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There is a housing shortage in cities that may be caused by rural-urban migration. Rural-urban migration is the movement of people from rural areas into cities to take up residence, to study, to work and to live in the city for at least one year. The main economic activity of most rural areas is farming, so most people living in rural areas are farmers. The farmers are heavily dependent on the weather, as for example if there is a drought, their crops will not receive any water and so they will wilt. Hence, the farmers will have no harvest, and therefore they will have no food to eat and to sell. So, people living in rural areas choose to live in the city, as there is a higher ratio of doctors to patients. Which means that there is a better healthcare in the city, as there will be multiple doctors tending to one patient. However, when the people from the rural areas move to cities, it increases the demand of housing in that city, but they supply does not meet the demand. Therefore, due to rural-urban migration there is a housing shortage.

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People in rural areas want to search for a better job for a better life. When rural-urban migration happens, traditional cultures such as weaving baskets will fade as the people who make the baskets would want a better job that earns more money. Hence, lesser people would continue the tradition and thus the culture might be lost. When there are lesser people, lesser harvest is collected since lesser people need to collect more areas of harvest per person, while an increasing number seek better and more steady jobs in the city.

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Droughts affect many crops. This causes the lack of materials to build bamboo baskets. This also causes them to not get any income. Due to these causes, people prefer to go to the city to get a stable job and traditions like basket weaving disappears.

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Lack of rain over long periods of time causes plants to die. When that happens, the topsoil has no roots to keep it stable, so when either rain or a heavy wind arrives, the fragile topsoil will get washed or blown away, causing the soil to have less and less nutrients to support plant life, causing desertification.

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People living in rural areas may migrate to the city as they do not have a steady job.

Most villagers living in rural places sell crops for a living, thus they are heavily depended on the growth of the crops. However, in some areas, locust invasion might happen, causing a severe crop damage.
For example in Mauritania, a severe locust invasion has caused drops in production and harvests in some villages.
Thus, many have chose to leave for the city in hopes for a better job opportunity.

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People living in rural areas may move to the city, as they do not have a secure job.

Since, the main economic activity of most rural villages is farming, how much they earn is heavily dependent on their harvest. In most rural villages, there are no drains, so when there is a heavy rain, there may be a flood that will wash off all of their crops and may cause soil erosion. So, the land may not be able to be used for agricultural purposes anymore, and so the farmers will have to find another plot of land to grow their crops again.

Therefore, people choose to migrate to the city so as to get a more secure job.

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People living in rural areas may choose to move to the city, as they currently do not have a secure job.

Since, the main economic activity of most rural villages is farming, how much they earn is heavily dependent on their harvest. If there is a drought, most near by water sources will start to deplete through evaporation. So, their crops may not receive sufficient water to hydrate themselves and to grow, the harsh sunlight will cause them to dry up and wilt away at a much faster rate. The land, may also not be able to continue to be used for agricultural purposes after the drought. So, the farmers will have to find another plot of land to grow their crops again.

Therefore, people choose to migrate to the city so as to get a more secure job.