Geography Year 8 Flashcards
Urbanisation
The process of social and economic change that takes places as increasing numbers of people move from rural areas
Industrial Age
Industrial Age changed the way in which the world worked as now less people were needed for farming jobs, so they moved from rural to urban
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl is the growth of a city onto productive farming lands on the city fringes
New growth zone
Newly developing house estate
Alkimos
Residential city
Housing and facilities eg. Mindarie
Parkland and nature
Sport and recreation areas
Kings park
CBD
Central business district= offices, shops, and is accessible
Rural
Urban fringe - edge of city and is where rural and urban land meets eg. Mundarian
Outer business district
Commercial district on main roads eg, lakeside shopping centre
Economic advantages of cities
Work Industry Trade Customers Friends
Disadvantage
Affects on environment (pollution, ruin native land) Housing price Traffic Crowded Cost Crime rate
Mega city
A city with a population over 10 million
Seoul
25 million people
North Korea
Advanced transport
New Delhi
India
25 million
Worst air quality
Slums
Jakarta
30 million
Slums
Lack of fresh water