Melbourne's Push and Pull Factors
Pull:
More better varied food supplies
More exciting lifestyle in the city shops, entertainment, etc
Better housing with electricity, piped water, sewage, etc
Chance of regular better schooling
Better medical care
Better paid work factor
People are drawn into the city, perceiving the streets to be 'paved with gold' (Links back up to pull)
More better varied food supplies
More exciting lifestyle in the city shops, entertainment, etc
Better housing with electricity, piped water, sewage, etc
Chance of regular better schooling
Better medical care
Better paid work factor
People are drawn into the city, perceiving the streets to be 'paved with gold' (Links back up to pull)
Push:
Poor quality often badly managed farm land
Crops failed due to disease, drought, etc.
Lack of job opportunities
Effects of natural disasters such as drought and flooding
Almost no land ownership
Lack of services- schools, health, water, etc
Increasing soil erosion
Those wishing to better their lives abandon the countryside having failed to make a decent living. (Links back up to push)
Poor quality often badly managed farm land
Crops failed due to disease, drought, etc.
Lack of job opportunities
Effects of natural disasters such as drought and flooding
Almost no land ownership
Lack of services- schools, health, water, etc
Increasing soil erosion
Those wishing to better their lives abandon the countryside having failed to make a decent living. (Links back up to push)