2. Urban Growth

Question 1

What is:

GLOBAL URBAN CHANGE?

Answer 1

GLOBAL URBAN CHANGE

• is when an increasing amount of PEOPLE are LIVING in TOWN & CITIES as opposed to RURAL AREAS

Question 2

Why is there an increase in GLOBAL URBAN CHANGE (why are there more people in towns and cities)?

Answer 2

There is an increase in GLOBAL URBAN CHANGE (why are there more people in towns and cities?)

• PULL FACTORS (wanting better paid jobs, better health care, better housing, better education etc)
• PUSH FACTORS - what is pushing people away from their homes in the country? (War, bad housing, poverty, unemployment0
• natural increases - people having families and increasing the population & people living longer

Question 3

What is Urban Growth?

Answer 3

Urban Growth is

• the INCREASES in the proportion of people living in URBAN areas compared to RURAL AREAS eg LAGOS in Nigeria
• can lead to Mega Cities

Question 4

What OPPORTUNTIES does URBAN GROWTH provide?

Answer 4

The OPPORTUNITES that URBAN GROWTH provides are:

• SOCIAL benefits: access to HEALTH CARE - hospital/vaccinations etc
• EDUCATION - schools, further education
• RESOURCES - clean WATER, ENERGY SUPPLY
• ECONOMIC - businesses have a WORK FORCE

Question 5

What are the CHALLENGES of URBAN GROWTH?

Answer 5

There are many CHALLENGES that comes from URBAN GROWTH lots of people in cities)

• ENVIRONMENT ISSUES - air pollution from planes/cars - water pollution/sewage cholera, traffic congestion
• MANAGING HOUSEING - slums, squatter settlements
• PROVIDING CLEAN WATER
• REDUCING CRIME
• PROVIDING EDUCATION for so many children and adults