Box 1- Patterns of urban change

Question 1

What is expected by 2030?

Answer 1

-60% of worlds pop will live in urban areas

Question 2

Difference in megacities now compared to 1975…

Answer 2

• 20 megacities today

- 4 in 1975

Question 3

Urbans trends in HICs…

Answer 3

• lower rates of urbanisation in places such as Europe + North America
• because the majority of the pop live in urban areas + rate of natural increase slowed down

Question 4

Urban trends in LICs…

Answer 4

• high rates of urbanisation in places such as Asia + Africa (lower income countries)
• majority still live in urban areas however rural-urban migration is high
• Natural increase is high

Question 5

4 main factors affecting rate of urbanisation..

Answer 5

• Natural increase
• rural-urban migration
• economic development
• location

Question 6

How does natural increase affect rate of urbanisation?

Answer 6

• results in higher pop
• cities tend to have better health care =lower death rate
• more people means more economic development

Question 7

How does rural-urban migration affect the rate of urbanisation?

Answer 7

-main driver because most of the migrants are young + migrate because of pull factors e.g jobs + better education

Question 8

How does location affect the rate of urbanisation?

Answer 8

• cities usually on rivers/where the trade is good

- most megacitites are ports in which trade can thrive

Question 9

How does economic development affect the rate of urbanisation?

Answer 9

-cities grow economically because of trade which attracts people + brings ideas + enterprises which aid cities

Question 10

Pattern of emerging megacities…

Answer 10

-do not grow at a constant rate e.g Tokyo grew rapidly in 20th century the slowed down however e.g Lagos is now urbanising rapidly