geography component 1 urbanisation Flashcards
what is urbanisation?
a population shift from rural to urban areas
what is a megacity?
a city with a population of over 10 million people
what is a world city?
a city that has a disproportionately large rate in world affairs
what is a primate city?
a city that is predominantly larger than all the other cities in its country
what is the definition of a primary job?
the extraction of raw materials from the ground or the sea
what is the definition of a secondary job?
the manufacture of goods using raw materials
what is the definition of a tertiary job?
the provision of a service
what is the definition of a quaternary job?
the provision of infromation and expert help
what is an informal economy?
the unnofficial economy where no records are kept and no tax is paid. often unsafe
what is the formal economy?
the official economy where tax is paid and contracts are signed. often safe
in new Delhi what percent of the workers work in the informal sector and how much money do they earn?
75% of workers worth 3.6 trillion dollars
manufacturing contributes what percent of the money (in the formal economy)?
20%
what’s the definition of urban sprawl?
the urban area physically grows outwards onto surrounding rural land, usually in an uncontrolled way
what’s the definition of counter-urbanisation?
movement of people out the cities into rural areas
what’s the definition of suburbanisation?
wealthy city dwellers choose to live on the edge of the city to avoid crime, pollution etc
what’s the definition of gated suburbs?
communities built with walls and security to keep out non residents
what’s the definition of re-urbanisation?
run down areas of a city are regenerated encouraging people to move back in
where is Mumbai?
india
what is the definition of site?
land that the settlement is
what is the definition of connectivity ?
how well a place is connected to other places
how is the site of Mumbai good?
its located on the coast with a deep water port
how is the situation of Mumbai good?
its closer to Europe via the suez canal
how is the connectivity of Mumbai good?
international airport has 32 million passengers a year and good railway connections
in the last 110 years where has most of the growth been in Mumbai?
the outer suburbs
by what percent has Mumbai grown each year?
10%
in Dharavi whats a job example?
rag picking
in Mumbai whats an example of a job in the formal secotr?
a call centre worker
what do most urban migrants do?
move into spontaneous shanty settlements
what are working conditions like in Dharavi?
cramped , bad hygene and low pay
how many litres of water go into the river Ganges every day?
800 million
how many cases of typhoid do doctors deal with every year in Mumbai?
4000
what percentage of people get their water from shared taps?
60%
how long is water on for a day?
2 hours a day 5.30-7.30 am
what is the Dhobigat?
a large, open area where people wash their clothes
how many people are in dharavi?
1 million people
how many toilets is there in dharavi?
1 for every 600 people
out of the 178 worst air quality countries where is India?
174th
what is the definition of sustainable?
a place that meets everyone’s needs now and in the future
what is vision Mumbai?
a piece of top down development
who worked in partnership to make vision Mumbai happen?
the government
what would happen in Mumbai regarding housing?
dharavi would be demolished, developers would buy land at discount and redevelop it
for every square metre of cheap housing built in vision Mumbai, how many more offices could there be ?
30% more offices
what happened in vision Mumbai regarding green spaces?
restore 325 green spaces that were polluted and used for dumping waste
what happened in vision Mumbai regarding toilets?
build 300 extra public toilets
what happened in vision Mumbai regarding roads?
widen and beautify main roads
what happened in vision Mumbai regarding transport ?
improved train capacity and safety
who is vision Mumbai been successful for?
call centre workers and the government officials
who has vision Mumbai affected negatively?
slum dwellers
what is LSS?
Lok Seva Sangam (leprosy organisation)
when was LSS set up?
1976
in the 1980’s how many leprosy patients were in Dharavi?
4000
by 2007, cases of leprosy reduced to what?
219
how many were cured in 30 years?
75%
in what year did LSS employ full time medical staff?
2015
what motto do LSS work by?
SET
what does SET mean?
survey, education, treatment, surveys
what is SPARC?
makes housing better for poor people in Mumbai
local communities construct toilet blocks in SPARC and what do the monthly permits cost for these toilets?
25 rupees a month
what do SPARC toilets have in them?
lights to make them safe at night
in the past five years how many toilet blocks has SPARC produced?
800 community toilet blocks with 8 toilets in each
what does Malawi population pyramid look like?
the kids at the bottom then as it gets thinner adults
