growing population

Question 1

what is the definition for urbanisation?

Answer 1

The increasing percentage of a country’s population living in towns and cities.

Question 2

What is a megacity?

Answer 2

A city with more than 10 million people living in it.

Question 3

What is rural to urban migration?

Answer 3

People moving from the countryside (rural) to towns and cities (urban)

Question 4

Name some push and pull factors of migration?

Answer 4

lack of opportunities
soil erosion making farming difficult
rural = isolated
poor transport

more opportunities - jobs/ work/ healthcare
public transport
entertainments
safety

Question 5

what is natural increase?

Answer 5

Where the birth rate is higher than the death rate. people living in cities tend to be younger (18-35) so will have more children.

Question 6

Name some countries that have a high urbanisation rate

Answer 6

3.96 - 9.85
central africa, south east asia, south america

Question 7

Name some countries that have a low urbanisation rate

Answer 7

-4.32 - 1.32
High developed western countries - uk, canada, australia, usa, germany, greenland

Question 8

Name some high income countries and explain why people may move to these areas.

Answer 8

UK - 0.38 - 0.85% - you can still get jobs and have a good standard of living in rural and urban areas.

Question 9

Name some low income countries and explain why people move to these areas.

Answer 9

vietnam - 3.96-9.85% - there are many manufacturing companies that acquire many jobs

Question 10

describe the global distribution of megacities.

Answer 10

• mostly found near the coast ( mainly big cities_
• mainly found on the East (South East Asia) - beijing, manila, mumbai. = mixture of LIC’s and NEE’s
• Moscow is not coastal and does not fit the patter and so does America as it is an HIC.