census - A ‘head count’ or audit of the number of people living in a particular place at a particular time. In Australia these are conducted every 5 years., megacity - A city with a population of more than 10 million people, voluntary migration - The movement of people from one place to another of their own free will (ie. they are not forced to move), migration - Any movement of people, either temporary or permanent, from one place to another. Usually, the term is used only for the permanent change of residence (for at least a year) by an individual or group., urban - A term used to describe a built-up area such as a city., rural - A term used to describe an area located outside cities and towns, such as farming or agricultural areas., refugee - A person who moves to another country because of a natural disaster or to avoid persecution, urbanisation - The process of economic and social change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas (ie. they move from rural areas (e.g. farms) to urban areas (e.g. cities), push factor - Social/cultural, economic, environmental or political factors that drive the movement of people away from their homes, pull factor - Social/cultural, economic, environmental or political factors that attract the movement of people towards a particular place, internal migration - The movement of people within a region or country, internally displaced person - A person who has been forced to relocate within his or her own country, megalopolis/conurbation - A collection of large cities that are close together and are connected by a network of roads and train lines, effectively forming one continuous urban centre, international migration - The movement of people between countries, population density - A measurement of the number of individuals per unit area (e.g. 1500 people per square kilometre), forced migration - The forced movement of people from one place to another because of war, famine or violence,

Glossary - Urbanisation and Migration

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