History GCSE
Urban settlement
What Urban settlement means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Urban settlement
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The pattern of migrants gravitating towards urban centres like London and Birmingham for employment, later dispersing into suburbs and wider regional areas.
Topics that use Urban settlement
- Option 13: c1900–present: Migration in modern Britain - 1 The context for migration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Aliens Act (1905)
- Change and continuity
- Economic migration
- Forced displacement
- Commonwealth
- EU membership
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