Urbanisation defininitions Flashcards
Define Urbanization
The increase in proportion living in urban areas compared to rural.
define population density
the amount of people per square kilometer
what’s a push factor
unemployment
what’s a pull factor
Better health services.
Causes of urbanisation
natural population growth and migration
Spatial association
the degree to which two or more phenomena have a similar spacial distribution.
Degree
The overveiw of the DOA, strong moderate or weak
Quantification
Use specific evidence.
Exception
the exception of the place
counter urbanisation
the movement of people from urban to rural areas
urban concentration
the proportion of a countries population living in large cities
mega city
a city with a population over 10 million
Conurbation
a city area containing a large number of people formed by various towns.
urban sprawl
the unristricted expansion of a city outwards
urban consoldation
containing the growth within existing city boundary’s.
