Growing Urban populations (Unit 2A)

Question 1

Global pattern of urban change

Answer 1

55% of the world lives in urban areas, the rate of urbanisation to differ between rich and poorer countries

Question 2

Urban trends in HICs

Answer 2

• Mostly already experienced urbanisation
• 80% of the population live in urban areas
• 1% rate of urbanisation (urban-rural is more common)

Question 3

Urban trends in NEEs

Answer 3

• Urban population around 50% (can be much higher)
• 2% rate of urbanisation

Question 4

Urban trends in LICs

Answer 4

• 30% live in urban areas
• 6% rate of urbanisation (high)

Question 5

Push factors

Answer 5

Factors which encourage people to leave an area:
- Desertification
- Mechanised agriculture (less jobs)
- Natural disatser

Question 6

Pull factors

Answer 6

Factors that encourage people to move to a specific area:
- More (better paid) jobs
- Better healthcare and Education
- Moving to be with family
- The idea of having a better quality of life

Question 7

Natural Increase

Answer 7

Natural increase is the when the birth rate exceeds the death rate, this leads to the population to grow

Question 8

Megacities

Answer 8

An urban area with more than 10million residents (e.g. Mumbai)
They’re expected to grow from 33 (in 2018) to 43 by 2030

Question 9

Rural- Urban migration

Answer 9

The movement of people from countrysides (rural areas) to cities (urban areas)

Question 10

Urban Sprawl

Answer 10

Unplanned growth of urban areas into surrounding countryside

Question 11

Rural Urban Fringe

Answer 11

The area of land between the outskirts of a city and the countryside