u4 overview

Question 1

what are urban and rural places?

Answer 1

urban: Places with clusters of over 1000 people. areas characterized by a dense concentration of people, buildings, and infrastructure, typically including towns, cities, and suburbs.

rural: places with clusters of under 1000.a region located outside cities and towns, typically characterized by open spaces, farmland, and a lower population density compared to urban areas.

Question 2

what are primary and secondary industries?

Answer 2

primary: industries involving the extraction of raw materials. Mining, drilling, fishing and farming (rural areas)

Secondary: takes raw materials and changes them from one form to another. manufacturing or production (urban areas)

Question 3

what are tertiary and quaternary industries?

Answer 3

• Tertiary industries – nothing tangible. industries that provide a service of some kind. Teaching, bank, retail
• Quaternary industries – industries involved in intellectual services such as research, information and development.

Question 4

population density defintion?

Answer 4

the measurement of population per unit area

Question 5

describe the process of urbanisation

4 points, exclude defintion

Answer 5

• involves the movement of people from rural to urban areas or a large influx of migrants into urban areas, at a greater rate than into rural areas
• increase in urban growth is usually accompanied by increase in level of urbanisation
• Urban populations tend to be significantly higher in ore developed regions and high-income regions, as they are benefited from industrialisation.
• The cost goes down the further you move away from the CBD, but less services and transport

Question 6

definition of liveability

Answer 6

Refers to the quality of space and the built environment

Question 7

liveablity factors

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Answer 7

quality of life
health,
sense of safety,
access to services,
cost of living,
comfortable living standards,
mobility, and transport,
air quality
social participation