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GCSE Geography · key term
The percentage of a population living in towns and cities at a particular time.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 4.1 · Paper 2
Revise: Global Urbanisation TrendsThe level of urbanisation is the percentage of people living in urban areas at a particular time. The rate of urbanisation describes how quickly that percentage is increasing. A country can therefore be highly urbanised but urbanising slowly.
Paper 1
The percentage of the total population living in urban areas at a particular time.
Distinguish the level of urbanisation from its rate: a country can have a high urban percentage but a slow rate of further urbanisation.
Distinguish the level of urbanisation (the percentage living in urban areas) from its rate of change. A highly urbanised region can be urbanising slowly.
Distinguish the level of urbanisation from its rate of change: a highly urbanised country can have slow urban growth.
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The level of urbanisation is the urban percentage at a particular time. The rate of urbanisation describes how quickly that percentage changes. These are different: a region where most people already live in towns and cities can have a high level of urbanisation but a slow rate of further change.
Specification 5.1a · Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Changing Urban PatternsThe level of urbanisation is a snapshot of the urban percentage at a particular time. The rate describes how quickly change is happening. A country can therefore have a high urban percentage but a slow rate of urbanisation.