CUE - Urbanisation: Global Patterns of Urbanisation Flashcards
Global patterns of urbanisation since 1945.
What are the most urbanised regions? What percentage lived in urban areas in 2014?
North America - 82%
Latin America and the Caribbean - 80%
Europe - 73%
What are the least urbanised areas?
Asia
Africa
How has world population changed over time?
It has increased, and is predicted to increase even further
How has world urban population changed over time?
It has increased, and is predicted to increase even further
How has world rural population changed over time?
It has increased and levelled off, and is predicted to start decreasing
Location of the fastest growing urban areas
Asia and Africa
Size of the fastest growing urban areas
Medium sized cities with less than 1 million inhabitants
2 examples of cities where population has declined and why
USA:
Buffalo and Detroit - economic decline
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina
Examples of metacities
Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai
How has urban population changed between 1950 and 2014?
Grown rapidly from 746 million to 3.9 billion
2045 projected urban population.
Over 6 billion
Number of megacities in 1990
10
Projected number of megacities in 2025
37
What percentage of the projected growth of world urban population between 2014 and 2050 do India, China and Nigeria account for?
37%
Where will much of the projected world urban population growth be?
In LICs
