) Push factors “push” people away from their home and include things like war. Pull factors “pull” people to a new home and include things like better opportunities. The reasons people migrate are usually economic, political, cultural, or environmental.
2) Rural to Urban migrations are caused by a variety of factors. In nutshell major factors of migration are 1–Marriage, 2–Employment, 3–Education and 4–Lack of Security. Urban centers provide vast scope for employment in various sectors and also offer modem facilities of life.
3) Urban sprawl is basically another word for urbanization. It refers to the migration of a population from populated towns and cities to low density residential development over more and more rural land. The end result is the spreading of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural areas.
4) Migration helps in improving the quality of life of people. It helps to improve social life of people as they learn about new culture, customs, and languages which helps to improve brotherhood among people. Migration of skilled workers leads to a greater economic growth of the region