6. Urban Environments Flashcards
What is a megacity?
What is the name of a city with ten million people in it?
What is a millionaire city?
What is the name of a city with one million people in it?
What is Urbanisation?
What is the process through which cities get more developed called?
How can urban planners help combat the issue of Water Pollution?
Which role is responsible for advising to have GOOD Sewage treatment systems. Which issue does this fix?
Name an issue associated with RAPID URBANISATION?
Characteristics of this include bad sanitation
What can be the cause of INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS?
Name an issue associated with RAPID URBANISATION?
Also in Economic Activity, this is Unregulated
Why may the INFORMAL ECONOMY develop?
Name an issue associated with RAPID URBANISATION?
This is for poor people.
Why may people have a LOW QUALITY OF LIFE?
Name an issue associated with RAPID URBANISATION?
e.g. Smog
Why may an urban area have high levels of AIR POLLUTION?
