Changing Urban Environments

Question 0

What is rural-urban migration?

Answer 0

The movement of people from the countryside to the city

Question 1

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

The growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas

Question 2

Why do people move from the the countryside and into cities?

Answer 2

There’s often a shortage of services, eg. education. Particularly in poorer countries
There are more jobs in urban areas
Closer and more medical care in cities
More and better social opportunities in cities

Question 3

Name the four main parts of a city.

Answer 3

CBD
The Inner City
The Suburbs
The Rural-Urban Fringe

Question 4

What is urbanisation?

Answer 4

The growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas

Question 5

What is rural-urban migration?

Answer 5

The movement of people from the countryside to the city

Question 6

Why do people move from the the countryside and into cities?

Answer 6

There’s often a shortage of services, eg. education. Particularly in poorer countries
There are more jobs in urban areas
Closer and more medical care in cities
More and better social opportunities in cities

Question 7

Name the four main parts of a city.

Answer 7

CBD
The Inner City
The Suburbs
The Rural-Urban Fringe