Topic 3: Challenges Of An Urbanising World

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

A rise in the percentage of people living in urban areas compare to rural areas

Question 2

Natural population growth

Answer 2

More births than deaths

Question 3

Mega city

Answer 3

A city of more than 10 million people

Question 4

World cities

Answer 4

Even if cities aren’t megacities they can be very very important

Question 5

Hyper- urbanisation

Answer 5

Where the growth of a city is so rapid that the population doubles every 23 years

Question 6

Sustainable

Answer 6

Meets the needs of the people and the environment without impacting upon future generations

Question 7

Rural to urban migration

Answer 7

This is the movement of people from the countryside to the city. This involves the push and pull factors.

Question 8

Informal economy

Answer 8

This is where a person does not have any employment rights, does not get regular pay and does not pay taxes.

Question 9

Formal economy

Answer 9

This is an official job where the person pays taxes and has rights.

Question 10

Suburbanisation

Answer 10

The movement of people towards the suburbs on the edge of the city.

Question 11

Counter urbanisation

Answer 11

This is the movement away from the city to the countryside.

Question 12

Reurbanisation

Answer 12

This is the movement back into the city to live.

Question 13

Regeneration

Answer 13

This is where former industrial areas are redeveloped and improved.

Question 14

Brownfield site

Answer 14

This is where a derelict site gets improved and developed. Often on a city.

Question 15

Greenfield site

Answer 15

This is green land that may get developed on and is often on the edge of a city.

Question 16

Rural urban fringe

Answer 16

This is the area on the edge of the city between the city and the countryside.

Question 17

CBD

Answer 17

Central business district in the centre of the city.

Question 18

Urban land use

Answer 18

This is the way in which the land is used in a city.

Question 19

Site

Answer 19

This is the actual location factors of a place.

Question 20

Situation

Answer 20

These are the factors that influence the location of a place when considering the wider location details.

Question 21

Sustainable development of an area

Answer 21

Ways in which a city develops that takes care of the environment and considers the people.

Question 22

Sustainability

Answer 22

This is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.