3.1 Increasingly Urban

Question 1

1. What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

Urbanisation means a rise in the percentage of people living in urban areas, compared to rural areas.

Question 2

2. Which areas of the world (continents and emerging/developing/developed countries) had the
   highest level and rate of urbanisation from 1980 to 2010?

Answer 2

North America
Oceania
Europe
Latin America, Caribbean
Asia
Africa

Question 3

3. How has the level and rate of urbanisation change around the world from 2010 to 2020?

Answer 3

The urbanisation for north America, oceania, Europe and latin America is increasing much slower. But

Question 4

4. How will the level and rate of urbanisation change in the future 2020 onwards?

Answer 4

Urbanisation will still increase, but at a noticeably slower rate, specifically in the more developed countries.

Question 5

5. What is a megacity?

Answer 5

A many centred, multi city urban area of more than 10 million people. A megacity is sometimes formed from several cities merging together.

Question 6

6. How has the number and location of megacities changed over time? Where are they and where has the greatest growth occurred?

Answer 6

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Question 7

7. What is a primate city (world city) – consider social, economic, political, cultural factors as well as
   facts about their population size?

Answer 7

Has at least 10 million people in it. A primate city is a major city that works as the financial, political, and population center of a country and is not rivaled in any of these aspects by any other city in that country. Normally, a primate city must be at least twice as populous as the second largest city in the country.