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- 1urbanisationthe growth in the proportion of a country's population living in urban areas
- 2rural - urban migrationthe movement of people from the countryside to the cities
- 3rural - urban migration PUSH factorsin countryside:
few jobs/low wages
lack of services
poor harvests - 4rural - urban migration PULL factorsin cities:
more jobs/higher wages
stable income
better infrastructure
better services - 5impacts of urbanisationovercrowding - disease spreads quickly
increased traffic/pollution/waste - 6government management of impacts of urbanisation in urban areasbuild more houses
more jobs
improve infrastructure
improve services
improve squatter settlements - 7government management of impacts of urbanisation in rural areasinvest in services - encourage people to stay
encourage businesses to move there
improve infrastructure - 8management of urbanisation in China - urbanchanged water system to cope with increased sewage and pollution improving water quality and supply
- 9management of urbanisation in China - rural 2009pension scheme giving retired farmers a monthly pension
help raise income and reduce poverty - 10counter-urbanisation PUSH factorspollution and traffic congestion
higher crime rates
houses cost more - 11counter-urbanisation PULL factorsbetter transport links
growth of IT
business parks mean more jobs - 12counter-urbanisation rural impactsincreased demand for houses = higher house prices
lack of demand for out of town services
decline in community spirit - 13counter-urbanisation urban impactshigh crime and pollution = unpopular
commuters prefer to work outside city = centre shops lose customers - 14urban land use
- 15social needsmore housing
social activities
infrastructure/transport - 16economic needsmore jobs: business parks, shopping centres
- 17environmental needswaste disposal systems
green spaces - 18brownfield sitesland that has been built on before
- 19greenfield sitesland that has never been built on before
- 20high order goodsgoods that are only bought occasionally and are usually more expensive: TV, cars
- 21low order goodsgoods bought frequently and usually quite cheap: milk, bread
- 22threshold populationminimum population needed to support a shop
- 23sphere of influencethe area that people come from to visit a shop or area: high order goods
- 24shopping hierarchy
- 25changes to retail servicestransport - car ownership = more out of town shops
supply and demand
social habits - less time to shop
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