Challenges Of Urbanising World

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

A rise in the percentage of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas

Question 2

Metropolitan Area

Answer 2

A region consisting of a densely populated urban core and less-populated surrounding territories

Question 3

Conurbation

Answer 3

An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city

Question 4

Million City

Answer 4

A city with a million or more inhabitants

Question 5

Mega city

Answer 5

Large city, typically with a total population of over 10 million people

Question 6

World City

Answer 6

City that trades and invests globally, are very important

Question 7

Rural-Urban Migration

Answer 7

People move from rural areas to urban areas

Question 8

Net Growth

Answer 8

A percentage gain/loss in the net income over time

Question 9

Deindustrialisation

Answer 9

The reduction of industrial activity or capacity in a region or economy

Question 10

Natural Increase

Answer 10

The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths

Question 11

Informal Sector/Economy

Answer 11

The part of an economy that is neither taxed, nor monitored by any form of government

Question 12

Suburbanisation

Answer 12

Where people move to the suburbs

Question 13

Counter-Urbanisation

Answer 13

Where people move out of the city, into rural areas

Question 14

Re-Urbanisation

Answer 14

When people who used to live in the city and moved out, then move back

Question 15

Burgess Land Use Model

Answer 15

1) CBD (Central Business District)
2) Inner City
3) Inner Suburbs
4) Outer Suburbs
5) Rural-Urban Fringe

Question 16

Hyper-Urbanisation

Answer 16

Rapid/Fast urbanisation

Question 17

Squatter Settlement

Answer 17

An area where people have built their own houses on land not owned by them, (informal housing)

Question 18

Quality of Life

Answer 18

Conditions/Living standards of a place where somebody lives

Question 19

Burgess Land Use Model-CBD

Answer 19

-Central Business District
-Is where most business and commerce is located
-Features:High/Multi-Storey Buildings
Expensive Land Value
Department Stores/Specialist Shops
Offices/Banks/Administration
Bus/Railway Stations
Cultural/Historical Buildings

Question 20

Burgess Land Use Model-Inner City

Answer 20

• Is typically found next to the CBD
• Mainly consists of Terraced houses
• Originally built to house factory workers who worked in the inner city factories
• Many have closed down now

Question 21

Burgess Land Use Model-Inner/Outer Suburbs

Answer 21

• Typically has larger houses than the inner city and most have a garden
• Usually detached or semi-detached
• Land prices are generally cheaper than in CBD
• Facilities:Schools/Parks/Local Supermarket
• Often home to commuters who need access to the CBD along main roads/railways

Question 22

Burgess Land Use Model-Rural-Urban Fringe

Answer 22

• Found at the edge of the town where town meets country

- Mixture of uses:Golf courses/Allotments/Housing/Business parks and Airports

Question 23

Informal Economy Advantages

Answer 23

• Large scale employment opportunities

- Direct interaction of employee-employer

Question 24

Informal Economy Disadvantages

Answer 24

• Incidence of child labour is prevalent
• Don’t get benefits (access to social security arrangements)
• Can create problems in economic policy making
• Illegal informal economy areas (drug dealing)