Urbanisation Flashcards
(9 cards)
What is urbanisation?
An increase in the percentage of a country’s population living in urban Areas
What are the three categories of development in countries?
High income countries (HIC), Newly emerging economies (NEE), Low income countries (LIC)
What are pull factors?
Reasons to go to an area
What are push factors?
Reasons to leave an area
What are some examples of pull factors?
Better jobs, better services (healthcare, education, etc.), better quality of life
What are some examples of push factors?
Mechanisation of farming (loss of jobs), desertification of land
What is natural increase?
When the birth rate is higher than the death rate, so the population increases
What is urban sprawl?
The growth of towns and cities spreading and taking over the countryside
What is a megacity?
A city with a population of over 10 million
