Y9 Urbanisation Key Concepts

Urbanisation refers to...

• ...an increasing population living in towns and cities.

• ...an increasing population living in rural areas.

• ...an increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.

• ...the expansion of towns and cities.

A country is considered urbanised when more than _____ of the population live in towns and cities.

The physical increase in the size of towns and cities is referred to by what key term?

• Urban Growth

• Urbanised

• Urbanisation

• Urbanism

The proportion of the global population living in towns and cities has ______ in the last 50 years.

The scale and speed of urbanisation is unprecedented. But only in certain parts of the world. Where is urbanisation most widespread and happening fastest?

• Africa and Asia

• Asia and South America

• North America and Europe

• Africa and South America

• Asia and Europe

Natural increase occurs when...

• ...death rate is higher than birth rate and the population shrinks.

• ...birth rate is higher than death rate and the population grows.

• ...birth rate and death rate are the same and the population size remains the same.

• ...people migrate from rural to urban areas causing a growth in the urban population.

As a country develops economically, its birth rate...

• Decreases

• Increases

• Stays the same

• Decreases then increases

Which key term is defined as 'the movement of a person or group of people to a new permanent (longer than one year) place of residence'

• Rural-urban migration

• Urbanisation

• Counter urbanisation

• Migration

Urbanisation rates are greatest at which stage of a country's economic development?

• Developing

• Emerging

• Developed

Which of the following are pull factors in rural-urban migration?

• Famine

• Better education

• Natural disasters

• High levels of pollution

• Better job prospects in more advanced economic sectors