Global Pattern Of Urban Change

Question 1

HICs (3)

Answer 1

More economic development-50% living in urban areas
Slow rate of urban growth
People moving away from overcrowded cities

Question 2

LICs

Answer 2

More people moving to urban areas-urbanisation
Less economically developed
Ethiopia,Nepal

Question 3

NEEs

Answer 3

Rapid growth

Percentage of the population living in urban areas varies

Question 4

Social factors affecting rate of migration (3)

Answer 4

Health, education, leisure

Question 5

Economic factors affecting growth of migration (2)

Answer 5

Jobs, poorly paid hard farming (poor standard of living)

Question 6

Environmental factors affecting migration (5)

Answer 6

Floods,drought,famine,desertification,soil erosion

Question 7

Natural increase

Answer 7

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 8

A megacity

Answer 8

An urban area with a total population of more than 10million people

Question 9

Slow growing megacity

Answer 9

Population at 70%+ urban and no squatter settlements

Tokyo,Moscow,LA

Question 10

Growing megacity

Answer 10

Population at 40-50% urban and under 20% in squatter settlements
SA and SE Asia

Question 11

Rapid growing megacity

Answer 11

Population under 50% urban and over 20% in squatter settlements
Mumbai,Manila,Jakarta

Question 12

Where are megacities?

Answer 12

Clustered in SE and Central Asia with some spread out over Europe and SA