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GCSE Geography · key term
The movement of people back into an urban area from surrounding areas.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 4.4 · Paper 2
The movement of people back into central urban areas, often associated with regeneration and new housing.
Revise: UK City Case Study: Migration and ChangeFour processes help explain Birmingham's development: urbanisation, suburbanisation, counter-urbanisation and re-urbanisation. They describe a broad sequence, not four completely separate periods. Different movements can occur at the same time.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The movement of people back into cities from surrounding areas.
Revise: Processes of Urban Growth and ChangeNew housing, employment opportunities and improvements to environmental quality or safety can attract people back into older urban areas. This movement back is called re-urbanisation. Regeneration is the improvement of the area; re-urbanisation is the associated population movement, which may occur as a result.
The movement of people back into an urban area after a period of population decline.
Specification 5.1b · Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Impacts of Rapid UrbanisationRe-urbanisation is the movement of people back into urban areas from surrounding areas. New jobs, improved safety and air quality, and regeneration can make city living more attractive.
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