Urbanisation key term check

Mega-cities...

• An urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people.

• Differences between poverty and wealth

• When people move from one area to another

Natural increase...

• The birth rate minus the death rate of a population.

• When people move from one area to another.

• Differences between poverty and wealth.

Squatter settlement...

• Chances for people to improve their quality of life

• The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities.

• An area of illegal, poor-quality housing, lacking in amenities such as water supply, sewerage and electricity, often in LIC/ NEE cities

Urbanisation...

• Chances for people to improve their quality of life

• The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities. Rapid urbanisation is a feature of many LICs and NEEs.

• An area of illegal, poor-quality housing, lacking in amenities such as water supply, sewerage and electricity, often in LIC/ NEE cities

Rural-urban migration...

• The birth rate minus the death rate of a population.

• When people move from one area to another.

• When people move from countryside areas to towns and cities.

Counter urbanisation...

• An urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people.

• When people move from towns and cities to the countryside (currently in HICs)

• When people move from one area to another

What is an example of a push factor?

• Unemployment

• Better healthcare

• Improved services eg schools

What is an example of a pull factor?

• Low wages

• Civil war

• Better education