Urbanisation

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the process where urban areas (cities) grow.
urbanisation
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growth of cities outward from urban areas.
Urban Sprawl
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the worlds largest cities with populations over 10 million.
Megacity
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the movement of people from rural (countryside) to urban (cities).
Rural to Urban Migration
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A person who moves to find work and to earn money.
Economic Migrant
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the factors that force (push) people away from rural areas and attract (pull) them in to urban areas
Push and Pull factors
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Many urban areas in developing countries have youthful populations with people of child bearing age. This means there are more births than deaths and so the urban population increases
Natural Increase
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growth of cities outward from urban areas.

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Urban Sprawl

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the worlds largest cities with populations over 10 million.

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the movement of people from rural (countryside) to urban (cities).

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A person who moves to find work and to earn money.

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