UK urbanisation

Question 1

What is Urbanisation

Answer 1

The increase of people living in towns and cities compared to the number of people living on the countryside

Question 2

What are developed emerging and developed countries

Answer 2

Developed - Countries with a very high human development (VHHD); these are rich countries and are usually found in Europe, North America and Oceania
Emerging - Countries with a high or medium human development (HMHD); these countries are usually found in South America and Asia
Developing - Countries with a low human development (LHD); these are poor countries and are usually found in Africa

Question 3

What size is a major city

Answer 3

A major city a has a population of at least 200,000 people

Question 4

What size is a Megacity

Answer 4

A Megacity has a population of at least 10 million people

Question 5

Globally do more people live in rural or urban areas

Answer 5

Urban

Question 6

In what country is the most rapid urban growth happening

Answer 6

Developing

Question 7

The rate of urbanisation in developed countries has slowed since when

Answer 7

1960’s

Question 8

Which continent has the fastest rate of urbanisation

Answer 8

Africa

Question 9

Where are many Megacities now located

Answer 9

Developing and Emerging countries

Question 10

What is natural increase

Answer 10

When an areas birthrate is exceeded by its death rate

Question 11

What are birth rates

Answer 11

The number of births per 1000 people in a year

Question 12

What are death rates

Answer 12

The number of deaths per 1000 people in a year

Question 13

What is rural depopulation

Answer 13

The movement of people from rural to urban areas

Question 14

What is industrialisation

Answer 14

The increase in industry (usually manufacturing)

Question 15

What is mechanism

Answer 15

The increase in the use of machines to do tasks that used to be done by humans

Question 16

What were the enclosure acts

Answer 16

A series of Acts of parliament between 1750 and 1860 which stopped villagers using open fields and commons which they had been allowed to use for centuries for farming. This meant that villagers could no longer make a living and had to move to find a better life. Many went to live in industrial towns.

Question 17

What is a shanty town

Answer 17

Homes for the poor. They are made of scrap materials such as corrugated ion and plastic. They are usually without piped water or sewage disposal

Question 18

Where are all the UK’s major built up areas located

Answer 18

England

Question 19

Give 1 example of a political factor which has affected the UK’s population distribution

Answer 19

The centre of government and houses of parliament are located in London. Therefor people, firms and people employed buy the firms will want to move as close as possible to the government causing the pol=pulation density to increase in London