geography theme 1

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MIGRATION
people move into and out of both urban and rural areas - caused by different push and pull factors
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natural population change
natural increase(more births, less deaths) - happen in LIC and NIC
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push factor
a negative reason to leave a place
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pull factor
a positive reason that attracts someone to a place
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types of migrants
economic migrants, refugees, asylum seekers
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economic migrants
pull factors such as better jobs and housing - voluntary migration
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refugeees
push factor such as civil war or if their life in in danger - involuntary migration
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asylum seekers
refugees in fear of persecution in their own country
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URBANISATION
the physical and human growth of towns and cities
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suburbanisation
a trend for more people to live on the edges of towns/cities
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counter-urbanisation
movement of people and businesses from large towns/cities to rural areas
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re-urbanisation
a trend of people moving to live near/in the centre of towns/cities
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infil
the reuse of derelict land in urban areas -AKA "land-recycling"
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gentrification
the conversion of existing buildings into high quality dwellings
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green belt
areas surrounding major cities intended to be kept as open space
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garden town
a residental community having landscaped green space in their areas
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Card 2

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natural increase(more births, less deaths) - happen in LIC and NIC

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natural population change

Card 3

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a negative reason to leave a place

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Card 4

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a positive reason that attracts someone to a place

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Card 5

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economic migrants, refugees, asylum seekers

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