Urbanisation Glossary Flashcards
Homogenisation
Process of people, products and places becoming the same
Mega city
City with a population of more than 10 million people
Metacity
City with a population with more than 20 million
Million city
City with a population that’s over 1 million
Natural increase
Birth rate is higher than death rate
Pull factor
Reasons why people are attracted to an area
Push factor
Reasons why people move away from an area
Rural-urban migration
Movement of people fro rural areas to urban areas
Under employment (2)
When a person is not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities
May occur when a migrant moves to a new city
Urban growth
An increase in the number of urban dwellers.
Urbanisation (2)
An increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns and cities.
Two main causes are natural population growth and rural to urban migration
Urban sprawl
The spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside
