Editing Urban geography (section)

=== Societal Impact ===
The migration form rural to urbanized areas is fueled by their search for jobs, education, and social welfare. There are trends in urbanization that are influenced by push and pull factors. The push factors include the increasingly high growth of rural areas which leads many people to migrate to the cities in search of better livelihood opportunities, a good quality of life, and a higher standard of living. People are forced to leave their rural homes and move to various cities because of various factors such as low agricultural productivity, poverty, and food insecurity. In addition to the push factors, there are also the pull factors, which "pull" people to cities for better opportunities, better education, proper public health facilities, and also entertainment which offers employment opportunities. The gentrification of urban environments leads to an increase in income gaps, racial inequality, and displacement within metropolitan areas. The negative environmental impacts of urbanization disproportionately effects minority low income areas more than higher income communities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meng |first=Qingmin |date=2022-11-01 |title=A new simple method to test and map environmental inequality: Urban hazards disproportionately affect minorities |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264837722004112 |journal=Land Use Policy |language=en |volume=122 |pages=106384 |doi=10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106384|s2cid=252610843 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>