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what is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the increase in people living in urban areas, like cities, compared to people living in rural areas, like the country side.
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what is internal growth?
internal growth is when there is a higher birth rate then death rate in an area.
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what is the order of the settlement hierarchy?
(settlements increase in size but decrease in frequency as you go up)
isolated dwelling - hamlet - village - small town - big town - city - conurbation
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what is a megacitie?
a city with a population over 10 million
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what is a world city?
a city considered to be an important hub in the global economic system
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what are characteristics of a world city?
- headquarters of multinational companies
- a center for innovation in business
- a center for media, technology and communications
- major center for manufacturing
- important port facilities
- financial services, stock exchange...
- highly rated univ
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What are pull and push factors for urbanisation?
(rural to urban)
push:
- employment other than agricultural work
- low wages
- rural areas have fewer services, like hospitals
- poorer infrastructure
pull:
- more employment opportunities
- more and better services, like schools
- prestige from a city location
- storie
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what are the consequences of rapid internal growth in LIDCs?
- infrastructure cannot cope with the demand causing congestion, traffic and poor air quality
- building of slums due to lack of affordable housing in a city
- expanding of the informal sector
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what is suburbanisation?
suburbanisation is the movement of people from city centers to the outer city (suburbs)
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what is informal housing?
informal housing is built on land which does not belong to those who are building it, often it is land than is unfit for housing
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what is counter-urbanisation?
counter-urbanisation is the movement of people from urban areas, like cities, back into rural areas, like the country side
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what are pull and push factors for counter-urbanisation?
push:
- traffic congestion
- high cost of living
- poor air quality
- crime
pull:
- dream of rural idyll
- gardens and bigger houses
- more greenery and wildlife
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what are disadvantages of counter-urbanisation?
counter-urbanisation can cause dormitory villages where locals commute to work in the city. This can lead to high house prices and the loss of the high street
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what is re-urbanisation?
people moving back from rural areas, like the country side, to urban areas, like cities
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what is internal growth?

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internal growth is when there is a higher birth rate then death rate in an area.

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what is the order of the settlement hierarchy?
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what is a megacitie?

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what is a world city?

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