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The process by which towns and cities get bigger.

The process by which an increasing proportion of people live in towns and cities.

The process by which people leave rural areas and move to towns and cities.

The changing of a town to a city.

The process whereby people are counted as they enter a town or city.

The movement of people from one part of a town or city to another.

The movement of people from the rural areas into the towns and cities.

The movement of people out of built up areas and into the countryside.

After a part of the urban area has been redeveloped and modernised, so people are attracted back in.

At the start of the urbanisation process, when the towns and cities start to become popular.

When people start to move out of the towns and cities in search of a life away from the traffic, crime and pollution.

When a large factory closes, promoting job losses.

An urban area with a population of 10 billion people.

An urban area with a population of 10 million people.

An urban area with a population of 10 thousand people.

An urban area that is economically and politically significant on a global scale, that has links to other cities through trade.

When a country has a capital city, this city is the primate city.

A primate city is one where the ratio of people to species of primates (monkeys and apes) is 1:10.

When the largest city (the primate city) is twice the size of the next biggest city in a country.

When a country has a series of towns and cities that have merged as the urban area grows.

A city with a population of 200,000 people.

A city with a population of 10 million.

An urban area that is economically and politically significant on a global scale, that has links to other cities through trade.

A city that has a specific function in the country, such as an important port.

A push factor is a reason to go to a specific location, and a pull factor is a reason to leave a place.

A push factor means leaving the urban areas and a pull factor means going back to the countryside.

A push factor takes place across a short distance, but a pull factor requires an international border to be crossed.

A push factor is a reason to leave an area and a pull factor is a reason to go to a specific place.

Natural increase leads to population growth where births are greater than deaths; urbanisation is an increase in the proportion of the people living in cities.

Natural increase is the opposite of urbanisation: more people die than are born and this would reduce the urban population.

Natural increase and urbanisation both describe towns and cities getting bigger; urbanisation is about numbers of people and natural increase refers to the physical size of the urban area getting bigger.

Natural increase refers to the skyward physical expansion of towns and cities whereas urbanisation is about numbers of people in the cities.

Suburbanisation and urban sprawl are opposite terms: urban sprawl is where a town or city gets physically bigger but suburbanisation makes an urban area shrink in size.

Suburbanisation is a smaller version of urbanisation, so the urban area does not grow at all so does not sprawl.

Suburbanisation can lead to urban sprawl, as more houses are built on the edge of the built up area so it enlarges (sprawls) onto the surrounding countryside.

Suburbanisation and urban sprawl mean the same thing: they are two words for the same process.

In 1970, 62% of the population of Europe lived in urban areas.

In 2000, 38% of the African population lived in urban areas.

In 1990, 70% of the African population lived in urban areas.

In 2030, 50% of the African population are projected to live in urban areas.

African’s urban population had a 38% increase in the 50 years from 1950 to 2000.

African’s urban population had a 23% increase in the 50 years from 1950 to 2000.

Europe’s urban population had a 10% increase in the 50 years from 1950 to 2000.

Europe’s urban population had a 50% increase in the 50 years from 1950 to 2000.

In 1990, Africa’s percentage urban population was larger than Europe’s percentage urban population.

In 1990, Europe’s percentage urban population was larger than Africa’s percentage urban population.

In 1990 the percentage urban population in Europe was equal to that of Africa.

In 2020 the percentage of urban population of Africa is exactly double that of Europe.

Tokyo, Japan

N’Djamena, Chad

Delhi, India

Beijing, China

A city that has a population of 10 million people.

A city that has a large proportion of companies and businesses from around the world.

An urban area that is economically and politically significant on a global scale, that has links to other world cities through trade.

An urban area that trades raw materials with another city.

Re-urbanisation

Urbanisation

Counter urbanisation

Rural-to-urban migration.