Geog- Urbanisation Flashcards
What is urbanisation?
It is the growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas
What % of the world population currently live in urban areas?
More than 50%
Which is 3.9 billion people and this is increasing every day
What is the rate of urbanisation?
The rate differs between countries that are richer and those who are poorer
What does HIC stand for?
High Income Countries
What are HICs?
High income countries are more economically developed
Like Japan,UK and Germany
Urbanisation happened earlier in _ _ _ than LICs and NEEs spurning the industrial revolution and most of the population now already live in urban areas
HICs
HIC s have a very _ _ _ _ rate of urban growth
Slow
What does LICs stand for?
Low Income countries
What are LIC??
They are less economically developed
Like Ethiopia, Nepal and Afghanistan
Do people from LICs live in urban areas??
No, not many of the population in LIC currently live in urban areas
Do LICs have faster / slower rates of urbanisation in the world??
LICs have a faster rate of urbanisation
What does NEEs stand for?
Newly Emerging Economies
What is a NEE??
A NEE are those who here economic development is increasing rapidly
Like Brazil, China,Russia and India
What % of NEEs live in urban areas??
Th % varies
Some NEEs such as Thailand, Nigeria and china are experiencing rapid urban growth
What is rural urban migration
Rural urban migration is the movement of people from the countryside to the cities
What are the push factors of rural urban migration and natural increase?
Natural disasters like flood and earthquake can damage property and farmland which people can’t afford to repair
Mechanisation of agriculture equipment farms require fewer workers so there are fewer jobs
Desertification can make land unproductive so people can no longer support themselves
Conflict can cause people to flee their homes
What are the pull factors of rural urban migration and natural increase
There are more jobs in urban areas that are often better paid
Access to better health care and education
To join other family members who have already moved
People think they will have a better quality of life
What is natural increase ??
It is when the birth rate is higher than the death rate
I.e.: more people are being born than are dying so the population grows
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