Urban environments

Question 1

What is a Millionaire City?

Answer 1

A city with at least 1 million people living there

Question 2

Do more people live in urban environments now as opposed to 50 years ago?

Answer 2

Yes.

Question 3

Give four reasons why Megacities grow

Answer 3

Migration
Population growth / natural increase
Multiplier Effect
Economic development

Question 4

Define natural increase

Answer 4

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate, meaning more people are born than people who die, meaning the population increases

Question 5

How does economic development help to grow megacities

Answer 5

Increase in secondary and tertiary industries leads to economic growth leading to urbanisation.

Question 6

Define Economies of Scale

Answer 6

Where larger cities have financial savings on transport and communications for both people and businesses rather than smaller cities. This is because the distances within one megacity are less than the distances between many smaller cities.

Question 7

What is the multiplier effect?

Answer 7

Economic growth encourages populations in cities to grow. More jobs are available due to increased demand, and more services are needed for an increasing population.

Question 8

What does the term ‘cores’ mean?

Answer 8

‘cores’ are the central region in an economy with good communications and a high population density. They are, for examples, megacities.

Question 9

What does the term ‘periphery’ mean?

Answer 9

‘peripheries’ are the regions around the core that have not benefitted from globalization, global wealth, and the growth of a megacity.

Question 10

What does the term ‘global city’ mean

Answer 10

A global city is an urban centre that enjoys competitive advantages and serves as a hub within a globalised economic system.