Why are people moving to the cities? LO: To describe and explain the factors that cause rural to urban migration.

1990 2000 2015 7,821,787 14,230,992 22 million 5,521,949 10,300,723 19 million 3,072,626 7,547,467 11 million 3,417,482 6,787,482 10 million 2,337,117 5,087,197 18.34 million 3,650,678 4,596,785 8.23 million 1,808,023 4,273,218 7 million 2,166,426 3,783,907 8.19 million Harbin 2,561,469 3,627,082 4.5 million 1,213,660 3,240,947 7 million 1,721,579 2,750,204 4.19 million 1,099,871 2,547,272 6.6 million 1,577,640 2,538,336 3.15million

http://www.rgs.org/webcasts/activities/chinacity.html Rural

Starter: What are the differences between these two images? Identify push and pull factors for moving to and from rural and urban areas in China. Push factors: bad things about a place you live in that make you want to leave. Pull factors: good things about a new place that make you want to move there.

Urban China Describe the Percentage changes in urban and rural population over time percentage changes in urban and rural population from 1949-2012

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Challenge: 1) What issues may this lead to both in rural and urban areas? Population data 1. Add the data of the missing cities to the population bar chart 2. Describe what your graph shows. 20 millions 18 16 14 12 10 1990 8 2015 6 4 2 0 Beijing Wuhan Chongqing Chengdu Harbin Hangzhou Kunming

Extension: Compare population growth of different regions of China. Which city has seen the most growth? 1990 2015 Shanghai 7 million 22 million Beijing 5.5 million 19 million

Guangzhou 3 million 11 million Wuhan 3.4 million 10 million Chongqing 2.3 million 18.3 million Shenyang 3.6 million 8 million Chengdu 2 million 7 million Nanjing 2 million 8. million Harbin 2.5 million 4.5 million Hangzhou 1.2 million 7 million Changchun 1.7 million 4. million Kunming 1 million 6.6 million Taiyuan 1.5 million 3million 20 millions

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