DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i12.008

Pages: 1809-1816

Rural urban migration (RUM) is the main responsible element for urban poverty and over population in urban area. There are several factors for internal migration which influence to create migration. As consequences, slums are increasing in Dhaka city. Dhaka is the largest urban city among Bangladesh and it has huge employment opportunity. As a result, Dhaka is an attractive destination for poor rural people and youth. Besides, Bangladesh frequently faces natural disaster .So the rural people encourage to move Dhaka city. Both push and pull factors influence to create rural urban migration. Political conflict, religious mayhem, poverty etc encourage to create migration status. But the impact of RUM on social, economic and cultural both deep and diverse. This paper examines the rural urban migration pattern .It explores factors of rural urban migration. These findings of this work show that the impact of RUM on social economic and cultural environment. This study focuses causes of urbanization process in Dhaka city. It also examines overall conditions of poor migrants people livelihood.