1 Urban Issues and Challenges

Question 1

what is a megacity

Answer 1

a city with over 10 mil people

Question 2

why are urban citys changinghow and why are urban areas changin in HIC’s

Answer 2

• Urbanisation is still happening but it is low. around 1pc
• this is because develped countires are already urbanised, and older people are moving to rural areas for mare space and peacefullness

Question 3

how do citys live sustainably

Answer 3

• water conservation schemes
• energy conservation schemes
• increasing green spaces

Question 4

three reasons why traffic congestion is bad

Answer 4

• environmental
• economic
• social

Question 5

two ways traffic can be managed

Answer 5

• encouraging public transport use with schemes

- traffic flow management

Question 6

three traffic flow management techniques

Answer 6

• ring roads
• bus lanes
• congestion charges

Question 7

location of mumbai and why it is important

Answer 7

• located on the west coast of india

- huge port which exports goods to europe

Question 8

rural to mumbai push and pull factors (why is the city growning)

Answer 8

• migration from surrounding rural areas
• PUSH farmers suffering from drought
• PUSH low wages
• PUSH lack of schools and hospitals
• PULL better wages and job opportunitites
• PULL more schools and hospitals
• PULL communal spirit

Question 9

benefits of migration in Mumbai

Answer 9

• highly productive slum (billion dollars a year)
• easy commute
• many places of worship
• opportunitys in leather, pottery, plastic and steel

Question 10

Challenges of migration in Mumbai

Answer 10

• migrants end up in illegal hosing
• 4000 typhoid cases a day as children play in suiage
• 500 ppl per toilet
• water available for only 2 hours a day
• overcrowded schools
• population growing faster than the ability to provide services
• trafic congestion leading to dangerous levels of nitrous oxide

Question 11

urban planning project in mumabi details

Answer 11

-Mumbai resettlement scheme
-owner gets 70pc of slums poplation’s permition
people living in the slum since 2000 get a flat with a toilet and water supply

Question 12

advantages of mumbai resettlement scheme

Answer 12

• lack of govt interventon required
• developers gain money
• slum dwellers get better home with vital supplies

Question 13

disadvantages of mumbai resettlement scheme

Answer 13

• some slum dwellers become homeless
• loss of communal spirit
• loss of slum busineses

Question 14

Location of Norwich and why it is important

Answer 14

• 10 million tourists per year
• city of literature
• contains a russel group university

Question 15

Effects of migration on Norwich

Answer 15

• NATIONAL older generation counter the urbanisation of the city
• INTERNATIONAL 14000 migrant students, majority of which are chinease
• 18 per 1000 migrants in the UK move to Norwich
• Majority of migrants are eastern european due to blair era
• Students cause rental prices to increase
• Wage drop for semi skilled work
• Migration from London council houses has caused further deprivation

Question 16

How Urban change has created opportunity in Norwich

Answer 16

• 2 large shopping centers
• cultured wave of restaurants
• increase in leisure activities
• urban greening at the UEA

Question 17

Inequality in Norwich

Answer 17

• Eaton has 10pc council houses where mile cross has 45pc
• 17pc of mile cross has level 4 qualifications compared to eatons 48pc
• People in mile cross are more likely to be obese, diabled, mental health problems and premature death
• Air pollution has contributed to 450 deaths in norwich

Question 18

exmpl of an urban regeneration project in Norwich

Answer 18

• Riverside was an industrial site containing warehouses and a plane factory
• Was ugly
• Was contaminated with chemicals
• Retail park was built
• 227 flats and apartments were built
• 5 million spent clearing up contaminants
• Entertainment facilities
• Multiplier economical effect as a result