11 Facts About Rural flight

1.

Rural flight is the migratory pattern of peoples from rural areas into urban areas.

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Today, rural flight is an especially distinctive phenomenon in some of the newer urbanized areas including China and more recently sub-Saharan Africa.

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3.

Post-World War II rural flight has been caused primarily by the spread of industrialized agriculture.

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4.

Rural flight contains a positive feedback loop where previous migrants from rural communities assist new migrants in adjusting to city life.

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5.

Rural flight has been occurring to some degree in Germany since the 11th century.

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6.

Rural flight deplored the exodus but did not have the information to analyze the problem.

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Rural flight began later for the former states of the USSR than in Western Europe.

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8.

Rural flight persisted through the majority of the 20th century.

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However, with the end of the Soviet Union, rural flight reversed as political and economic instability in the cities prompted many urban dwellers to return to rural villages.

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10.

From 1940 to about 1965, rural flight occurred in a slow, yet steady pace with both agriculture and industry growing concurrently.

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11.

Some women undergo rural flight to escape domestic abuse or forced early marriages.

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