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Rural to urban migration definition?

The movement of people from a rural area (countryside) to an urban area (towns and cities)

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Push Factor

A negative factor causing someone to want to leave an area

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Pull Factor

Positive factors which attract people to live in an area

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Name 5 Push Factors

No rainfall, Bad harvest, No services, No medical treatment, Dirty Water

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Name 5 Pull Factors

Lots of jobs, plenty of food, nicer lively environment, better services, clean water

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Name 4 effects/ problems of migration

Migrants have no money or possesions, leaves them homeless without resources to earn money. Favelas are very densely packed, disease and fire spread quickly. People find themselves in a difficult cycle. Children have to help with income (dangerous)

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Name the 4 solutions to these problems

1.Government deploy low cost improvements and self help schemes. 2. Once new house are built they are more hygenic and safe 3.Government improvement leave residents with money to break cycle 4.The self help scheme made comunnities safer

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Tropical Rainforest

Are natural type of natual vegitation which is found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Aquitorial climate. Amazon, south america, congo in africa and south east asia and north austrailia

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Buttress Roots adaptations

Needed to support tall trees.

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Lianas Adaptations?

The wrap around tall trees to get sunlight

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