The Global Pattern And Econonomic Developement

Question 1

What is urbanisation

Answer 1

Occurs when there is an increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns and cities

Question 2

2 main causes of urbanisation

Answer 2

Natural population growth

Migration into urban areas

Question 3

What is a millionaire city

Answer 3

Population of over 1 million

Question 4

What is a megacity

Answer 4

Population of over 10 million

Question 5

What is a world city

Answer 5

Cities which have a great influence on a global scale usually because of financial status and worldwide commercial power
Eg New York , London ,Tokyo ,Paris ,Los Angeles

Question 6

Characteristics of world cities

Answer 6

• have headquarters of many transnational corporations
• are centres of world finance
• provide international consumer services
• are learning centres - network or Unis ,policy makers , and company research bases

Question 7

3 ways world cities can be characterised

Answer 7

• Lost a lot of their routine ,low value jobs to other cities or countries
• high level of synergy in economic structures - companies beef it from working close together
• offer wide range of jobs but workforce can be polarised

Question 8

What characteristics as hubs do world cities have (4)

Answer 8

• Hubs of business, transport+trade strong connections to world by Internet ,electronic communication
• production hubs manufacturing and production in developing country ,marketing +production decisions are by TNCs
• political hubs
• Migration hubs

Question 9

Urban growth definition

Answer 9

Increase in the size of the urban population