Pull factors
Pull factors attract people to a new place.
The main pull factors for cities are:
- Employment opportunities
- Promise of higher standard of living
- Entertainment
- Medical facilities
- Educational opportunities
Push factors
Push factors motivate people to leave their place of residence.
The main push factors for cities are:
- Landlessness
- War and civil disobedience
- Intolerance of alternative lifestyles
- Desertification
- Rapid Population growth
- Rural poverty
- Transfer of land from subsistence to commercial (export-oriented) production