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Rural-to-urban migration

GCSE Geography · key term

Rural-to-urban migration

Definition

The movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities to live.

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Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Specification 4.1 · Paper 2

Revise: Global Urbanisation Trends

Edexcel Geography A past papers

Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

Paper 1

The movement of people from countryside settlements to towns and cities.
Concentrated urban investment and rural-to-urban migration help explain rapid change, alongside population growth within cities.
Revise: Global Trends and Regional Variations in Urbanisation

Related key terms

Level of urbanisation
Natural increase
Rate of urbanisation
Urban population growth
Urbanisation

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Rural-to-urban migration — GCSE Geography Definition | GradeGen

Edexcel Geography B past papers

Counter-urbanisation

Industrialisation

Informal settlement

Population projection