Megacities Flashcards
1
Q
What is a megacity?
A
A city with a population of 10 million plus
Start of 2015 - 28 megacities
By 2050 - 50+ megacities
2
Q
Slow growing megacities
A
Where: South East Asia, Europe and North America
Features:
- 70% of population live in the urban parts of the city
- no squatter settlements
Examples: Tokyo, London and Los Angeles
3
Q
Growing megacities
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Where: South America and South East Asia Features: - population at 40 to 50% in urban areas - under 20% in squatter settlements Examples: Beijing, Shanghai and Mexico City
4
Q
Rapid growing megacities
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Where: Africa and South/South East Asia Features: - population under 50% urban - over 20% in squatter settlements Examples: Jakarta, Lagos and Mumbai
5
Q
Why do urban areas grow?
A
Natural increase
- LICs tend to have the highest rate of natural increase
- Births - deaths
Migration
- from regions are other countries
- LICs tend to have the highest rates of migration