Urbanisation Definitions

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Urbanisation	The process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in urban settlements
Industrialisation = Urbanisation	Countries become more urban as they develop economically. As a country industrialises the number of people living in urban areas tends to increase.
Counterurbanisation	This is the process by which an increasing proportion of a population move out of urban environments and into the countryside/smaller settlements.
Squatter Settlements	Squatter settlements are settlements of poor people who live in improvised dwellings made form scrap material
Site and Service Schemes	These give people the chance to rent or buy a piece of land. The government then ensure that this land has high accessibility and service provision. The government offer low-interest loans in order to allow this.
Self Help Schemes	These schemes give people the tools and training in order to allow them to improve their homes. Low-interest loans may be used to help fund these changes. These schemes also commonly give people legal ownership of their land for the first time.
Rural Investment	Improving quality of life, infrastructure and service provision in rural areas is a common tactic to prevent rural urban migration. If this is prevented then it is unlikely that squatter settlements will ever form. So investment in rural; areas may also improve conditions in urban environments.

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	Created by Oliver Hall over 6 years ago