Urbanisation Flashcards
1
Q
What is urbanisation?
A
The growth in the proportion of a country living in urban areas
2
Q
What percentage of the world lives in urban areas?
A
50% (3.4 billion)
3
Q
Why is urbanisation happening faster in poorer areas?
A
More people are moving for better opportunities and healthcare in cities
4
Q
Why do people move to urban areas
A
Better healthcare, services and life expectancy
5
Q
What is suburbanisation?
A
Outward growth of urban development to where people live in the suburbs.
6
Q
What is counter-urbanisation?
A
Large numbers of people move from urban areas into surrounding countryside or rural areas
