World Cities Key Terms

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Created on: 03-06-13 17:22

Definition of a megacity

A metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people. There are also usually over 2,000 people/km² (e.g New York)

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Definition of a world city

A city that acts as a major centre for finance, trade, business, politics, science, information gathering and diffusion, mass media and the associated activities. A world city doesn't just serve a nation or region but the whole world. (e.g London)

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Definition of a millionaire city

A city with over 1 million inhabitants (e.g Birmingham)

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Definition of urbanisation

The growth in the proportion of a country's population that lives in urban areas as apposed to rural areas. (Not the process of rural-urban migration)

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Definition of globalisation

Increasing economic integration of countries, especially in terms of trade and the movement of capital.

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Definition of suburbanisation

The process of population movement from the central areas of cities towards the suburbs on the outskirts of the rural-urban fringe.

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Definition of counter-urbanisation

The process in which the population of cities actually falls as people move out beyond the rural-urban fringe into truly rural areas.

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Definition of re-urbanisation

The movement of people back to live in old city centres which have been redeveloped. (Or gentrified)

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Definition of gentrification

The improvement of housing in an area that was formerly poor and run down. (e.g Notting Hill)

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