Unit 2A-Urban Issues and Challenges Flashcards
What Is urbanisation?
The growth of people living in urban areas.
What are two push factors for people migrating from rural to urban areas?
Rural areas can find it harder to recover from natural hazards as they tend to have fewer resources.
Mechanised agricultural equipment needs fewer workers, so there are fewer jobs.
What are two pull factors for people migrating from rules to urban areas?
There are more jobs in urban areas that are often better paid.
There’s access to better healthcare and educational opportunities.
What Is a megacitie?
Urban areas with more than 10 million residents
What is natural increase?
when birth rate exceeds death rate
What are two facts of London?
Population of 9 million people
A global financial centre
What is sustainable living?
Living in a way that lets people meet their needs now, without reducing the ability of people to meet their needs in the future
What are three water conservation schemes?
Collecting Rainwater
Installing toilets that flush less water.
Encouraging people to use less water
What are three examples of energy conservation schemes?
Promoting renewable energy instead of fossil fuels
Encouraging people to make their homes more energy efficient
Encouraging people to reduce car use
What are two advantages of green spaces in cities?
They encourage people to exercise more and use alternative transports
Reduces air pollution by creating pockets of clean air
What is one economic and one social problem of traffic congestion in urban areas?
Economic- congestion can make people late for work
Social- there is a higher chance of accidents
What are two ways traffic flow can be managed?
Bus priority lanes stop buses being held up in traffic
Parking restrictions make sure parked cars don’t block traffic flow on narrow roads
