Main question

What are the consequences of rural-urban migration in developing countries?

• Resource A

  
  
  

  Population Pyramid of Shenzhen, China.

  
  

  

  
  

  Source: This population pyramid is part of an extended article on 'Changing Populations' here:
  https://www.thegeographeronline.net/2-changing-populations-and-places.html
  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

• Resource B

  
  
  

  A video clip on the website of the South China Morning Post (April, 2018) that offers an insight into one of the results of rural-urban migration in China.
  The video shows the lives of three boys who live in the village of Lumacha, in Gansu province, North West China. The only pupils left in a school built for 300 pupils are these three children. The film shows their lives and takes an overview of the effects that rural-urban migration has had on rural areas in China.

  
  
  

  Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bi6hbbzl-E

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  More information about Lumacha

  
  http://www.philipcaruso-story.com/tale-of-lumacha-village-gansu-province/

• Resource D

  
  
  

  

  
  

  A report (May 2018) in the newspaper the ‘Times of India’ that discusses the importance of remittances to the economies of rural areas in India.

  
  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-largest-remittance-receiving-country-in-the-world-report/articleshow/64145158.cms

• Resource E

  
  
  

  

  
  

  The negative effect that migration from rural areas can have on bio-diversity.

  
  https://news.mongabay.com/2008/12/rural-depopulation-to-have-biodiversity-impacts/