Counter-urbanisation
What Counter-urbanisation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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A trend primarily observed in HICs, where some High Income Countries experience it as their rate of urbanisation is very slow.
Some HICs with slow rates of urban growth are experiencing it.
The movement of people out of cities into rural areas and smaller towns.
Topics that use Counter-urbanisation
- Section A: Urban issues and challenges (AQA GCSE)
- Urbanisation is a global process (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Megacity
- Urbanisation
- Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Deindustrialisation and economic shift
- Ecological footprint
- Economic insecurity
- Employment
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