Urban Futures Flashcards

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Megacity

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a city with a population of over 10 million

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Factors that cause cities to grow in megacity

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  • Natural population increase
  • Migration
  • Coastal location
  • Economic development
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World cities

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hubs for international trade

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Alpha ++ city

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Alpha + city

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Urban functions

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  • Market
  • Employment
  • Administration
  • Defence
  • Entertainment
  • Religion
  • Transport hub
  • Residential
  • Culture
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Why people want to move away from the countryside

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  • few job opportunities
  • lack of access to services eg healthcare
  • poor transport networks
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Suburbanisation is driven by

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  • high population density and congestion in city centres
  • pollution from industry and land traffic
  • cheaper land and house prices from city centre
  • quality of life better closer to countryside
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Why slums grow

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  • Rural to urban migration
  • Unemployment
  • Poor urban planning
  • Poor infastructure
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Urban regeneration aims to

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  • build new homes
  • encourage investment in new jobs
  • improve quality of life for local residents
  • improve quality of the environment
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Green belt

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open space around cities where no further development is allowed

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Opportunities from urbanisation

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  • Quality of life better
  • Life expectancy longer
  • Employment is better
  • Squatter settlements
  • Sustainability
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Challenges from urbanisation

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  • More inequality
  • Segregation
  • More slums
  • Over population
    -Environmental damage
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Metacity

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a city with a population with more than 20 million

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