CUE - Urbanisation: Key Terms

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

An increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns and cities.

Question 2

Million city

Answer 2

A city with a population of more than 1 million people.

Question 3

Megacity

Answer 3

A city or urban agglomeration with a population of more than 10 million people.

Question 4

Urban agglomeration

Answer 4

An urban area incorporating several large towns or cities.

Question 5

Metacity

Answer 5

A conurbation with more than 20 million people.

Question 6

Urban growth

Answer 6

An increase in the number of urban dwellers.

Question 7

Urban sprawl

Answer 7

The spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside.

Question 8

Natural increase

Answer 8

Birth rate - death rate per 1000 per year.

Question 9

Rural-urban migration

Answer 9

The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.

Question 10

Push factor

Answer 10

Reasons why people move away from an area.

Question 11

Pull factor

Answer 11

Reasons why people are attracted to an area.

Question 12

Homogenisation

Answer 12

The process of people, products and places becoming the same (city landscapes which have become indistinct from one another).

Question 13

Underemployment

Answer 13

When a person is not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. This may occur when a migrant moves to a new city.