Practicing Success
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the increase in urban population? |
Natural increase. Net in-migration. Net out-migration. Reclassification of urban areas to encompass formerly rural population settlement. |
Net out-migration. |
Urban population grows as a result of natural increase (when birth rate exceeds death rate), net in-migration (when people move in than out), and sometimes reclassification of urban areas to encompass formerly rural population settlements. In India, it is estimated that after 1961 around 60 per cent of the urban growth has been attributed and 29 per cent of them from rural areas to urban migration |