Push-Pull Factors

In geographical terms, the push-pull factors are those that drive people away
from a place and draw people to a new location. Oftentimes, a combination of these
push-pull factors is what help determine migration or immigration of particular
populations from one land to another.

Push factors are oftentimes forceful, demanding that a certain person or group of
people leave one country for another, or at least give that person or people cause to
want to move — either because of a threat of violence or financial security. Pull factors,
on the other hand, are often beneficial elements of a new country that encourages
people to immigrate there in order to seek a better life.

These factors are considered to be diametrically opposed, on opposite ends of

the spectrum, though they are often both used in tandem when a population or person
is considering migrating to a new location.

Push Factors: Reasons to Leave

Any number of detrimental factors can be considered push factors, which

essentially force a population or person from one country to seek refuge in another,
better country. These conditions which drive people to leave their homes can include
bullying, a sub-standard level of living, food, land or job scarcity, famine or drought,
political or religious persecution, pollution, or even natural disasters.

Although all push factors don't require a person to leave a country, these
conditions that contribute to a person leaving are often so dire that if they do not choose
to leave, they will suffer financially, emotionally or physically.

Pull Factors: Reasons to Migrate

Antithetically, pull factors are those that help a person or population determine
why relocating to a new country would provide the most benefit. These factors attract
populations to a new place largely because of what the country provides that was not
available to them in their country of origin.

A promise of freedom from religious or political persecution, availability of career

opportunities or cheap land, or abundance of food could be considered pull factors for
migrating to a new country. In each of these cases, a population will have more
opportunity to pursue a better life compared to its home country.

In the case of this research, the "push factor" of the migrants in their barangay
was the natural disaster, which is the Super Typhoon Yolanda. It was a very forceful,
demanding factor that those people move in to other barangay, or else they will suffer
financially, emotionally, and physically. On the other hand, there are these "pull factor"
or the factors that encourage them to immigrate to that certain barangay. One of these
is the housing for all the affected people which the government provides for a better
living after the disaster. Also, possible reason for this is the availability of food
resources, and all those needs which are present in that barangay; in other words, for
economic reason.

Those are the factors that drive people away from their original place to a new
location.