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    Urban growth refers to an increase in urban population size, while urbanization is the gradual shift from rural to urban communities. Positive consequences include economic opportunities and cultural diversity, while negatives are overpopulation, pollution, and rising costs. By 2050, it's expected that 66% of the world will live in urban areas, posing challenges like accommodating influxes, managing resources, and improving living standards. In 2007, more people globally lived in urban than rural areas. Merimbula is not considered urban due to its small population size and rural characteristics. Reversing urbanization would require reducing economic opportunities and improving rural living conditions. Push factors drive people from rural areas while pull factors attract them to cities. Urbanization is fastest in

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    Urban growth refers to an increase in urban population size, while urbanization is the gradual shift from rural to urban communities. Positive consequences include economic opportunities and cultural diversity, while negatives are overpopulation, pollution, and rising costs. By 2050, it's expected that 66% of the world will live in urban areas, posing challenges like accommodating influxes, managing resources, and improving living standards. In 2007, more people globally lived in urban than rural areas. Merimbula is not considered urban due to its small population size and rural characteristics. Reversing urbanization would require reducing economic opportunities and improving rural living conditions. Push factors drive people from rural areas while pull factors attract them to cities. Urbanization is fastest in

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    Cause and Consequences of Urbanisation

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    Urban growth refers to an increase in urban population size, while urbanization is the gradual shift from rural to urban communities. Positive consequences include economic opportunities and cultural diversity, while negatives are overpopulation, pollution, and rising costs. By 2050, it's expected that 66% of the world will live in urban areas, posing challenges like accommodating influxes, managing resources, and improving living standards. In 2007, more people globally lived in urban than rural areas. Merimbula is not considered urban due to its small population size and rural characteristics. Reversing urbanization would require reducing economic opportunities and improving rural living conditions. Push factors drive people from rural areas while pull factors attract them to cities. Urbanization is fastest in

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    Causes and Consequences of Urbanisation


    Respond to the following questions with the aid of the Slide Show.
    Slide 2: What is the difference between urbah growth and urbanisation?

    Slide 2: List 3 positive and 3 negative consequences of urbanisation.

    Slide 4: Describe the expected change in global urbanisation by 2050?

    Slide 4: Outline some of the challenges ahead for the urbanisation process.

    Slide 5: Refer to figure 1. In what year did more people begin living in urban areas compared to
    rural areas?

    Slide 6: Is Merimbula considered to be an urban place? Why?

    Slide 6: What would have to happen to reverse the urbanisation trend according to the factors
    that have contributed to urbanisation?
    Slide 7: Explain push and pull factors.

    Slide 8: Where is the fastest urbanisation occurring?

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