When people move out from the city centre to the suburbs (mainly AC's)
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What is counter-urbanisation?
When people migrate from urban to rural areas (mainly AC's)
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What is re-urbanisation?
The movement of people back into a city that has been previously abandoned (usually a government's initiative to counter the problem of inner city decline)
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What is a megacity?
A very large city with a population of over 10 million people.
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What is a world city?
A city that is a major centre for finance, trade, business, culture etc.
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What are examples of a megacity?
Tokyo (38 million) Jakarta (30 million) Seoul (26 million) New York (23.6 million)
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What are examples of a world city?
New York, London, Tokyo
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How big will the global population be by 2050?
10 billion
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What is food security?
When all people have physical and economic access to nutritious food at all times
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Name 3 countries that are food secure
Austria, Belgium, USA
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Name 3 countries that are not food secure
Zambia, Madagascar, Afghanistan
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What is counter-urbanisation?
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When people migrate from urban to rural areas (mainly AC's)
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