Causes and Consequences of Urbanisation (Lessons 1&2) :

Question 1

What are the 2 main ways that a place can change?

Answer 1

1) Urbanisation
2) Migration

Question 2

What is the official definition of urbanisation?

Answer 2

The process of social and economic change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas.

Question 3

What are 4 possible features of an urban environment/city-scape?

Answer 3

1) High Population
2) High Population Density
3) High rise buildings and apartments
4) Infrastructure

Question 4

What is infrastructure?

Answer 4

Structures and facilities for people to use, for example, trains, roads & light rails. This can also include buildings that houses services used by the public or simply buildings for people to live in.

Question 5

What is population density?

Answer 5

The number of people per square kilometre.

Question 6

How many people live in Aus?

Answer 6

Roughly 26 million.

Question 7

What is the Population Density of Australia?

Answer 7

3.

Question 8

What is the Population Density of Inner City Manila in the Philippines?

Answer 8

41500.

Question 9

Out of the 500 major cities how may of them are in China?

Answer 9

160.

Question 10

Concerning Spatial distribution where is most of China’s population situated.

Answer 10

East Coastline.

Question 11

What sort of opportunities can be found within urban areas? (give 4)

Answer 11

1) Best Jobs
2) Best Infrastructure
3) Most Hospitals (Best Healthcare)
4) Wealthiest Schools (Better Educations)

Question 12

What first prompted the movement of people from rural farmland to more urban areas?

Answer 12

The Industrial Revolution.

Question 13

When did the Industrial Revolution happen?

Answer 13

1760 - 1840

Question 14

Name 3 benefits of having cities/living near the coast/water. Aesthetics do not count.

Answer 14

1) Main way of getting goods in and out of the country is by boat = Closer to production and products.
2) Produces land-grown food as well as seafood = Another good food source.
3) There is somewhere to put all the waste.

Question 15

Is the worlds population increasing or decreasing?

Answer 15

Increasing.

Question 16

What are the 3 consequences of urbanisations main 3 categories?

Answer 16

1) Social
2) Enviornmental
3) Economic

Question 17

Name 2 positive economic consequences of urbanisation:

Answer 17

• Growth of incomes
• Innovation, grouping the smartest people together

Question 18

Name 2 negative economic consequences of urbanisation:

Answer 18

• Inflation of house prices.
• Decreased incomes for non-urban areas.

Question 19

Name 1 positive social consequence of urbanisation:

Answer 19

• Cultures mixing in urban areas.

Question 20

Name 1 negative social consequence of urbanisation:

Answer 20

• Violent crime becomes an issue.

Question 21

Name 1 positive environmental consequence of urbanisation:

Answer 21

• Lower cost per person in urban areas = don’t have to build 20 different facilities just 1 main/large one.

Question 22

Name 1 negative environmental consequence of urbanisation:

Answer 22

• About every environmental problem you could imagine
• water & air pollution, littering, deforestation…

Question 23

True of False: China has the largest economy in the world.

Answer 23

False it has the overall second largest economy.

Question 24

How has China achieved such a large economy?

Answer 24

1) Having the largest population in the world.
2) Urbanisation

Question 25

How much money does China produce per year?

Answer 25

11 trillion dollars.

Question 26

What are “ghost” cities? Where are they?

Answer 26

China has built 20 “ghost” or completely empty cities.

Question 27

How many ghost cities has China built?

Answer 27

20.

Question 28

How did “ghost” cities come to be?

Answer 28

The Chinese government wanted to increase its urban population, so it put a lot of economic resources into building new cities only for them to not be actually used or moved into.

Question 29

True or False : between now and 2035 China is expected to be able to house the entire population of the USA?

Answer 29

True ;).

Question 30

Fill in the Blank : Half a billion people in China live on less than _______ a day.

Answer 30

$2.50

Question 31

__________ people in China live on less than $2.50 a day.

Answer 31

Half a billion.

Question 32

To be considered on China’s povo line how much money would you have to earn a day?

Answer 32

$1.

Question 33

What percentage of people in rural China have a computer?

Answer 33

10%.

Question 34

Briefly explain how the urbanisation of China affects the economy of both the rural and urban population?

Answer 34

Urban = income increases quickly.
Rural = income increases VERY slowly.