Human Geography - Challenges of the Urban World Flashcards
Outline a challenge faced in today’s cities.
A challenge in a developed city is pressure to develop a sustainable mass public transport system to cater for increasingly overcrowd commutes and overcrowded population.
Describe how a developed city is meeting a transport challenge.
London is installing a new electric high speed train system known as cross rail which will take people underground across London in under half an hour. It is twice as deep as the circle line.
How many people will travel on Crossrail each year?
200 million
Describe how a LEDC city is meeting a transport challenge.
Ho Chi Minh city is installing a metro system to bring it up to speed with other Asian cities and to reduce surface pollution on the overcrowded streets.
Explain why the eco footprint of a developed is so large.
A developed city does not only have the millions of people associated with any city but they also have a high consumer expenditure. For example in London hundreds of bin lorries hundreds of tons of rubbish each week. In developed cities cars are also more prevalent as opposed to motorbikes.
Explain why the population of some inner cities has risen in recent years.
The global population has risen in general but there has also been a global trend to live in cities, known as urbanisation.
Give two examples of cities that have developed highly sustainable transport systems.
In Masda, UAE driverless pod cars are all electric and transport people across the hugely modernised city. In London the congestion charge has reduced pollution in the centre, especially as vehicles which have a low CO2 output do not have to pay the charge.
Give a named example of a LEDC city and outline some of the problems that it faces.
Dharavi is a squatter slum on the outskirts of Mumbai and is one of the largest slums in the world. It is essentially placed on the city’s sewer system and as a result the all wood construction is founded in toxic waste.
Urbanisation
The increased proportion of people living in urban areas
Rural to urban migration
The net movement of people from Rural to Urban areas.
Megacities
An urban area that has a population of over 10 million people.
How many Megacities are there globally?
27
Squatter Settlements
Poor quality slum housing that develop in LEDC cities often due to the process of urbanisation, usually non permanent and located upon poor quality land.
Informal Economy
A form of economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by the government, such as a street seller.
Underemployment
Where people are paid a regular wage for full time and continuos work
