China

Question 1

what are the two classifications of the hukou system?

Answer 1

“rural” and “urban”

Question 2

what is the purpose of the hukou system?

Answer 2

to control mass migration from china’s rural areas to it’s cities, which would overwhelm government services.

Question 3

what are the negatives of the hukou system?

Answer 3

*wealth disparity
*lack of access to services for people with a rural hukou
*migrants flocking to urban areas for work after 1980s urban reforms, which provided lots of cheap labour although the workers weren’t allowed to reside there permanently without an urban hukou
*generational impact on children “left behind” when their parents went to urban areas, and these children get unequal educational opportunities becaue they don’t have an urban hukou

Question 4

what are the social disadvantages of urbanisation in china

Answer 4

*cheap labour causing inequality as rural hukou migrants flocked to cities for work after urban reform

Question 5

what are economic advantages of urbanisation in china

Answer 5

*access to services
*economic boom
*production of exports
*concentration of specialised minds

Question 6

what are some social disadvantages of urbanisation in china

Answer 6

*pollution
*overcrowding
*traffic

Question 7

what are some environmental disadvantages of urbanisation in china

Answer 7

*pollution