Global Patterns

Question 1

Global pattern of urban change

Answer 1

The world is becoming increasingly urbanise with more and more people living in towns and cities. Have example, in 19 50,30% of the worlds population was urban by 2014. It was 54%.
Urbanisation is one of the most important and challenging trends for the future

Question 2

Urban trends in different parts of the world, including H ICs and LICs

Answer 2

Richer HICs – these countries are highly urbanised with 75% of the population living in urban areas urbanisation in these regions, are slowing down in some countries that has a reverse flow of people/counterurbanisation
In LIC is still predominantly rural example, Africa, 40%, however, in these regions their are experiencing the fastest rates of urbanisation

Question 3

Factors affecting the rate of urbanisation

Answer 3

Migration and natural increase

Question 4

Migration

Answer 4

Push and pull factors

Question 5

Push factors for migration

Answer 5

Poor harvest, resulting in shortages of food
Limited opportunities for well paid employment
Limited services, e.g. water, electricity, healthcare school
Issues associated with climate change, such as soil, erosion, desertification, floods, and drought
Poor transport, infrastructure

Question 6

Pull factors for migration

Answer 6

Prospect of better paid employment
Large market for goods and services, e.g. Street vendors
Better school in healthcare
Better transport facilities and access to services, e.g. water and electricity
Friends and family already living in urban areas

Question 7

Natural increase

Answer 7

Many people living in towns and cities particularly new migrants are aged 18 to 35. This leads to a high birth rate in high rate of natural increase in people moving to urban areas. This trend is likely to increase as the population structure becomes more youth, full

Question 8

The emergence of mega cities

Answer 8

Recent trend of urbanisation is the growth of megacities