Rural-Urban Migration

What is rural urban migration short notes?

Rural-urban migration refers to the movement of people from rural to urban areas to seek better job opportunities and meet better living requirements. For example, the movement of a former farmer from a village to work as a guard in Mumbai is considered rural-urban migration.

What is the main reason for rural urban migration Class 12?

People usually migrate from rural to urban areas mainly due to poverty, high population pressure’ on land, lack of basic infrastructure facilities like health care, education, availability of regular work, etc.

What is rural urban?

Urban areas are places of high populations and high density, characterised by their built-up infrastructure. They are expanded by the act of urbanisation. Rural areas are the complete opposite of urban areas, having a low population and density whilst maintaining a lack of large infrastructure.

What is the rural to urban migration in India?

Among major geographical streams, the most prevalent stream of migration is rural to rural, accounting for 62 percent, followed by the rural to urban stream at 20 percent, then the urban to urban at 13 percent, and urban to rural migration at 5 percent (Government of India 2010).

What is urban migration in India?

Urban to urban migration is when a person moves from an urban locality to another urban locale. This kind of migration is mostly related to securing better employment opportunities, better facilities or a better standard of living.

Rural-Urban Migration is a subpart of the Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 which is Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems. The subpart of Rural-Urban Migration discusses the movement of people from rural areas to urban centers or areas in search of a better quality of life.

The Rural-Urban Migration has so many advantages but there are so many disadvantages or risks including slum formation due to increased population, pay cuts, poor sanitation, improper waste management systems, traffic problems, and much more.

In this article, we are going to discuss the Class 12 Geography Notes Chapter 9 Rural-Urban Migration in detail.