urbanisation

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

Is the increase of proportion of people living in urban areas in comparison to rural areas

Question 2

megacity

Answer 2

A city with over 10million people

Question 3

What happened in the uk in 1961

Answer 3

The uk was the first country in the world to have an urban population of 50% ( due to industrial revolution)

Question 4

What is the Brandt line

Answer 4

The Brandt Line is an imaginary division that has provided a rough way of dividing all of the countries in the world in to the rich north and poor south.

Question 5

When was the Brandt line made?

Answer 5

1980

Question 6

Where are most megacities located

Answer 6

In Asia

Question 7

Where are there few megacities

Answer 7

In industrialised areas

Question 8

What is migration

Answer 8

The movement of population from one area to another

Question 9

Name some push factors

Answer 9

Drought, natural disasters, lack of employment, poor education facilities, poor health care, war, land shortage

Question 10

Name some pull factors

Answer 10

Higher standard of living, good education, jobs available, good health services, better social environment

Question 11

Name 3 examples of megacities

Answer 11

Tokyo, new York and lagos

Question 12

lic

Answer 12

Low income country

Question 13

nee

Answer 13

Newly economically developed

Question 14

describe the location of rio de Janeiro

Answer 14

Southern hemisphere of the country of Brazil
Just north of the tropic of Capricorn
Brazil is located in south America
Duo is surrounded by the Atlantic ocean

Question 15

How is rio important on s national scale

Answer 15

The cultural capital
Attracts many tourists
First south American city to host the Olympic games
industrialised city

Question 16

What is the multiplier effect

Answer 16

If new jobs are created, people who take them have money to spend in the shops, which means that more shop workers are needed. The shop workers pay their taxes and spend their new-found money, creating yet more jobs in industries as diverse as transport and education

Question 17

tourism

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Receives more tourists than any other city in south America with about 2.82million per year

Question 18

cbd

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Central business district

Question 19

high residential areas found

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Next to cbd and beeches such as copacabana

Question 20

North zone

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Port, airport, soccer stadium, national park, FAVELAS

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Central zone

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CBD, oldest part, financial centre, largest oil and mining companies

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West zone

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Wealthy coastal suburb, tourists, rich, some parts industrialised with low quality housing around steel works, main Olympic stadiums

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South zone

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Developed after tunnels were cut through mountains, main tourist hotels send beaches, wealthiest district in the whole of south America, overlooked by rochina,

Question 24

Types of employment in rio

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Tourism, manufacturing,constuction,service, port, oil refining

Question 25

port

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Export products generate more jobs in Rio Business overseas

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service

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Overseas | High skilled workers

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construction

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Low skilled workers

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Steel

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Increase gdp

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tourism

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Businesses can thrive, multiplier effect

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manufacturers

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Cheap because its an led, employees cheaper veto pay, long ours low pay

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oil

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Expensive | Overseas

Question 32

Olympic opportunities

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``` Short term jobs Housing facilities Sports facilities Businesses thriving Increase GDP Improved infrastructure Clean polluted water ```

Question 33

Olympic challenges

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``` Bankrupted the local government Crime and riots broke out Didn't spend money on necessities Houses destroyed Not everyone will benefit ```

Question 34

How many families evicted in the favelas

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385

Question 35

1000 people lost their houses for

Answer 35

A new road

Question 36

How much of the population live in the favelas

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25%

Question 37

Environmental challenges of urban growth- water

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Polluted water systems, increase water borne diseases Poor drainage system Over 200 TONNES OF RAW SEWAGE POURS ON THE BEACH EVERYDAY This decreases tourism 12% of RIO DONT HAVE ACCESS TO RUNNING WATER

Question 38

Environmental challenges of urban growth-Pollution

Answer 38

Traffic congestion Safer to be in a car The number of cars in Rio over the past decade has increased by 40%

Question 39

Environmental challenges of urban growth-solutions

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95% of population now have main water supply Safer on public transport New roads

Question 40

Social challenges of urban growth

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``` Pressure on jobs Pressure on education Healthcare Low skilled workers ONLY 55% OF THE CITY HAVE A LOCAL FAMILY HEALTH CARE CLINIC Crime Not enough energy Informal job sector increased ```

Question 41

Solutions to social challenges

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Giving school grants the favela have their own unit Police to help tackle crime Health kits

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Economic challenges

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Unemployment rates in favela over 20% crime

Question 43

solutions

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Education | School for tomorrow programme

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What is the informal economy

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Employment outside of the official knowledge of the government (illegal and don't pay tax so government suffers)

Question 45

High murder rate of

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20 to 1000 people

Question 46

Infant mortality rate

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50 to 1000 people