Geoorgraohy (urbanastion ) Flashcards

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What is urbanisation

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Towns and cities are growing

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2
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2 push factors why people leave country side

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Natural disasters
Mechanisation (use of machines to farm land)

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3
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Pull factors why u want to go to cities

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Healthcare
Education
More jobs

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4
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How many mega cities was there in 1975 and what were they

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4 and they were Tokyo ,New York ,Mexico city and Sao Paolo

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5
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How many mega city’s are today

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31

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What do u call when people don’t want to move to a city when there less noise and crime and bigger houses

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Counter urbanisation

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7
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Which LIC has urban growth

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Lagos

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8
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How many people mover to Lagos per minute

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86

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9
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How many times is Lagos more crowded than London

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4 times more

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10
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Sanitation is poor communal toilets is shared by how many houses

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15

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What is the percent of water In Lagos that is treated and pumped to houses

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10 percent

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12
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What’s I the percentage of that people in Lagos live less 2 pound per day

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46 percent

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13
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Lagos health care is poor how many people in Lagos gets malaria per year

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1.2 million

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14
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How many people in Lagos are unemployed

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26 percent

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15
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Lagos is very congested cities in the world what’s the average traffic time

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3 hours

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16
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How many deaths happen because of bad pollution

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11 thousand deaths

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17
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Name a lic that’s is urban planning

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Makoko

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18
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What’s Is Makoko doing to teach people how to build houses and and make the whole area sustainable

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They use floating school

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19
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How do they reduce the cost of using energy

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Use solar panels

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20
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How do they provide jobs in Makoko

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They do markets which is made by local material by local workers

21
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What city is having urban challenges

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Nottingham

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Economics opportunities

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Lace markets
Tertiary job (85 percent of nottigham economy

23
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What are the social opportunities of nottigham

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They 2 universities that’s are ranked 14 in the uk
Increase in quaternary jobs

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What’s are the social challenges in nottigham

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8 most deprived country
In 2010 there was an average 3 rough sleepers per night and now there is 53 in 2023

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Environment challenges
Urban sprawl ( more houses build in the country side ) reduces biodiversity Rural urban fringers they have lot of agricultural and greenfield like staple ford which constructs 450 homes Whig led to mice invasion
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Uk regeneration is happening to what city
Nottingham
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What market employees thousands of jobs
Lace market
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When did the last factory shut down
1950
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What did they do with house shortages
Renovated into middle class flats and today is the most expensive and more sought areas to live
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How did they attract tourism
Museums such as galleries of justice which opened in 1986
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What are did they open to attract tourists
Ice arena in 2000
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What a environmental drawback if making new building and increase tourism
Housing is too expensive More tourism more people coming to Nottingham increase traffic congestion
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Which city is uk sustainability
Hockerton
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Why do they need to be sustainable
Because of there ecological footprint
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What’s a way of being more sustainable
Urban greening which is making more green spaces so they can make roof and gardens and increase biodiversity
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Where is hockerton
Is a village between Newark and Mansfield
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Why do they do to make renewable energy
Windmills Solar panels two each
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How does reneable energy helps to be sustainable
Reduces fossil fuels and give out bad pollution
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How do they get high quality water
Rainwater haversting to collect water 1cm of rain water provide 5 weeks of water
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How do they maintain the land
Vegetable patches , chickens and sheep
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How many unpaid hours in a home a year needs to manage and maintain the side
300 unpaid
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What’s the scheme called to improve transport in Nottingham
The big wheel
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What is the big wheel
Make transport Better and cheaper
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Positive of a tram
It employs 290 local people 19 million people use the tram (35 percent higher than the previous year
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Negative of a tram
570 million to pay for a tram system Traffic congestion which makes nottigham play 664 million a year
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Cycling positive s
The city card cycle hire cost 2 pound for a day cheaper than other forms of transport
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Cycling negatives
On average only one person a day was hiring a bike when the city card bikes were first implemented, though this has increased
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E scooters positives
E scooters are 100 percent green technology for moving around the city There are fines who leave it in a operating area any caught riding on the pavement or parking it irresponsibly
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E scoter negative
It’s illegal only the trial escooters are legally allowed because police officers are there using there own in public roads People leave the scooters in the middle of a path blocking busses and blocking drive ways