Global patterns of urbanisation and forms of urbanisation Flashcards
What is urban growth?
The growth of urban areas.
What is urban sprawl?
The spread of cities.
What is a possible issue of people living in slums?
overcrowding, spread of diseases, increased crime rate, unemployment, pollution, poor quality of life, low or no access to clean water/food.
Why are cities important?
Centers of economic production, social an cultural centers, exchange centers for ideas and innovation eg. universities.
Give a city pull factor.
better education/healthcare, more jobs, higher wages, better entertainment and services, culture, informal employment
Give a city push factor.
population growth, wars and civil strike, natural disasters, cash crops, agricultural problems.
What is urbanisation?
The increase of people living in an urban area.
What is suburbanisation?
The movement of people, employment and services from center of an urban area to the outskirts.
What is counterurbanisation?
The population movement from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas.
What is urban resurgence?
Population moves back to the urban areas.
Give an economic issue associated with urban growth.
Inflation
Give a social issue associated with urban growth.
Increased crime, lack of education.
Give a technological issue associated with urban growth.
Overload on electricity.
How much of the population is predicted to live in urban areas by 2030?
2/3
What is a green belt?
Land, usually around a city which cannot be built on which stops urban sprawl.
