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GCSE Geography · key term
A condition in a person's place of origin that encourages them to leave.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Global Urbanisation TrendsPush factors encourage people to leave their existing home. Pull factors are the attractions they believe a destination offers. Several factors usually work together.
A condition that encourages people to leave a place, such as drought or loss of their livelihood.
Specification 4.4, 4.7 · Paper 2
A condition that encourages someone to leave a place, such as conflict or a lack of employment.
Revise: UK City Case Study: Migration and ChangeConflict is a push factor, while safety is a pull factor. A refugee has been recognised as needing protection; an asylum seeker is seeking that protection and awaiting a decision.
A condition that encourages people to leave a place, such as limited employment opportunities.
Paper 1
A condition at a person's place of origin that encourages them to leave, such as unemployment.
Revise: Processes of urbanisationLimited rural employment, education and healthcare can act as push factors. The prospect of higher wages, more varied jobs and better services acts as a pull.
Specification 5.1b · Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Impacts of Rapid UrbanisationRural–urban migration is usually explained through a combination of push factors and pull factors. Push factors encourage people to leave their place of origin; pull factors attract them towards a destination.
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