Urbanisation

Question 1

What is an urban area?

Answer 1

An urban area is a built-up area such as a town or city.

Question 2

What is a rural area?

Answer 2

A rural area is an area of countryside.

Question 3

What is urbanisation?

Answer 3

Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.

Question 4

What is a millionaire city?

Answer 4

Cities that have over a million residents

Question 5

What is a megacity?

Answer 5

A metropolitan area with a total population over 10 million

Question 6

What is a HIC?

Answer 6

High Income Country such as Australia, Japan, USA and England

Question 7

What is LIC?

Answer 7

Low Income Country such as Chad, Korea and other African countries

Question 8

What is an MIC?

Answer 8

Medium Income Country such as China

Question 9

What are the two main causes of urbanisations in LEDCs since 1950?

Answer 9

Push factors/migration and natural increase

Question 10

Why do people in rural areas get ‘pulled’ to the city?

Answer 10

People hope for well paid jobs, the greater opportunities to find casual or’ informal’ work, better health care and education

Question 11

Why do the death rate in cities fall?

Answer 11

Because people have access to:

Better access to medical care

Improved water supplies and sanitary conditions

Improved wealth so improved food supply

Question 12

What is the meaning of push factor?

Answer 12

Something that can force or encourage people to move away from an area

Question 13

What is a pull factor?

Answer 13

Something which encourages people to move to an area

Question 14

What are examples of push factors for urbanisation?

Answer 14

Few services

Lack of job opportunities

unhappy life

poor transport links

natural disasters

Question 15

What are examples of pull factors for urbanisation?

Answer 15

Access to services

better job opportunities

more entertainment facilities

Better transport links

improved living conditions

Question 16

What is urban growth?

Answer 16

The physical growth of a city. This can be economic or demographic.

Question 17

What is urbanism?

Answer 17

The idea that there is a certain culture and way of being in an urban environment

Question 18

What is planetary urbanism?

Answer 18

argues that urbanism is about lifestyle and culture so it can happen anywhere on the planet

Question 19

What does NEE stand for?

Answer 19

Newly Emerging Economy

Question 20

What is a squatter settlement?

Answer 20

Any collection of buildings where people have no legal rights to the land that they are built upon. They provide housing for many of the world’s poorest people and offer basic shelter

Question 21

Meaning of super diversity

Answer 21

Diversity beyond ethnicity. A huge range in the country of origin of migrants, language, religion, migration channels and immigration status of individuals

Question 22

In London what are the boroughs with:

the highest population increase

the highest population decrease

Answer 22

Bromley, Havering and Hillingdon

Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Westminster, Islington

Question 23

Meaning of cultural mix

Answer 23

Ethnic segregation or isolation of a group which share a common and distinctive culture, religion, language or the like

Question 24

Why is there ethnic segregation?

Answer 24

“Safety in numbers”

Employment factors

Business

Family

Community

Language/culture

Common place of worship

Support form each other

Question 25

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 25

When more and more people are choosing to live on the edge of urban areas

Question 26

What happens when a country industrialises?

Answer 26

The number of people living in urban areas tend to increase

Question 27

In 1900 where was the worlds biggest cities found?

Answer 27

Europe and North America

Question 28

Where are the vast majority of the worlds biggest cities found today?

Answer 28

Asia

Question 29

Which continent has the largest number of millionaire cities?

Answer 29

Asia, whilst Europe and North America struggle to make it onto the largest cities list

Question 30

How large is London?

Answer 30

600 sq miles

Question 31

What role has the river played in London's development?

Answer 31

It's bisected London

Question 32

What is the lowest bridging point?

Answer 32

The location of the river which is crossed by a bridge at its closer point to the sea

Question 33

What was London like in Roman times-410 A.D.?

Answer 33

The population was 25-30,000 it covered roughly 1 sq mile of the city of London today

Question 34

What was London like during the Anglo-Saxon/mediaeval times-1485 A.D.?

Answer 34

A new port was built to the west and a link to a church at Westminster. The endings to towns and boroughs were created (-ham, -wich, -worth, -ton). Isolated farmsteads were built in the countryside and beyond.

Question 35

What was London like during the Tudor times-1603 A.D.?

Answer 35

There was an increase in trade and wealth

Question 36

What was London like during the Stuart times-1713 A.D.?

Answer 36

Great fire of London happened to 1666

Question 37

What happened in London during the early and late Georgian times-1756 to 1836 A.D.?

Answer 37

Power increased and there was a dense network of roads

Question 38

What happened in the London during the early and late Victorian times-1900 A.D.?

Answer 38

The population of London went from the 2 million - 6 million

Question 39

What happened in London during the early 20th century?

Answer 39

London's population was overtaken by New York's

Question 40

What happened to London during the postwar period?

Answer 40

Listed buildings were protected