Flashcards in Urbanisation Deck (6):
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What is urbanisation?
The growth in the proportion of a country's population living in urban areas
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Where is urbanisation currently fastest growing?
In poorer countries
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What is rural-urban migration?
The movement of people from the countryside to the cities
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What may people in LEDC's move from rural areas to cities?
There may be a shortage of services such as access to education and water in rural areas
There are more job opportunities in urban areas
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Why may people in MEDC's move from rural areas to cities?
Most urbanisation in these country's occurred during the industrial revolution when machinery replaced farm labourers so people move to towns for work
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