Topic 3 (urbanisation)

Question 1

Megacity

Answer 1

a city with a population of over 10 million eg los angles

Question 2

Primate city

Answer 2

The largest city within a country which dominates its economy, polotics and infrastructure eg bangkok capital of thailand

Question 3

Major city

Answer 3

a population of more than 200000

Question 4

Developed

Answer 4

a country with a high development index
a high income country

Question 5

Developing

Answer 5

a country with low human development
a poor country

Question 6

Emerging

Answer 6

a country with a high and medium human development

Question 7

What is urbanisation?

Answer 7

the rise in proportion of people living in towns and cities (urban areas)

Question 8

Causes of urban growth

Answer 8

natural increase/decrease - the difference between the number of births and deaths

Migration - the movement of people in and out of the city

Question 9

What is a push factor?

Answer 9

are things that make people want to leave an area

in rural to urban migration, it is what pushes people from rural areas

Question 10

What is a pull factor?

Answer 10

are things that attract people to a city

Question 11

Name some push factors

Answer 11

unemployment
lower wages
poor health services
poor education services
war

Question 12

Name some pull factors

Answer 12

better jobs /higher wages
better education services poor
better healthcare services

Question 13

Mumbais location within india

Answer 13

mumbai is the capital of the indian state maharastra (core region)

Question 14

What did mumbai used to be called?

Answer 14

Bombay

Question 15

What kind of city is mumbai?

Answer 15

a mega city
a world city (globally important)

the 4th largest city in the world

Question 16

Mumbais international, national and regional importance

Answer 16

Mumbai is india’s largest city and has a major port, 40% of india’s exports come from mumbai. Mumbai serves as india economic hub and is home to leading banks such as the rescue bank of india.
Many TNCs are located within mumbai such as walt disney. This has resulted in mumbai generating 1/6th of india’s GDP.
Mumbai is also home to bollywood which release 200million films a year internationally.
Mumbai has 10 Unis and many research centres specialising in IT and engineering, and 3 million people commute to mumbai from surrounding areas for work

Question 17

How is mumbai connected to other places?

Answer 17

india’s largest international airport is located in Mumbai, connecting it to countries all over the world for business and tourism. Mumbai is home to bollywood which makes over 200million films per year and people from all over the world watch them and it attracts many tourists

Question 18

Industries which have helped mumbai grow into a mega city (19th and early 20th century)

Answer 18

Britain was important to mumbais industrial growth, britain imported cotton from india and as a result, railways were built to help with exports.
Textile development allowed for factories to develop and help grow mumbais economy. Inward migration (rural-urban) lead to a growth in the workforce

Question 19

Industries which have helped mumbai grow into a mega city (late 20th and 21st century)

Answer 19

Mumbais textile factories started to decline. Mumbais port started to decline as a result in a fall in exports from textile industries. Banking (tertiary jobs) started to take off in place of these secondary (manufacturing) jobs.
Many of india’s large companies moved their headquarters to mumbai. engineering, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and IT industries grew fasted (economy “opened up”. The bollywood film industry grew rapidly