3.2 Urbanisation Is A Result Of Socio-economic Processes And Change Flashcards
What are the push factors towards urbanisation in Uganda?
Lack of job opportunities in rural areas Worse services (eg. Health and education) in rural areas.
What are the pull factors for urbanisation in Uganda?
Growth in jobs in urban areas
Better quality of life
Better opportunites
Why have some cities declined economically?
For example in detroit:
Wealthier population left to live in suburbs outside the city
Left poorer population who couldnt provide enough so Detroit went bankrupt in 2013
Change from local companies used by general motors to overseas companies.
Lead to deindustrialisation
Why has New York grown in population?
One of the biggest financial centres of the world
Lead to alot of foreign migration
What is an informal economy?
Is an unofficial and unregulated economy where no records are kept. People in the informal economy have no contracts or employment rights.
What is a formal economy?
Is an official economy and meets legal standards for accounts, taxes and workers’ pay and conditions.
Why has the proportion of people working in primary activities declined?
As the workers are low skilled they are given worse pay than tertiary and secondary activities.
Why has the proportion of people working in tertiary activities increased.
Tertiary activities like services, business pay better than primary and secondary jobs.
What were the proportion of jobs at the pre-industrial stage?
70% worked in primary sector
20% secondary
10% tertiary
What were the proportion of jobs post-industrial stage
60% worked in the tertiary sector
20% quarternary
15% secondary
5% primary
What is the informal economy like in Kampala?
50% of GDP from informal economy
33$billion value
Large informal economy means no money is going back into the government
What is the informal economy like in New Delhi?
50% of GDP from informal economy with a value of 3.6$ trillion.
More businesses can start up with informal economy
But low tax is going to the government
When did the number of people working in the quarternary sector rise?
The start of the post-industrial stage
