Urban Change Since 1946

Question 1

Which areas have seen the most growth?

Answer 1

Lagos and Dhaka have seen the biggest increase in population
But Tokyo still has highest population

Question 2

South east asia

Answer 2

. Many large cities with populations over 5 million

. Urbanisation is still pretty low, less than 60%

Question 3

Anaomalies of urbanisation

Answer 3

. West coast of Africa

Question 4

N and S America, Europe and Australia

Answer 4

Highly urbanised

But Australia has no cities between 5 and 10mill

Question 5

Megacity

Answer 5

A metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people.

Question 6

World city

Answer 6

. Cities which are seen to have an important role in the global economic system
. Dominate world finances
. Headquaters to TNCs
. E.g. London, New York and Tokyo

Question 7

Billionaires

Answer 7

. 2000 billionaires control $33 trillion
. Own more wealth than 60% of the population
. Cities like London an Moscow have lots of billionaires

Question 8

Millionaire city

Answer 8

City with more than 1 million e.g. Sydney

Question 9

How has location of biggest cities changed since 1945

Answer 9

. Originally HICs had the biggest cities

. Greates number now in SE Asia

Question 10

Rates of urbanisation on each continent

Answer 10

. Since 1970 HICs have had a slow rate of urbanisation

. By 2030 the fastest growth is likely to be in Africa and India

Question 11

How has size of the biggest cities since 1945 changed

Answer 11

. Grown exponentially
. Tokyo’s population is 3x larger
. Sao Paulo is 22x bigger

Question 12

Global patterns of people living in urban areas

Answer 12

. HICs have about 90% of their population in towns and cities
. LICs have a much lower urban % but often the fastest growth