Topic 3

Question 1

Urbanisation increase

Answer 1

By 2050, the majority of people in every global region are predicted to live in urban areas

Question 2

Mega city

Answer 2

An urban area with over 10 millipn peoppe living there

Question 3

Urbanisation

Answer 3

Growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas

Question 4

Megacity location

Answer 4

There are more megacities in developing countries e.g. more than two thirds of current megacities are in developing/emerging countries, mostly in Asia(like Karachi in Pakistan)

Question 5

Examples of primate cities

Answer 5

London

Question 6

Why is New York(a developed country) growing?

Answer 6

More international migration(37% of its population foreign born).
Knowledge economy - focus on expertise in finance

Question 7

Why is Kampala(a developing country) growing?

Answer 7

Jobs in growing businesses(a newly opened steelworks in southern Kampala, owned by a TNC, now employs 2000 people)
Growth driven mainly by internal migration

Question 8

Why are cities in developing countries e.g, Detroit, having a decline?

Answer 8

Between 1960 and 2000, its wealthier population left to live in suburbs outside the city, leaving a poorer population, so the income Detroit received from local taxes reduced. Unable to provide enough services, Detroit went bankrupt in 2013.
Between 2000-10 General Motors sales halved, so the company makes cars using robotics, needing fewer people.Between 2000-10, Detroit’s population fell by 25%, as people left to find work elsewhere.

Question 9

How the economy changes as a country develops over time

Answer 9

The number of workers in the informal sector decreases as the country develops.
Workers’ conditions improve as a country develops.
More people work in the tertiary and quaternary sector as a country develops, than the primary and secondary sectors.