What is urbanisation?
The growth in the proportion of a country living in urban areas
What percentage of the world lives in urban areas?
50% (3.4 billion)
Why is urbanisation happening faster in poorer areas?
More people are moving for better opportunities and healthcare in cities
Why do people move to urban areas
Better healthcare, services and life expectancy
What is suburbanisation?
Outward growth of urban development to where people live in the suburbs.
What is counter-urbanisation?
Large numbers of people move from urban areas into surrounding countryside or rural areas