GLOSSARY.

Complete definitions of the following words as you encounter them

in class:

Crop Yield Crop yield is a measurement used in agriculture to quantify the amount of
agricultural production harvested per unit of land area.
Cultural
Diversity
Economic
Dualism
Favelas

Gentrification Gentrification is the process of economic change resulting from wealthy people
moving into a historically disinvested neighborhood.
Global
Population
Industrialization Industrialization is the expansion and development of industries across a
country or place.
Infant Mortality

Internal
Migration
Life Expectancy Life expectancy is the predicted period of time that a person can expect to live.

Literacy

Livability

Megacity A megacity is a huge, largely populated city. The average population of a

megacity is in the millions.
Metropolis

Migrant A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, typically from one
country to another. This can be for better living conditions and/or for work.
Migration Migration is the process of a migrant moving from one place to another. It is the
movement from one place to another.
Multiculturalism

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Natural Increase Natural increase is the term used for the difference between the number of births
and number of deaths over a period of time.
Pluralism

Population Population density is the number of people living in a location (based off the
Density size of the area).
Pull Factor Pull factors are factors that draw individuals towards a place. They “pull” them
to that area because of better housing, jobs, opportunities, etc.
Push Factor Push factors are factors that urge people away from a place. They “push” them
away because of natural disasters, wars, unsatisfactory living conditions, etc.
Rural-Urban Rural-urban migration is the term for when populations migrate from rural areas
Migration to urban areas.
Shanty Towns A shantytown is a neighborhood on the outskirts of a city with many shanties.

Spatial Pattern

Suburbanization

Sustainability

Topography

Transport
Network
Urban
Concentration
Urban Urban population is the total population of an area that is defined as urban.
Population
Urbanization Urbanization is the process that makes a previously rural area more urban. It
also describes the population shift from rural to urban.
World Bank

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