Urbanisation Flashcards
1
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What is urbanisation?
A
An increase in poeple living in towns and cities
2
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What are the four segments to the Burgess Model?
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- CBD
- Inner City
- Suburbs
- Rural Urban Fringe
3
Q
What is the CBD?
A
- Central Business District
- Centre of a city/town
- Shops & offices & where transport routes meet
- High land values
- Tall buildings
- Few people live in the CBD
4
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What is the Inner City?
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- Found around the CBD
- Mix of poor quality housing & old industrial buildings
- Rund down , deprived
- New housing where derelict land has been redeveloped
5
Q
What is the suburbs?
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- Housing areas on edge of the city
- Land is cheaper
- Close enough to access the city
- Middle class famalies live here
- nicer environment
- less crime & pollution
6
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What is the rural urban fringe?
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- Right edge of the cit
- Both urban and land uses
- fewer & larger houses
7
Q
What causes urbanisation?
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- Rural-urban migration
- The movement of people from the countryside to the cities
- happens in richer and poorer countries but for different reasons
8
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Why do people in rich countries move from rural areas to cities?
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- Occured during industrial revolutions
- jobs were created in urban areas so more poeple moved to get jobs
- People are being encouraged back to where there were run down inner city areas due to redevelopment
9
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Why do people in poor countries move from rural areas to cities?
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- Shortage of services
- More jobs in urban areas due to better infrastructure and workforce
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