Push and pull factors
Rural
The country and small town
China
Move into small apartments and fine low paying jobs
Loss of agricultural land to urban sprawl
Reduces the amt of land to farm. Less local food means more imports which costs more. Loss of land impacts the ecosystem and displaces wildlife habitats
Urban
A bigger city
Bangladesh
Moving into cities and slums
4 reasons vaxjo is the greenest
- committed to become fossil free from 1990-2030
-use waste matter from pulp, paper and leftovers from trees for heating.
-ppl are told to walk, cycle, public transit bc city streets are friendly
-city run businesses use organic food, less pesticides reduces carbon footprintPush
Lack of clean water
Reclaimed land
Creates new land in larger bodies of water by filling a section of water with rock or cement to match it with the heights of old land
Pull
Lots of clean water