Keywords Flashcards
1
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Urbanisation
A
The increasing proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas: towns and cities.
2
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Rural-to-urban migration
A
The movement of people from the countryside into towns and cities.
3
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Natural increase
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When the birth rate is higher than the death rate. (Often young people migrate to urban areas and then settled and started families.)
4
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Push Factors
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The factors pushing people out of a place - negative
5
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Pull Factors
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The factors drawing people into a place - positive
6
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Megacity
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A city with a population of over 10 million
