noun phrase · academic
rural-to-urban migration
UK/ˌrʊrəl tuː ˈɜːbən maɪˈɡreɪʃən/US/ˌrʊrəl tu ˈɜːrbən maɪˈˈɡreɪʃən/RU·ral-to-UR·ban MI·gra·tion
The movement of people from rural areas into cities.
Examples
“In many developing countries, rural-to-urban migration has fuelled the rapid growth of megacities.”
“Rural-to-urban migration often causes pressure on housing and services in city suburbs.”
“Policymakers need to manage rural-to-urban migration to avoid runaway urban sprawl.”
Band 8 sentence
“The rapid rural-to-urban migration observed over recent decades has placed enormous strain on urban housing and public services.”
Collocations
- drive rural-to-urban migration
- result in rural-to-urban migration
Word family
Common mistakes
people urbanise to cities→people move to cities
migration from rural to urban areas is increase→migration from rural to urban areas is increasing
Say it for a higher band
5people moving to the city→6urbanisation→7+rural-to-urban migration
Synonyms
urbanisation
Easily confused
urbanisation
“Rapid urbanisation has changed the landscape, but not all rural residents have migrated to cities.”
internal migration
“Internal migration includes both rural-to-urban moves and moves between cities.”
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