Geoorgraohy (urbanastion ) Flashcards

1
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What is urbanisation

A

Towns and cities are growing

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2
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2 push factors why people leave country side

A

Natural disasters
Mechanisation (use of machines to farm land)

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3
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Pull factors why u want to go to cities

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Healthcare
Education
More jobs

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4
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How many mega cities was there in 1975 and what were they

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4 and they were Tokyo ,New York ,Mexico city and Sao Paolo

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5
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How many mega city’s are today

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31

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6
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What do u call when people don’t want to move to a city when there less noise and crime and bigger houses

A

Counter urbanisation

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7
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Which LIC has urban growth

A

Lagos

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8
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How many people mover to Lagos per minute

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86

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9
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How many times is Lagos more crowded than London

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4 times more

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10
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Sanitation is poor communal toilets is shared by how many houses

A

15

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11
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What is the percent of water In Lagos that is treated and pumped to houses

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10 percent

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12
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What’s I the percentage of that people in Lagos live less 2 pound per day

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46 percent

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13
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Lagos health care is poor how many people in Lagos gets malaria per year

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1.2 million

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14
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How many people in Lagos are unemployed

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26 percent

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15
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Lagos is very congested cities in the world what’s the average traffic time

A

3 hours

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16
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How many deaths happen because of bad pollution

A

11 thousand deaths

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17
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Name a lic that’s is urban planning

A

Makoko

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18
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What’s Is Makoko doing to teach people how to build houses and and make the whole area sustainable

A

They use floating school

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19
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How do they reduce the cost of using energy

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Use solar panels

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20
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How do they provide jobs in Makoko

A

They do markets which is made by local material by local workers

21
Q

What city is having urban challenges

A

Nottingham

22
Q

Economics opportunities

A

Lace markets
Tertiary job (85 percent of nottigham economy

23
Q

What are the social opportunities of nottigham

A

They 2 universities that’s are ranked 14 in the uk
Increase in quaternary jobs

24
Q

What’s are the social challenges in nottigham

A

8 most deprived country
In 2010 there was an average 3 rough sleepers per night and now there is 53 in 2023

25
Q

Environment challenges

A

Urban sprawl ( more houses build in the country side ) reduces biodiversity

Rural urban fringers they have lot of agricultural and greenfield like staple ford which constructs 450 homes Whig led to mice invasion

26
Q

Uk regeneration is happening to what city

A

Nottingham

27
Q

What market employees thousands of jobs

A

Lace market

28
Q

When did the last factory shut down

A

1950

29
Q

What did they do with house shortages

A

Renovated into middle class flats and today is the most expensive and more sought areas to live

30
Q

How did they attract tourism

A

Museums such as galleries of justice which opened in 1986

31
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What are did they open to attract tourists

A

Ice arena in 2000

32
Q

What a environmental drawback if making new building and increase tourism

A

Housing is too expensive
More tourism more people coming to Nottingham increase traffic congestion

33
Q

Which city is uk sustainability

A

Hockerton

34
Q

Why do they need to be sustainable

A

Because of there ecological footprint

35
Q

What’s a way of being more sustainable

A

Urban greening which is making more green spaces so they can make roof and gardens and increase biodiversity

36
Q

Where is hockerton

A

Is a village between Newark and Mansfield

37
Q

Why do they do to make renewable energy

A

Windmills
Solar panels two each

38
Q

How does reneable energy helps to be sustainable

A

Reduces fossil fuels and give out bad pollution

39
Q

How do they get high quality water

A

Rainwater haversting to collect water
1cm of rain water provide 5 weeks of water

40
Q

How do they maintain the land

A

Vegetable patches , chickens and sheep

41
Q

How many unpaid hours in a home a year needs to manage and maintain the side

A

300 unpaid

42
Q

What’s the scheme called to improve transport in Nottingham

A

The big wheel

43
Q

What is the big wheel

A

Make transport Better and cheaper

44
Q

Positive of a tram

A

It employs 290 local people
19 million people use the tram (35 percent higher than the previous year

45
Q

Negative of a tram

A

570 million to pay for a tram system
Traffic congestion which makes nottigham play 664 million a year

46
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Cycling positive s

A

The city card cycle hire cost 2 pound for a day cheaper than other forms of transport

47
Q

Cycling negatives

A

On average only one person a day was hiring a bike when the city card bikes were first implemented, though this has increased

48
Q

E scooters positives

A

E scooters are 100 percent green technology for moving around the city

There are fines who leave it in a operating area any caught riding on the pavement or parking it irresponsibly

49
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E scoter negative

A

It’s illegal only the trial escooters are legally allowed because police officers are there using there own in public roads

People leave the scooters in the middle of a path blocking busses and blocking drive ways