Rural to urban migration Flashcards
1
Q
What type of migration is rural to urban?
A
internal
2
Q
What is another name for rural to urban migration?
A
Urbanisation
3
Q
What is urbanisation?
A
process by which an increasing proportion of the population live in urban areas
4
Q
What 2 processes drive urbanisation?
A
Rural to urban migration
High rates of natural increase in urban areas
5
Q
What happened with rural to urban migration in 2008?
A
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
6
Q
In China how much more money do you make in cities than the country side?
A
3 times
7
Q
At the lunar new year how many Chinese travel home?
A
287 million
