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  • Urbanisation is the process by which there is an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
  • Some common indices used to define towns are
    • Population size
    • Population density
    • Function
    • Level of administration
  • The UN has refused to classify settlements as towns/rural areas and has instead chosen to classify them by size.

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  1. Central Place Theory
  2. Christaller's CPT
  3. Definition
  4. Rank Size Rule and Primate City
  5. The growth of towns and cities
  6. Urban Morphology

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