OCR B - Urban Futures keywords

Urbanisation

Urbanisation

Is the growth in the proportion of a country's population that lives in urban areas.

Megacity

An urban area with over 10 million people living there

World city

A city that has an influence over the world

Rural - urban migration

Is the movement of people from the countryside to the cities

Suburbanisation

Is the movement of people from city centres to outskirts

Counter-urbanisation

Is the movement of people away from large urban areas to smaller settlements in rural areas

Re-urbanisation

Is the movement of people back into urban areas

Push factors

Encourage people to leave an area

Pull factors

Encourage people to move to an area

Advanced countries (ACs)

More economically developed e.g.Japan

Low-income developing countries (LIDCs)

Less economically developed e.g. Ethiopia

Emerging and developing countries (EDCs)

Economic development is increasing e.g. Brazil