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Define urbanisation

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an increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns/cities

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Why does south america not follow the urbanisation trend?

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the majority of rural to urban migration has happened but the country doesn’t have enough money to be classed as a HIC

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2 reasons for rapid urban growth of urban areas in LICs

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-natural increase due to young population
-push and pull factors

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3 things that make Lagos nationally important

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-port city
-oil industry
-50% of Nigerian enterprises cast here

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3 things that make Lagos internationally important

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-major international airport
-had a GDP of over $136 bn (2017)
-finacial centre because international offices (HSBC)

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What was the original function of Lagos?

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fishing village

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Why did Lagos experience rapid population growth in the 1970s?

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-became a major source of oil

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Lagos opportunity : education

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In urban areas <15% of women receive no education compared to 66% of women in rural area receiving no education

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Lagos opportunity : transport

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International airport in Lagos is the main arrival point for 80% of flights to west Africa

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Lagos opportunity : electricity

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2 new power stations planned to reduce the citys shortage of electricity

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Lagos opportunity : Informal economy (2 points)

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-90% of new jobs created here
-40% of the workforce in the informal sector

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Where is Makoko?

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squatter settlement in Lagos

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Makoko challenge : buildings (2 points)

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-25% of households living in one room
-52% lacking kitchen/bath/toilet

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Challenges of Olusosun dump : health

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500 people work here every day sorting through 3000 tonnes of chemically treated waste by hand

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Lagos challenges : waste disposal

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only 13% of waste is recycled

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Lagos challenges : growing population

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Lagos is predicted to reach a population of 40 mn by 2025

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Lagos challenges : traffic congestion

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fatal accident rate is 3x higher than the rate in european cities

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Lagos challenges : water supply

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only 10% of the population in Lagos have a piped water supply that has been treated and purified

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Lagos challenges : water pollution

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1 of the main causes of water pollution is a lack of a proper sewage system in the city

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How did Mumbai improve toilets?

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-1 in 40 people forced to use the street as a toilet
+slum sanitation scheme
=300 community toilet blocks
=over 100 individual toilets
=meant to benefit 1 mn people

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How did mumbai improve housing? 2 ways

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-‘in Mumbai 40% of people live in poor quality housing/on the streets’
1- MUMBAI RESETTlEMENT SCHEME
2. INCREMENTAL HOUSING STRATEGIES

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What does the mumbai resettlement scheme involve?

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-cleared slum area alonside the railway line
-rehoused people into purpose built appartment blocks

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What does Incremental housing strategies involve?

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-developing slums into permanent residences by making gradual improvements
+ no longer illegal squatting
+residents work with architect (pride)

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How has Mumbai improved electricity?

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SLUM ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT
- JPOBA (charity) provided 10,00 people with new/ upgraded electricity connections
+fridges/fans
-10,000 is only 1% of the population

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3 ways London is nationally important? -entertainment -languages -green space
-300 theatres -300 different languages spoken here -40% of the city is green space
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3 ways London is internationally important? -Business -flights -underground railway
-major time zone advantage -more than 100,000 international flights per month -underground railway has ore than 1.34 bn passengers annually
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+ impacts of migration? -taxes -talent -skills
-migrants contributed 64% more in taxes than they receive in benefits -sporting talent (mo farah) have bought skills worth £6.8bn
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Where is shoreditch located?
A district in the east end of London, England.
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2 reasons shoreditch has seen growth?
-historically rundown= cheaper rents so people began to relocate -improvement of travel connections =easier access= more tourists/ residents
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Name 3 attractions in shoreditch
-hot tub cinema -comedy cafe theatre escape room
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Wealth in London: product per capita is ____________
the highest in europe at 328% of the european average
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Wealth in London: London has the 3rd highest ___
number of billionares in the world
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Deprivation in London: 6 London boroughs ________
are in the top 10 most deprived areas in England
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Deprivation in London: London rate of unemployment vs national ________________
London:8.5% National: 7.8%
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Child poverty: education
Children living on FSC achieve on average 1.7 GCSE grades lower than their better off peers
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Child poverty: health
Babies from low income families are more likely to weigh less at birth and die early
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Male life expectancy in Kensington/Chelsea vs Newham
Kensington/ chelsea: 83.7 Newham:75.7
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Unemployment in Kensington/chelsea vs Newham
Kensington/ Chelsea : 3.9% Newham: 9.4%
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Households with joint income more than £60,000
Kensington/ Chelsea - 26% Newham - 7%
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DOCKLANDS What was it like in the early 1900s? Why was regenration needed? What did the regeneration scheme involve?
-Main area where british seaborne trade ocurred -was bombed during WWII - low rent + more leisure
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London transport opportunities -Oyster card? -cycle
-London commuters can travel on most transport with an oyster card -integrated cycle network
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Challenges : London transport deaths? diseases? cost to economy? primary schools?
-9,416 londoners die early every year from lung diseases -2 x more likely to die from lung diseases -£3.7bn -24% of primary schools breach the legal limit for NO2
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Solutions to Londons transport: Buses-Hydrogen fuel cells + electric
- to shortly meet amilestone of cutting NO2 levels by 20% compared to 2012 -PM emissions have been reduced from 200 tonnes to 19 tonnes a year
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solutions to Londons transport: Low emission neighbourhoods
-£11m fund -5 LEM's set up across 8 boroughs -strict penalties +car free days, reserved parking fr cleanest vehicles, green taxi ranks
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Solutions to Londons transport: Increase cycling
-aim to increase amount of cycling in london to 1.5mn jorneys/day -cycling levels have more than doubled since 2001 +bikes for hire, new cycle roads
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London transport opportunities: ultra low emission zones
-from september 2020 most vehicles will need to meet exhaustion emission standards -otherwise will have to pay a daily charge when travelling in central London
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How much of London waste goes to Landfill?
24%
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What are London aiming to do about waste?
aiming for 0% waste to go to Landfill by 2030
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Why is it a challenge to get some people to recycle?
In some poor areas of London people live in flats so don't have convenient access to recycling so people get less willing
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How many trees are then in London?
8.1 million
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How many total species are then in London?
13,000
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How many allotments are there in London?
3,000
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How much do green spaces reduce temperatures by?
2-3 degrees
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How many green roofs are there in London?
700 around the area of 25 football pitches
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What is green infrastructure?
network of green spaces (parks, rivers, e.t.c)
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give 3 obstacles that had to be overcome in the lower lea valley?
-accessible transport -railway -rubbish
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What borough and tributary does the lower lea location link to
-Newham and a tributary of the river Thames
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2 benefits of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park
-over 100 hectares of open space -largest new park in london for over a century
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What is Here east? Give a social opportunity?
-Media centre -5,000 jobs
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What is east village? How many homes does it provide?
-athletes village -2,800 homes for local people and newcomers
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What is Westfield stratford city? Give a social opportunity?
-not part of the olympic legacy but is next door -10,000 people employed
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What is the international quarter? Give a social opportunity?
- new commercial development of high rise offices - 25,000 people employed here
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Give a social benefit of the aquatics centre and Velopark?
Open to the public and used by schools
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Sustainability in East village- housing
Affordable housing: half the homes are rented at lower rates
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Sustainability in East village- green roofs
residential blocks have green roofs +encourage wildlife, slows runoff
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Sustainability in East village- public services
A school for 3-18 yr olds and a large health centre provided
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Sustainability in East village- shops and services
Run by small independent workers helping to keep money in the local economy
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Sustainability in East village- car parking
-residents must pay extra for car places -good walking and cycling routes to stop cars
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Sustainability in East village- green open space
10 hectares of open space
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How many people are full time employed in east village?
56%
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negatives of housing in east village
-people forced into expensive higher class lifestyle -more houses demolished than built
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How much of the land is green space in East village?
37%
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How many new homes were created? How many jobs were moved/ lost
9000
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+/- views on sports venues around London
+ healthier - nearly cost £10bn paid for by lottery fund meaning other things like entertainment missed out
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Gcse grades in Newham?
In Newham only 63% of studnets achieve 5 good gcse results

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