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Urbanisation
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Growth in the proportion of a country living in urban areas
2
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Suburbanisation
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Outward growth of urban developement that engulfs smaller villages and countryside.
3
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Urban resurgence
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Movement of people back to an urban area that was previously in decline
4
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Gentrification
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5
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Deindustrialisation
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A country’s decline in manufacturing
6
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Decentralisation
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movement of population and businesses moving away from a city centre
7
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Counter urbanisation
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People moving out of cities into rural areas
8
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Rural-urban fringe
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Land on the edge of an urban area where the urban area ends and the rural area begins
Contemporary Urban Environments
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