GEO 106 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 - Urbanisation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 106
• Professor: Maria Piccioni

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Geo106 chapter 9: urbanisation: a historical diversion. Initial stage growth stage terminal stage y y rates of growth vs. level of growth y y. In developed countries, the terminal stage was attained after a century or more of growth. In developing countries, the terminal stage was attained after just two or three decades of growth y urbanisation is a complex interactive process in which three related phenomena occur: economic transformation, demographic transformation, social transformation. population growth = (births deaths) + (immigration emigration) population growth = natural increase + net migration: demographic transition model. high stable birth and death rates are both stable, hence natural increase and population growth is low. early expansionary death rates decreases rapidly but birth rates stay high or begin to decline slowly. Late expansionary death rates begin in stabilize at a much lower level, and birth rates begin to decline at a steady pace.