Urbanisation Urbanisation definitions 3.5 / 5 based on 4 ratings ? GeographyRural and urban challenges and regenerationInternational BaccalaureateAll boards Created by: sirasCreated on: 03-06-11 12:20 Settlement A place where people establish a community. 1 of 12 Rural settlement A dwelling or group of dwellings which provide housing for farmworkers but there arent shops or anything. 2 of 12 Urban settlement An area of high habitation that provides services to the surrounding country side. 3 of 12 Urbanisation Increase in size and population density, the persentage of population living in an urban area is increasing. 4 of 12 Urban sprawl the spread outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependant developmenton rural land 5 of 12 Rural-urban migration People moving from areas of the country into the city. 6 of 12 Suburbanisation The process by which people,factories,offices and shops move out from the central areas of cities and into the suburbs 7 of 12 Suburb The outer zone of towns and cities. 8 of 12 Counter-urbanisation Movement of people from urban cities to rural areas seeking a better quality life. 9 of 12 Re-Urbanisation When towns and cities in MEDC's which have been experiencing a loss of population are able to reserve the decline and begin to grow again 10 of 12 Urban consolidation process by which an increasing percentage of a countries population comes to love in toens and cities. 11 of 12 Mega cities 12 of 12
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