Urban Futures

Question 1

Megacity definition

Answer 1

Metropolitan area with over 10 million population

Question 2

World city definition

Answer 2

Acts a major centre for: finance, trade, culture, politics and transport
Provides for whole world rather than just region/country

Question 3

Suburbanisation definition

Answer 3

Movement of people from city centre to suburban areas

Question 4

Counter-urbanisation definition

Answer 4

Movement of people from city centre to rural areas

Question 5

What are the causes of suburbanisation?

Answer 5

High cost of living
Pollution
Still good transport links into city centre for work
More open green areas

Question 6

What are the consequences of suburbanisation?

Answer 6

Homogenous suburban projects - lack of architectural variety
Increase council spending on services - properties further apart
Less energy efficient
Less development into city centre
More cars

Question 7

Describe bid rent theory?

Answer 7

Rings of CBD at centre, then industry, then residential
Used to be true but now there are multiple peaks of highest rent land and industry has been moved into rural/suburbs

Question 8

What are these 3 models and which is most applicable to London?

Answer 8

Burgess is too simplistic
Sector is outdated
Nuclei is much more applicable with multiple CBD’s and industry in suburbs/rural areas