8.1 Flashcards
what is urbanisation
it is the movement of people from rural areas to large cities and occurs because of push and pull factors.
more developed regions
-urban population
-slowly increasing because we have larger abortion rates and also many families try to save monehy by not having as many children.
pull factors= medical facilities
more developed regions
-rural population
-gradually decreasing since many of the people living in rural areas are either farmers or much older people who preferred not to move to the city so while the rest of their family is moving to the city they are left behind.
push factors= lack of educational and employment opportunities
less developed regions
- urban population
- greatly increasing since many people from rural areas will move to the city for better opportunities. normally it is families who move to the city or married couples who want their future children to have a better life with more opportunities then they did.
also less developed region have a much larger population than more develpoed regions
pull factors= employment, education and higher standards of living
less developed regions
-rural population
- gradually decreasing since from 1980 the population in less developed urban cities has increased dramatically to a point where in a few years it will have 2x the population that less developed rural towns and areas have.
Push factors= rapid population growth which will slowly decline
pull factors: 4
- employment opportunities
- educaion opportunities
- higher standard of living
- medical facilities
push factors: 5
- lack of education opportunities
- lack of job opportunities
- rapid growth population
- war and civil disorder
- rural poverty
what is a mega city
it is a city that has more than 10 million inhabitants.
example tokyo and new york which are also world cities
what is a world city
it is a city that has global significance. such as france which everyone only knows becuase of the eiffel tower also new york since it’s one of the worlds leading cities because of it’s economic power and number of large succesful coporations.
in more more developed countries it is usually (who) that migrate to these cities
it is usually young people and people with young children who migrat to more developed cities
in less developed countries it is usually (who) that migrate to these cities
men between the ages of 15 to 45 which normally means that if they have a family they are split up.
environment impacts of mega cities
- human induced carbon emissions which is a result of cars and factories etc.
acronym HIC - urban heat island effect which occurs when we replace natural land with concrete and etc.
UHIE
water consumption
cities use large amounts of water and produce large quantities of wastewater.
