Rural flight is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban areas. It is urbanization seen from the rural perspective. The pattern arises from an interplay of various push and pull fac
Population age comparison between rural Pocahontas County, Iowa, and urban Johnson County, Iowa, illustrating the flight of young female adults (red) to urban centers in Iowa
The effects of the Dust Bowl in Dallas, South Dakota, May 1936
An abandoned post office in Menkovo, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
A Chinese migrant worker leaving the worksite after a shift in a city.
Urbanization is the process by which human settlements are formed and become larger as more people live, recreate and work in cities and towns. It describes the population shift from rural to urban ar
Rural flight
…known as rural-to-urban migration, rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban areas. It is urbanization seen from the rural perspective. The pattern arises from an interplay of various push and pull factors and has occurred across history pushing states…
Guangzhou, a city of 14.5 million people, one of the eight adjacent metropolises located in the largest single agglomeration on Earth, ringing the Pearl River Delta of China
Mumbai, the most populous city in India and the eighth-most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 18.5 million and with the smallest area under the metropolitan of comparable cities in the world.
Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia, and the largest metropolitan area in Europe; with over 20 million residents in its metropolitan area.
Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam with a population in the Ho Chi Minh metropolitan area of over 21.2 million people.