geography component 1 urbanisation Flashcards
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what is urbanisation?
a population shift from rural to urban areas
what is a megacity?
a city with a population of over 10 million people
what is a world city?
a city that has a disproportionately large rate in world affairs
what is a primate city?
a city that is predominantly larger than all the other cities in its country
what is the definition of a primary job?
the extraction of raw materials from the ground or the sea
what is the definition of a secondary job?
the manufacture of goods using raw materials
what is the definition of a tertiary job?
the provision of a service
what is the definition of a quaternary job?
the provision of infromation and expert help
what is an informal economy?
the unnofficial economy where no records are kept and no tax is paid. often unsafe
what is the formal economy?
the official economy where tax is paid and contracts are signed. often safe
in new Delhi what percent of the workers work in the informal sector and how much money do they earn?
75% of workers worth 3.6 trillion dollars
manufacturing contributes what percent of the money (in the formal economy)?
20%
what’s the definition of urban sprawl?
the urban area physically grows outwards onto surrounding rural land, usually in an uncontrolled way
what’s the definition of counter-urbanisation?
movement of people out the cities into rural areas
what’s the definition of suburbanisation?
wealthy city dwellers choose to live on the edge of the city to avoid crime, pollution etc
what’s the definition of gated suburbs?
communities built with walls and security to keep out non residents
what’s the definition of re-urbanisation?
run down areas of a city are regenerated encouraging people to move back in
where is Mumbai?
india
what is the definition of site?
land that the settlement is
what is the definition of connectivity ?
how well a place is connected to other places
how is the site of Mumbai good?
its located on the coast with a deep water port
how is the situation of Mumbai good?
its closer to Europe via the suez canal
how is the connectivity of Mumbai good?
international airport has 32 million passengers a year and good railway connections
in the last 110 years where has most of the growth been in Mumbai?
the outer suburbs
