Urbanization Key Terms

Population shift from rural to urban areas

• Rural Movement

• Urbanization

• Urban Drift

• Population Shift

Factors that cause people to leave an area

• Shove Factors

• Movement Factors

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

Factors that cause people to move to a new location

• Change Factors

• Movement Factors

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

Areas in the countryside dedicated to agriculture

• Rural

• Urban

• Suburban

• Agropolis

Areas of Cities or Towns with dense human populations

• Rural

• Slums

• Cityscapes

• Urban

What does CBD stand for?

• City Business Design

• Central Business District

• Circle Belt Derivative

• Central Busy Distrcit

A highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing, often associated with poverty

• Overpopulation

• Squatter Settlement

• Slum

• Urban

A city with over 10 million people is considered a ...

• Super City

• Down Town

• Urbanopolis

• Megacity

When a low income areas of a town/city transition into a wealthier area, and by doing so, attracting more wealthy people and businesses to the neighborhood

• Gentrification

• Wealth Takeover

• Poor Flight

• Urbanization

The process of growing interdependence and interconnection of the world

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• International Mindedness

• Cosmopolitanism