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WorksheetsUrbanisation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Is this rural or urban?: High population density
Rural
Urban
Urban or rural?: high rate of pollution
Rural
Urban
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the process of economic and social growth that increases the population of a country or region.
Urbanisation is the process of economic and social change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas.
Urbanisation is people living and working in large cities
What is urban sprawl?
The sprawl of people from rural areas to urban areas.
The main city centre in an urban area.
The spreading of rural areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate the need for extra land space due to a rise in ecological footpint.
The spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.
Push factor
things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services
things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities
Pull factor
things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services
things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities
Which keyword describes migration from the countryside to the city?
Urban-rural
Rural-urban
Counterurbanisation
Reurbanisation
Tick off the positive impacts
Increase in improved housing facilities
Availability of labor force
Traffic congestion
Increase in standard of living
Which continent has the most megacities?
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
