URBANISATION
von Nguyên Viết
1. DEFINITION
1.1. Increase in the number of people living in towns and cities
1.2. Urban areas grow bigger and bigger.
1.3. Affects all sizes of settlements
2. CAUSES
2.1. Natural increase in population
2.2. Rural-to-urban migration
3. CHARACTERISTICS
3.1. STRUCTURED FACILITIES
3.1.1. Residental
3.1.2. Industrial
3.1.3. Commercial
3.1.4. Others
3.2. RESIDENTIAL
3.2.1. Centres of population concentration.
3.3. EMPLOYMENT CENTRE
3.3.1. Centres of population concentration.
3.4. OCCUPATION
3.4.1. Industrial, administrative, and professional in nature.
3.5. COMMUNICATION NETWORK
3.5.1. Ties the structure of urban areas together as a system.
3.6. ROADS
3.6.1. Enhance the free flow and efficiency of human and vehicular movements.
3.7. INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES
3.7.1. Water supply, electricity, telephone and solid waste disposal.
3.8. SIZE AND DENSITY OF POPULATION
3.8.1. Positively correlated.
3.9. FAMILY
3.9.1. Attached to the individual than to the family.
3.10. MARRIAGE
3.10.1. A preponderance of love marriages and inter-caste marriages.
3.10.2. A greater number of divorces.
3.11. CLASS EXTREMES
3.11.1. The huge gap.
3.12. SOCIAL HETEROGENEITY
3.12.1. Characterized by diverse peoples, races and cultures.