Urbanisation definition

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The growth in the proportion of a country's population living in urban areas
Urbanisation
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The movement of people from the countryside to the city
Rural-urban migration
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Things that encourage people to leave an area
Push factors
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Things that encourage people to move to an area
Pull factors
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What is it when'the birth rate is higher than the death rate'
Natural increase
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The expansion of an urban area into surrounding less populated areas
Urban sprawl
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The movement of people from the countryside to the city

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Things that encourage people to leave an area

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Things that encourage people to move to an area

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What is it when'the birth rate is higher than the death rate'

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