Megacities

Question 1

What is a slow growing megacity

Answer 1

A slow-growing mega city is a population at 70% plus urban settlement, no Squatter settlements and they are in mostly Europe, North America and south east Asia. examples of this are Tokyo, Moscow and Los Angeles.

Question 2

What is a growing megacity

Answer 2

A growing mega city has a 40 to 50% urban population and have 20% in Squatter settlements. Examples of these are Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Mexico city.

Question 3

What is a rapid growing megacity

Answer 3

A rapid growing mega city is a mega city with a population on the 50% in urban areas and has over 20% in squatter settlements. Examples of these are Jakarta, Lagos, Mumbai, Manila.

Question 4

What is rural to urban migration

Answer 4

Rurel to urban migration is the movement of people from the countryside into towns and cities

Question 5

What is natural increase

Answer 5

Natural increase is where the birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 6

What is urbanisation

Answer 6

Open eyes Asian is the proportion of the worlds population who live in cities

Question 7

Where is the largest urbanisation happening

Answer 7

The largest amount of Urbanisation is currently in Africa and Asia, specifically Nigeria and India. However this is also projected to increase in China, India and Nigeria in the future.

Question 8

Where is urbanisation decreasing

Answer 8

Urbanisation is decreasing in continents such as Europe, North America and South East Asia. However it is more likely to decrease in more developed cities like London in fact in England the majority of movements is urban to rural