Rural to urban migration Flashcards

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1
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What type of migration is rural to urban?

A

internal

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2
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What is another name for rural to urban migration?

A

Urbanisation

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3
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What is urbanisation?

A

process by which an increasing proportion of the population live in urban areas

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4
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What 2 processes drive urbanisation?

A

Rural to urban migration
High rates of natural increase in urban areas

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5
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What happened with rural to urban migration in 2008?

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For the first time the urban population equalled the rural population of the world
From now on the majority of the world population lived in urban

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In China how much more money do you make in cities than the country side?

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3 times

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7
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At the lunar new year how many Chinese travel home?

A

287 million

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