4 Urban Challenges

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

The increasing percentage of a population that comes to live in a town or city

Question 2

Features of urbinisation

Answer 2

• Urban pop is growing at different rates
• Over 60% of pop in richer countries live in urban areas

Question 3

Natural increase

Answer 3

Birth rate is bigger than death rate

Question 4

Rural-urban migration

Answer 4

Movement of people from countryside to urban areas

Question 5

Push factors (want to get away from countryside)

Answer 5

• Farming is poorly paid
• Basic education
• Limited access to hospitals

Question 6

Pull factors (want to live in the city)

Answer 6

• More well paid jobs
• Friends and family are there
• Higher standard of living
• Better education and transport
• Public transport is better

Question 7

Megacity

Answer 7

An urban area with a total population of more than 10 million people

Question 8

Location of megacitites

Answer 8

Most megacities are located next to the coasts