GEOG 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Measles, Ecotourism, Sugarcane
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10/24/2013 led the world in rates of migration in every aspect (within own countries and to others) rural to urban migration many people migrate because they are drawn to opportunities that they see in other areas millions of rural poor people move to cities because of the perceived opportunities vendors, construction workers, ardencens leads to lopsided spatial development way more people in certain places suffer brain drain = when the best and brightest leave more people not enough housing, jobs, cities cannot provide for everyone so these people begin squatting on abandoned or disused land build shanty towns more than the population may live here. 17th century brazil discovered gold opened up the central interior to europeans by 1800 estimated 500,000 in interior brazil consequences for the native people the slave thing happened again by the 19th century sugar decline plantation owners made a shift to a new high value crop coffee.
