urban geography
type: Concept
narrower: rural-urban migration

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: rural-urban migration

rural-urban migration
definition: Rural-urban migration is both a socioeconomic phenomenon and a spatial process involving the movement of people from rural areas into cities, either permanently or semipermanently. At present, it occurs mainly in developing countries as they undergo rapid urbanization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Rural-Urban Migration]
broader: urban geography
type: Concept