Flashcards
Geography - Urbanisation
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1MigrationThe movement of people from one area to another
- 2EmigrationWhen people leave an area
- 3ImmigrationWhen people enter an area
- 4Rural to Urban MigrationMoving from the countryside into cities
- 5Rural DepopulationA decrease in the proportion of people who live in the countryside
- 6UrbanisationAn increase in the proportion of people who live in towns and cities
- 7Re-UrbanisationWhen people who have moved out of urban areas, into smaller towns and villages, move back into urban areas
- 8GentrificationOld housing in run-down areas near the CBD is taken over and modernised.
Increased house prices, new facilities and area becomes more affluent. - 9Push FactorsBad things about an area that cause people to leave
Low wages
Natural disasters
Poor education
Poor health - 10Pull FactorsGood things about an area that attract people to it
Higher wages
Jobs
Family
Higher standard of living
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- Flashcards on Geography - Urbanisation, created by Emma Blackburn on 29/11/2014.
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- Created by Emma Blackburn · Nov 29, 2014
- Copied by Ben Curran · Jan 31, 2017
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