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Pull factors

are things that attract people to move to a particular place.

Push factors

force people to move away from their homes.

Urbanisation

the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.

Migration

is the movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location.

Rural

a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

Urban sprawl

the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas resulting in the spreading of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land.

Internal migration

is human migration within a country.

Urban renewal

is the process of redeveloping underused parts of a city to create new, modern buildings.

Urban decay

is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, is neglected and not used.

Migrant

person who moves from one place to another, often in order to find work or better living conditions.

Megacity

A city with a population of over 10 million people

Conurbation

an agglomeration of towns or cities into an unbroken urban environment.

Spatial distribution

The arrangement of phenomenon across the Earth's surface

Rural-urban migration

the movement of people from rural areas to cities, often for work or education.

CBD

Cenral Business District, the most established part of a city and often with businesses and high-rise buildings. Space is at a premium here.

Commerical areas

are generally located on very accessible road networks and are home to businesses, shops and malls.

Residential areas

are used for accommodation but also services and facilities for residents, such as schools and hospitals.

Industrial areas

are usually located close major transport links such as rail lines, ports and freeways, and are home to factories, warehouses and mills.

Rural-urban fringe

A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use. It is a zone of mixed land uses, from out of town shopping centres and golf courses to farmland and motorways.

Suburbanisation

is the process of developing new housing estates, further away from the Central Business District.

Decentralisation

is the process of encouraging the growth of regional and suburban economies by introducing more career and entrepreneurial opportunities to such areas.