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Urban Geography: Key Terms
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- 1CityA centre of population and economic activity
- 2UrbanThe region in and surrounding a city
- 3MegacityA city with more than 10 million inhabitants
- 4World CityA city which is important to the global economic system
- 5Natural IncreaseWhen the birth rate of an area is higher than the death rate
- 6Population DistributionThe spread of a population over an area
- 7Population DensityThe number of people living in a set area
Usually in \(km^2\) - 8UrbanisationThe increase in the proportion of people living in the cities as opposed to the countryside
- 9SuburbanisationThe growth of a city into the surrounding countryside
- 10Counter-urbanisationThe movement of people from cities to rural areas
- 11National migrationThe movement of people within a country
- 12EmmigrationPeople moving out of a country
- 13ImmigrationPeople moving into a country
- 14Pull FactorsFactors that attract people to move to a city
- 15Push FactorsFactors that drive people away from an area
- 16GlobalisationThe spread of people, ideas, and capital around the world
- 17CBDCentral Business District
- 18Sphere of InfluenceThe region in which a business/service has influence
- 19Greenfield SiteUndeveloped land, sometimes used for agriculture
- 20Brownfield SiteLand previously used for industrial or commercial purposes
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