Urbanisation and its Processes

The movement of people from rural areas into city centres

• Suburbanisation
• Urbanisation
• Counter urbanisation

The movement of people from city centres to the edge of the city

• Suburbanisation
• Urbanisation
• Counter urbanisation

The movement of people from urban areas to rural areas beyond the  rural urban fringe

• Suburbanisation
• Urbanisation
• Counter urbanisation

Something negative from  an urban area which  encourages people to leave .

• Push factor
• Pull factor

Something positive from  a suburban or rural area which  encourages people to leave .

• Push factor
• Pull factor

Which of these is NOT a push factor of suburbanisation?

• Congestion
• Pollution
• Poor quality of life
• Good environment

Which of these is NOT a pull factor of suburbanisation?

• Cheaper land
• Pollution
• Better education in the suburbs
• Good environment

Which of these is NOT a reason for counter-urbanisation?

• Ageing population
• Nice  environment in rural areas
• Lots of shopping opportunities
• Now easier to work from home

Urbanisation is…

• Cities growing bigger

• Cities getting smaller

• A decreasing percentage of a country’s population living in urban areas

• An increasing percentage of a country’s population living in urban areas

The concentration of people and economic activities at favourable locations is

• Abomination

• Agglomeration

• Assimilation

• Annihilation