1.1.2 What are the ways of life and current challenges created by urbanisation in two global cities?

Question 1

Fertility rate

Answer 1

The average number of children born to each woman in a country. If it is greater than two, the population will grow

Question 2

Chawls

Answer 2

The name for a type of flat or tenement building found in many Indian cities

Question 3

Informal settlements*

Answer 3

Homes where the households have no legal rights to the land, i.e. they do not have legal housing tenure. They are commonly known as shanty towns, squatter homes, favelas in Brazil or slums in India

Question 4

Wholesale clearance

Answer 4

The demolition of a large quantity of old unfit housing and the redevelopment of new, better homes

Question 5

Pavement dwellers

Answer 5

People who live in make-shift homes on the footpaths of some developing cities, especially Indian cities such as Mumbai

Question 6

Emerging middle class

Answer 6

The growing number of people in developing countries who are well educated and reasonably well paid

Question 7

Formal occupations

Answer 7

Jobs that receive a regular wage and which are recognised by the state

Question 8

Informal sector

Answer 8

The sector of the economy that includes many types of irregular jobs as well as work such as household chores, childcare and studying

Question 9

Ragpicker

Answer 9

Someone who collects, sorts and sells rubbish for recycling

Question 10

Remittances

Answer 10

The return of money sent by migrant workers to support their families who have remained at home

Question 11

Monsoon

Answer 11

A seasonal pattern of high rainfall caused by low pressure