Pull factors - are things that attract people to move to a particular place., Push factors - force people to move away from their homes., Urbanisation - the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities., Migration - is the movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location., Rural - a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities., Urban sprawl - the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas resulting in the spreading of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land., Internal migration - is human migration within a country., Urban renewal - is the process of redeveloping underused parts of a city to create new, modern buildings., Urban decay - is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, is neglected and not used., Migrant - person who moves from one place to another, often in order to find work or better living conditions., Megacity - A city with a population of over 10 million people, Conurbation - an agglomeration of towns or cities into an unbroken urban environment., Spatial distribution - The arrangement of phenomenon across the Earth's surface, Rural-urban migration - the movement of people from rural areas to cities, often for work or education., CBD - Cenral Business District, the most established part of a city and often with businesses and high-rise buildings. Space is at a premium here., Commerical areas - are generally located on very accessible road networks and are home to businesses, shops and malls., Residential areas - are used for accommodation but also services and facilities for residents, such as schools and hospitals., Industrial areas - are usually located close major transport links such as rail lines, ports and freeways, and are home to factories, warehouses and mills., Rural-urban fringe - A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use. It is a zone of mixed land uses, from out of town shopping centres and golf courses to farmland and motorways., Suburbanisation - is the process of developing new housing estates, further away from the Central Business District., Decentralisation - is the process of encouraging the growth of regional and suburban economies by introducing more career and entrepreneurial opportunities to such areas., SPICESS - Space, Place, Interconnection, Change, Environment, Sustainability, Scale, SHEEPT - Social, Historical, Environmental, Economic, Political, Technological, urban renewal - Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private members, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers., Space - It refers to the way in which we use, change and distribute things on Earth's surface., Place - It allows humans to identify the location or position of something within in a space. It includes relative and absolute location, Inteconnection - two things or phenomena are related, interact or are linked in some way., Change - refers to how a place is altered because of shifts in the environment or to meet the needs of humans., Environment - its geographic characteristic, such as cities, coastlines, islands etc., Scale - refers to the size of something, such as local, regional, national, or global.,

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