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What is urbanisation?
process of increasing proportion of the population lives in towns and cities
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What is rural-migration?
process in which people move from countrysides to towns
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What are the causes of urbanisation?
natural increase and rural-mirgration
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How does land use vary in an urban area?
1) Central Business District 2)Redevelopment 3)Suburbs 4)Inner city
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What are the issues for people living in urban area in richer parts of the world?
1)Housing, reason is more people live alone.2)Inner City, reason demand for housing is satisfied.3)Traffic e.g.Park&Ride.4)Multicultural mix.5)CBD, reason is for the attraction of different businesses
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Name and explain one strategy to improve living in inner cities
City Challenge in Manchester, Hulme. Crescents were built in 1960s and demolished in 1990s, through CC it received £37.5m.Some old building were retained, it was designed to conserve water and be energy efficient, with local schools and parks.
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