2.3.1 -START OF Y2- CUE Overview

Question 1

Urbanisation definition

Answer 1

An increase in the proportion of the total population that lives in towns and cities

Question 2

Urbanisation: Historically

Answer 2

Sizeable towns since 4000 BC, but meaningful % is far more recent:
1800: 3% of world population is ‘urban’
1950: 1/3
2000: 1/2
Now: 2/3