Rural-Urban Migration:

Terms Related to Rural-Urban Migration

• Central City

  The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion ...

• Urban Population

  The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.

• Ghetto

  City, urban, rural, or suburban areas which are characterized by severe economic deprivation and by accompanying physical and social decay.

• Urban Spatial Distribution

  The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.

• Poverty Area

  City, urban, rural, or suburban areas which are characterized by severe economic deprivation and by accompanying physical and social decay.

• Urbanization

  The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion ...