CUE 1 - Global patterns of urbanisation Flashcards
What has happened to the proportion of people living in urban areas since 1945?
Dramatically increased
What was the proportion of people living in urban areas in 1950?
30%
What about 2014?
Just over 50%
Where do the majority of people live in the developed world>
In cities
Why has the urban population only slightly increased in the developed world?
Urbanisation began much earlier in the developed world than in the developing
Why did it happen earlier in the developed world
In the industrial revolution lots of people moved to cities to work in mills and factories
Where do most people live in the developing world
Rural areas - this is changing though
What’s happening in many LICs and NEEs
Old cities are growing and new ones are forming
Whats an example of this
In Beijing the population increased from 4.4 million in 1970 to 20.4 million in 2015
What 4 processes involve the movement of people in and out of urban areas?
- Urbanisation
- Suburbanisation
- Counter - urbanisation
- Urban resurgence
What is urbanisation
The growth in the population of people living in urban areas
Why does urbanisation usually occur
Natural increase and migration
What is natural increase
birth rate is higher then death rate
why do people often migrate to cities
for easier access to schools and healthcare and more jobs available
What age are many migrants
young adults
What happens if these migrants have children`?
Population increases more
What can this cause in developing countries
Shanty towns
What are shanty towns
Unplanned and often illegal settlements made of any available materials
What is suburbanisation
The migration of people from city centres to the outskirts
What happens as urbanisation increases
City centers become crowded and desire more space
Why is sub-urbanisation becoming more common
Because of improvements to transport links means people can live further and commute
When do many people move to the suburbs
When they have children or retire
What does suburbanisation cause
A complex pattern of wealthy and poor areas
Where do the wealthier middle class people go
To the suburbs where there’s a better quality of life
