Key Terminology

• Urbanisation: The process of increasing the proportion of a population living in urban areas.
• Rural-urban migration: Movement from rural to urban areas, often driven by economic opportunities or environmental factors such as drought.
• Natural Increase: The increase in the population due to the birth-rate being higher than the death-rate, so there is a net increase.
• Reurbanisation: The process of rebuilding and redeveloping urban areas.
• Suburbanisation: The process of people moving from the city to the suburbs.
• Rural Population: People living outside of urban areas, such as farms or small settlements.
• Urban Population: People who live within urban areas, including cities, towns, suburbs, and villages.
• Net Migration: The difference between immigration (people moving into an area) and emigration (people leaving).
• Migration: When someone moves from one place to another permanently.