3.1 - Rates Of Urbanisation Flashcards
What is urbanisation?
The growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas e.g. Moving from rural areas to cities such as London
Where is urbanisation happening?
It is happening in countries all over the world.
-more than 50% of the world population is currently living in urban areas (3.9 billion people) and this is increasing every day
Urbanisation in developed countries
Happened earlier in developed countries e.g. During the industrial revolution and most (79%) of the population now already live in urban areas. Developed countries have slow rates of urban growth.
Developing countries urbanisation
Smaller proportion (35%) of the population in developing countries currently live in urban areas. In general, the fastest rates of urbanisation in the world are in developing countries.
Tell me about Emerging countries urbanisation?
Percentage of the population living in urban areas varies in emerging countries. Some, such as Thailand, nigeria and china are experiencing rapid urban growth.
Where is urbanisation predicted to continue at a fast rate?
In regions that still have large rural populations. So mostly developing and emerging countries.
What is a megacity?
An urban area with a population of over 10 million people living there e.g. Mumbai
How has the growth of megacities changed since 1950 to 2014?
In 1950 there were only 2 megacities and in 2014 there were 28! This number is still growing.
Where are most megacities?
More than 2/3 of megacities are in developing and emerging countries mostly in Asia e.g. Jakarta and Karachi
What is urban primacy?
One city dominates the country it is in. These ‘primate cities’ have a much larger population than other cities in the country - usually more than twice as many people as the next biggest
Economic influences of primate cities.
Investment- businesses often locate there, attracting investment in infrastructure and services.
Migration - lots of jobs
Transport - international ports and airports are often located there, encouraging further investment and migration.
Political influences of primate cities
Governments and headquarters of large powerful businesses are often located there. This means decisions about development favour the city rather than the rest of the country,
Where are alpha ++ and alpha + cities found in the world?
Mostly in developed and maybe some emerging countries. Such as European countries and west asian countries
Where are the most megacities found in the world by continent?
Asia has the most megacities as Asia has many emerging countries with lots of big cities and large populations migrating form rural areas to urban.
