Changing urban systems Definitions

Question 1

Urbanization

Answer 1

an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

Question 2

Rural-urban migration

Answer 2

the long-term movement of people away from the countryside to towns and cities

Question 3

Push factors

Answer 3

the negative features of a place that cause people to move away from it

Question 4

Pull factors

Answer 4

the attractions and positive features of a place that make people want to move there

Question 5

Rural-urban fringe

Answer 5

the transition zone between the city and its suburbs and the countryside

Question 6

Urban sprawl

Answer 6

the uncontrolled growth of urban areas at their edges

Question 7

Deindustrialization

Answer 7

the long-term, absolute decline in employment in the manufacturing sectors of an economy(referring to a loss of jobs rather than a decline in productivity)

Question 8

Positive deindustrialization

Answer 8

a situation where industries replace their workforce with machines, making them(the industry) more competitive

Question 9

Negative deindustrialization

Answer 9

a situation where the number of workers in an industry decline, but there is no compensating rise in productivity or mechanization

Question 10

Reindustrialization

Answer 10

the revitalization of a region’s industrial capacity(e.g. through government policies and investments)