OCR geography human As level

Urban - the distonctive characteristics of towns and cities - their size, density and ways of life.

Rural - the character of country areas and the activities and lifestyles encountered in such areas.

Urbanisation - the rise in the proportion of a population living in urban areas.

Percentage Urban - the proportion of a population living in urban areas.

Rural-urban migration - movement of people from the countrysid into towns and cities.

Enviroment -

• Exclusion of the natural world
• Dominance of buildings and transport networks
• Pace of living
• Pollution and congestion

Economy -

• Employment in secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors
• provision of commercial and social services for local residents.

People - 

• High population densities
• raised stress levels
• diversity in age, wealth and ethniity
• distinctive lifestyles, behaviour and values.

Rural-urban shift - shift in where the majority of the worlds population live and work, the growth into urban.

MEDC-LEDC shift- fastest rates of urbinisation happen in LEDCs 

The shift in Size- More urban population giving rise to larger urban areas.

Mega city - a city or urban agglomeration with a population of 10 million or more inhabitants.

World City - One of the worlds leading cities