Migration

• Congestion


  The state of being overfilled or overcrowded.
• Development Corridors 


  Area set aside for urban growth or development
• Diversity    


   The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
• Ecological Footprint 


  The amount of productive land needed on average by each person in a selected area for food, water, transport, housing and waste management
• Economic Factors                


  A factor that can affect and influence an individuals' financial status. They include education, employment status and income
• Ethnic Minority                    


  A group that has different national or cultural traditions from the main population
• Human Features                   


  Structures built by people
• Infrastructure                      


  The facilities, services and installations needed for a society to function, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines
• Interconnection                     

  The way that people and/or geographical processes are connected
• What is a megacity?


  A city with more than 10 million inhabitants
• Who is considered a migrant?


  A person who leaves their own country to go and live in another
• What does migration refer to?


  The movement of people (or animals) from one location to another
• What are natural features?


  Components of the environment that are produced by nature
• How is population density defined?


  The number of people living within one square kilometre of land
• What does population distribution refer to?


  The pattern of where people live
• What is a pull factor in migration?


  A favourable quality or attribute that attracts people to a particular location
• What is a push factor?


  An unfavourable quality or attribute of a person’s current location that drives them to move elsewhere
• What does sanitation refer to?


  Facilities provided to remove waste such as sewage and household or business rubbish
• What are slums?


  A run-down area of a city characterised by poor housing and poverty
• What are social factors?


  Things that affect someone's lifestyle, including wealth, religion, buying habits, education level, family size and structure, and population density
• What is sustainable development?


  Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• What is urban sprawl?


  The spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population
• What does urbanisation refer to?


  The rapid growth of cities, involving the movement of people from rural to urban areas