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PEOPLE OF THE PLANET - URBAN Flashcards

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What is a megacity?

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A city with over 10 million people

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What is Urbanisation?

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Urbanisation is the process by which there is an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

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What is a World City?

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A city considered to be an important hub in the world economic system

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What is Rural - Urban Migration?

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The movement of people from rural to urban areas

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What is Natural Increase?

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The natural growth in population as Birth rates exceed Death rates

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What is a Pull Factor?

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Factors that make people want to move to an area

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What is a Push Factor

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Factors that make people want to leave the area they live in

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What is Marginal Land?

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Land that is undesirable and has little potential for profit

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What is an Informal Settlement?

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Areas of substandard housing occupied by squatters who do not own the land

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What are the local chiefs in Nigeria called?

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Baale

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What is a city?

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A distinct identity that is the centre of a wider area, and a good record of local government

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What is a conurbation?

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A large urban agglomeration that results from several cities merging over time

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What is internal growth?

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when people who have moved into the cities have lots of children

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Name two push factors

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  • poor education

- reduction in price of crops

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Name two pull factors

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  • More opportunities for employment than in rural areas
    and wages are often better
  • better healthcare systems and schools in urban areas
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Define sustainability

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Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

17
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Name four Characteristics of world cities

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  • Top Universities
  • Importance of ports
  • Cultural attractions
  • Number of TNCs
18
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Where is Nigeria located?

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Nigeria is a country in west Africa

19
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What is Lagos’s influence in the region?

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  • Lagos is the major ICT Hub of west Africa
  • Lagos is growing at a rapid rate of 4% per year 40% of
    this is due to rural - urban migration
20
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What is Lagos’s influence in Nigeria?

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  • Lagos has 9000 millionaires
  • The university of Lagos is the second best university in
    the country
21
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What is Lagos’s influence in the world?

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  • Lagos has one of the largest and busiest ports in Africa
22
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Give two stats for housing availability in Lagos

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  • 80% of Lagos residents cannot afford housing

- In the last 4 years 600,000 homes have been built

23
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Give two stats for transport in Lagos

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  • Lagos is the only city of its size in the world that does not
    have a citywide railway system
  • 13 - 21 million people forced to commute by roads
  • In October 2005 there was an immense smog issue
24
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Give two stats for waste in Lagos

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  • There are exactly 28 dumpsites in Makoko leaving a bad smell and unsanitary conditions
  • 10,000 metric tonnes of waste produced a day
25
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How big will Eko atlantic be?

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10 million square metres of land

26
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Positives of Eko Atlantic

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  • clean and energy efficient with minimal carbon emissions
  • To defend against the coastal erosion and flooding, the
    city is being surrounded by the “Great Wall of Lagos”, a
    sea defence barrier made of 100,000 five-ton concrete
    blocks
  • 250,000 people housed
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Negatives of Eko Atlantic

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  • Eko Atlantic properties are pricey
  • thousands of people who live in communities along the
    coast expect the city will bring displacement
28
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Advantages of using shipping containers instead of normal house building

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  • shipping containers are cheaper
    -shipping container houses are quicker to make. They
    take several weeks to make whereas the same concrete
    structure would take several months
29
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Advantages of Makoko floating settlements

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  • floating structure provides teaching facilities in the
    Makoko slum district
  • adapts to the tidal changes and varying water levels
    making it invulnerable to flooding and storms

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