Urbanisation Flashcards
(16 cards)
Give 4 reasons why people differ from rural places
Their economies
Their size
The density of people and buildings
Their way of live
agglomeration
Describes the concentration of people and economies activities at fabourable location
Suburbanisation
When people don’t want to love in the city center of towns as they want more space and garden
Conurbation
Towns an cities located close to each other sometimes join together into one fast continuous build up area
Dormitory settlement
Many new residents sleep there
Commute
The activity if traveling regularly between work and home
Counter urbansation
When people or business move apart from the city to a town or a rural area
Urban re-imaging
Changing the image of an urban area and the way people view it
Regeneration
The reusing areas of the old parts of the city
Main factors affecting the rate of urbanisation
The place of economic development - the growth of secondary and tertiary sector is fast urbanisation too
The rate of population growth- more employees needed so more people will move to find a work
Factors affecting the rate of mega cities
- economic development
- population growth
- economies of scale, advantages of cramming ( transport, communication)
- the multiples effect, more growth, more jobs…
The problems of rapid urbanisation.
Housing Access to water and electricity Traffic congestion and transport Health Education Employment Social problems Environmental issues
Factors affecting urban land
Land values
location needs and accessibility
Residential pattern
Explain land values
Is the main cause of segregation. The model says that the center of the city is the more expensive place and the inner city less expensive but now that we can move easily there are some shopping centers outside the city that can be as expensive as the city center. Although the city center is always the highest value land they have better connectives
Explain location needs and accessibility
Similar activities or land uses come together because
They have the same location needs
They can afford the same general urban values.
Explain residential pattern
They have groups depending in their social class. Rich people normally live next to reach people and in the better zones. Poor people in the worst zones or sametimes they need to rent because they cannot afford a house. People are more comfortable like that.
