Year 8 Humanities Exam Flashcards
Urbanisation
The process of making an area more urban
Mega city
A very large city, typically one with a population of over ten million people
Slum
A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
City
A large town
Urban sprawl
Another word for urbanisation, the expansion of human turning to a low- density
Infrastructure
The basic physical and organisational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Population density
Measurement of population per unit area of unit volume
Melbourne’s land uses
- Conservation
- Environmental impact
- Land management
- Regional & rural planning
- Town planning
Advantages of living in the cites
- Public transport
- The large amount of shops available
- Entertainment
- Traffic
- There is a lot smog which affect people’s health
- Jobs
Disadvantages of living in the city
- Crime rate
- Expensive
- Crowed, privacy
- Limited it outdoor activities
Where do people live in Australia
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth
Why people in Australia live where they do
Mining
Problems associated with Australia’s future growth
- the retirement of baby boomers is likely to lead to an increase in the numbers of retirees living outside of cites, creating demand for services
- Continued growth of major metropolitan areas will escalate costs.
- Environmental issues and the effects of climate change will constrain the population growth of major cities in south-eastern Australia.
Internal migration
Internal migration is human migration within one geopolitical entity, usually a nation-state.
Features of Jakarta
- Situated on the northwest coast of Java
- plain land; some areas which are below sea level and subject to flooding
- speaks many languages
- cultural
