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URBANISATION
is when an increasing percentage of a country’s population comes to live in towns and cities
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GLOBAL CITY
a city with global, financial and economic importance
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FORMAL ECONOMY
where people have contracted jobs with set wages and benefits
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INFORMAL ECONOMY
where people get jobs however they can. they are untaxed and not monitored by the government
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give two push factors
1) schools provide very basic education
2) rural areas are isolated due to poor roads
3) there are few doctors of hospitals
4) farming is hard and poorly paid
5)poor harvest may lead to malnutrition or famine
2) rural areas are isolated due to poor roads
3) there are few doctors of hospitals
4) farming is hard and poorly paid
5)poor harvest may lead to malnutrition or famine
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give two pull factors
1) there are more well paid jobs
2) public transport is better
3) range of entertainment is available
4) better education
5) better medical facilities
2) public transport is better
3) range of entertainment is available
4) better education
5) better medical facilities
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FAVELA
a favela is a Brazilian term used to refer to squatter settlements. They are illegal settlements where people have built their homes on land they do not own