World Cities and Case studies. 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyWorld CitiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lollybrown70Created on: 29-05-17 09:04 define the term Urbanisation. increase in proportion of people living in urban areas (by the process of Rural-urban migration) 1 of 12 define suburbanisation. decentralisation of people, services, industry from centre inner areas to the edges of built up areas = develops the suburbs. 2 of 12 define Counter-Urbanisation. Increase in the number of people living in rural areas. People move out of urban areas into rural-urban fringe. creating suburbanisaed villages. 3 of 12 Define Reurbanisation. people and buisnesses are attracted back into inner urban areas that had been suffering from deteration and decline. 4 of 12 Define Deindustrialisation Decline in the number employed in the manufacturing industry, an increasingly dominant service industry 5 of 12 define centralisation. Increasing concentration of economic and other activities in one place. 6 of 12 define millionaire city. a city with over 1 million inhabitants. 7 of 12 Define Super City City with over 5 million inhabitants. 8 of 12 Define Megacity a metropolitan area with over 10 million inhabitants. 9 of 12 Define Global/World city. A city that acts as a major centre for finance, trade, buisness, politics, culture and science serving not just an area but the world. 10 of 12 example of a world city. Tokyo, London and New York. 11 of 12 case study of urbanisation. Manchester (Cottonopolis) 12 of 12
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