Which term describes features of an area that encourage people to move away from that area?

Which term describes features of an area that encourage people to move away from that area?

• A. Push factors
• B. Pull factors
• C. Re-urbanisation
• D. Hydrograph

Answer: (A)

Push factors are features of an area that push people to leave. They describe things like high unemployment, declining services, poor housing, crime, or environmental problems that make staying less attractive and encourage migration to other places. Seeing these conditions as reasons to migrate helps explain why people move away. By contrast, pull factors attract people to a place (like better jobs or services), re-urbanisation refers to a return to city living after decline, and a hydrograph is about water features, not migration drivers.

Push factors are features of an area that push people to leave. They describe things like high unemployment, declining services, poor housing, crime, or environmental problems that make staying less attractive and encourage migration to other places. Seeing these conditions as reasons to migrate helps explain why people move away. By contrast, pull factors attract people to a place (like better jobs or services), re-urbanisation refers to a return to city living after decline, and a hydrograph is about water features, not migration drivers.