Causes and Consequences of Urbanisation (Lessons 1&2) : Flashcards
What are the 2 main ways that a place can change?
1) Urbanisation
2) Migration
What is the official definition of urbanisation?
The process of social and economic change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas.
What are 4 possible features of an urban environment/city-scape?
1) High Population
2) High Population Density
3) High rise buildings and apartments
4) Infrastructure
What is infrastructure?
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.
What is population density?
The number of people per square kilometre.
How many people live in Aus?
Roughly 26 million.
What is the Population Density of Australia?
3.
What is the Population Density of Inner City Manila in the Philippines?
41500.
Out of the 500 major cities how may of them are in China?
160.
Concerning Spatial distribution where is most of China’s population situated.
East Coastline.
What sort of opportunities can be found within urban areas? (give 4)
1) Best Jobs
2) Best Infrastructure
3) Most Hospitals (Best Healthcare)
4) Wealthiest Schools (Better Educations)
What first prompted the movement of people from rural farmland to more urban areas?
The Industrial Revolution.
When did the Industrial Revolution happen?
1760 - 1840
Name 3 benefits of having cities/living near the coast/water. Aesthetics do not count.
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.
Is the worlds population increasing or decreasing?
Increasing.
What are the 3 consequences of urbanisations main 3 categories?
1) Social
2) Enviornmental
3) Economic
Name 2 positive economic consequences of urbanisation:
- Growth of incomes
- Innovation, grouping the smartest people together
Name 2 negative economic consequences of urbanisation:
- Inflation of house prices.
- Decreased incomes for non-urban areas.
Name 1 positive social consequence of urbanisation:
- Cultures mixing in urban areas.
Name 1 negative social consequence of urbanisation:
- Violent crime becomes an issue.
Name 1 positive environmental consequence of urbanisation:
- Lower cost per person in urban areas = don’t have to build 20 different facilities just 1 main/large one.
Name 1 negative environmental consequence of urbanisation:
- About every environmental problem you could imagine
- water & air pollution, littering, deforestation…
True of False: China has the largest economy in the world.
False it has the overall second largest economy.
How has China achieved such a large economy?
1) Having the largest population in the world.
2) Urbanisation
How much money does China produce per year?
11 trillion dollars.
What are “ghost” cities? Where are they?
China has built 20 “ghost” or completely empty cities.
How many ghost cities has China built?
20.
How did “ghost” cities come to be?
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.
True or False : between now and 2035 China is expected to be able to house the entire population of the USA?
True ;).
Fill in the Blank : Half a billion people in China live on less than _______ a day.
$2.50
__________ people in China live on less than $2.50 a day.
Half a billion.
To be considered on China’s povo line how much money would you have to earn a day?
$1.
What percentage of people in rural China have a computer?
10%.
Briefly explain how the urbanisation of China affects the economy of both the rural and urban population?
Urban = income increases quickly.
Rural = income increases VERY slowly.
