Urbanisation and population growth
What Urbanisation and population growth means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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The population exploded, driving rapid urbanisation, with towns growing from small medieval settlements into densely packed industrial cities, leading to overcrowding and disease.
The population grew and urbanised, moving from rural villages to densely populated cities and weakening some informal community policing.
Topics that use Urbanisation and population growth
- Thematic Study: Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
- Thematic Study: The People’s Health, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Government intervention
- Urbanisation
- Authority and control
- Beliefs and treatments
- Bloody Code
- Changing attitudes to punishment
- Community law enforcement
- Community responsibility
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