Challenges Of An Urban World Flashcards
Rate of change calculation
( Actual increase / original value ) x 100%
Mega city
A city with at least 10 million inhabitants
World city
A city with a dominant role in global processes
Urban primacy
The most important city in the country which dominated the rest of the country
Hinterland
The region around a city
Rural-urban mingration
When people change where they live from rural to urban areas
International migration
When people move to another country
Internal mingration
When people move from one part of a country to another part of he same country
Natural increase
The difference between the number of births and deaths in a year
Formal employment
Jobs that pay taxes and provide workers with job security and legal protection
Informal employment
Jobs that are not regulated - pay no taxes and are not protected by the law - easy for migrants to get
Urbanisation
An increase in the number of people living in cities
Suburbanisation
The movement of people,industry and jobs from the centre of ten city to the outskirts
Counter-urbanisation
The movement of people out of cities to country side
Regeneration
New investment into old run down parts of the city
