patterns of urbanisation

Question 1

what is urbanisation

Answer 1

the increase in population living in urban areas

Question 2

what did the world health organisation predict

Answer 2

by 2050 7/10 people would live in urban areas in a city

Question 3

whats a megacity

Answer 3

a city with over 10
million people

Question 4

whats a metacity

Answer 4

a city with over 20 million people

Question 5

whats a push factor

Answer 5

factors making people move away from an area

Question 6

whats natural increase

Answer 6

increase in population when births are higher than deaths

Question 7

how many people lived in urban areas in 1950

Answer 7

746 million

Question 8

how many people live in urban areas in 2014

Answer 8

3.9 billion

Question 9

where are the fastest growing urban areas

Answer 9

asia and africa

Question 10

what is urban sprawl

Answer 10

the spread of an urban area into the surroudning countryside

Question 11

example of urban sprawl

Answer 11

chelmsford and beulieu

Question 12

how many megacitys are there predicted to be in 2025

Answer 12

37

Question 13

causes of urban growth

Answer 13

-push and pull factors
-migration
-natural increase
-improvements in technology and infrastcucture

Question 14

consequences of urban growth and urbanisation

Answer 14

-loss of green space
-congestion and pollution
-housing problems
-crime
-flooding
-unemployment

Question 15

what is suburbanisation

Answer 15

the movement of people away from city areas eventually leads to growing of citys outside citys

Question 16

how many people were predicted to live in slum conditions in 2013

Answer 16

863 million

Question 17

what is an example of a slum

Answer 17

rio de janeiro favellas

Question 18

is income high or low in suburbs

Answer 18

high, middle class people migrated to escape the city life problems

Question 19

what is gentrification

Answer 19

the improvements of poor urban areas due to wealthier people moving in

Question 20

what effects did gentrification have in london

Answer 20

many areas saw house prices rise by over 50%, leading to inequality in many areas and poor people forced out of the area.

Question 21

what has led to an increase in suburbanisation

Answer 21

-increase in transport links making it easier to move from the city and commute
-increase in technology and infrastructure

Question 22

rate of urbanisation in HICS

Answer 22

slow as most of the population already live in urban areas

Question 23

why are the suburbs attractive

Answer 23

-they have less congestion
-less crime
-quieter
-more green space

Question 24

what is a rural urban fringe

Answer 24

the rural woodland areas surroudning a city

Question 25

what are the problems of suburbanisation

Answer 25

there is inequality, higher income people move to the suburbs leaving poor lower class people in the citys, suburbs receive more investment and segregation occurs

Question 26

what is counter urbanisation

Answer 26

the movement of people from urban areas to smaller rural areas

Question 27

why does counter urbanisation lead to social and economic change

Answer 27

-younger generations move out of city areas seeking cheaper houses, bringing new skills with them

Question 28

what is urban resurgence

Answer 28

the regeneration of an area both economic and structural, which has previously been in decline

Question 29

what is the main reason urban resurgence is needed in the uk

Answer 29

de-industrialization

Question 30

how can you tell if an area has had urban resurgence

Answer 30

some areas may still have landscape from the past such as old factorys. some may have been convetred for modern day use