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Title: Global Pattern of Globalisation
Description: Basic explanation of key terms in globalisation and city modules and changes in population.
Description: Basic explanation of key terms in globalisation and city modules and changes in population.
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Global Pattern of Globalisation
At a global scale, rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50
years
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This
number is increasing, particularly in developing countries
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A millionaire city is an urban area with over a million people living
there, e
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Budapest, Hungary
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A mega city is an urban area with over 10 million people living there,
e
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Mumbai, India
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A world city is a city that has influence on a global scale, as centres
for business, trade and worldwide commercial power, and hubs of
culture and science
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Other major world cities include Los
Angeles, Paris and Singapore
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Processes affecting the populations of cities
Urban areas tend to have relatively low age profiles, with young
adults (15-40 years) traditionally migrating from rural areas
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Four other processes affect the population of cities, and involve the
movement of people in and out of urban areas:
• Urbanisation: the growth in the proportion of a country's
population that lives in urban areas
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• Counter-urbanisation: the movement of people from cities to
rural areas
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These processes may happen one after the other as a country
develops — this is called the cycle of urbanisation
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Title: Global Pattern of Globalisation
Description: Basic explanation of key terms in globalisation and city modules and changes in population.
Description: Basic explanation of key terms in globalisation and city modules and changes in population.