global dont know Flashcards
mega city
pop over 10 mill
world cities
have global economic and cultural impacts
primate city
disproportionately larger than rest in the area
- has pop double 2nd largest city in country
3 reasons rapid pop growth leads to traffic issues
- overcrowding - safety issues
- increased informal sector - less tax - lack of investment
- pollution due to more people and more cars
why QoL varies in Mumbai
- rent control - don’t improve housing as won’t profit - poor sanitation
- lack of taxes from informal - low tax cycle - can’t improve services by investing and can’t remove informal
- bureaucracy - slow for approvals - pop growth provides pressure on housing
lang pollution
- deforestation as trees removed for agriculture
- degradation leads to desertification
2 ways arctic ice decline affects people
- sea levels rise = flooding
- habitat destruction animals die - people rely on for food
why plates move
- convection currents due to core heating
- due to radioactive decay
- pulls on plates
data presentation - shows contrasting impacts of cyclones
- bar graph
- choropleth map
why low lying land is vulnerable to cyclones
- storm surge causes flooding
- caused by low pressure air and wind blowing water onto land
2 reasons why there is contrasting QoL in residential areas
- wealthier live in better areas with more investment - better sanitation and QoL
- poorer live in slums - informal so low tax cycle - illegal so no investment
2 reasons for deindustrialisation
- overseas competition
- growth of tertiary - less workers in industry
india political significance
largest democracy
part of UN and G20
india social significance
2nd largest population - migration
india - cultural significance
diversity and mass migration
- diverse culture and religion
india environmental significance
range of biomes - easy to farm and settle
air pollution
reasons for socioeconomic differences between regions in india
Maharastra
- larger pop
- mumbai attracts migrants for jobs
Bihar
- primary industry - lack of investment
- rural isolation
regional influence - asia
- tense relations - pakistan wars
- water conflict in himalayas
- trade competition with china
international influence (UN
- non permenant member
- gives AID/FDI
- in G20 - pollution
international influence - USA / EU
- democracy - backed by US
- balanced trade with EU - but no free trade
- US investment into tech - global shift
