S&S Geo

Settlement Trends

Increased Global Migration

Migration To Urban Areas

Urban Sprawl

More settlements along coasts

Push factors

Pull Factors

War/Conflict

Droughts

Better Job Opportunity

Better Education

Urbanization

Better Access to Healthcare, Food, Water, Electricity

Family

Price of land

Space

Suburbs

More private, less noise, cheaper, more psace

Cities become too crowded, so they expand

Less expensive outside the city

Provides more space

Expansion

can not expand inland

Reclaiming land

Islands being formed