urban issues and challanges

Question 1

urbanisation

Answer 1

the increase in tthe proportion of people living in town and cities

Question 2

birth rate

Answer 2

the number of births per 1000 people each year

Question 3

death rate

Answer 3

the number of deaths per 1000 people per years

Question 4

natural increase

Answer 4

the birth rate minus the death rate (the change in population not including migration)

Question 5

megacity

Answer 5

a city with 10 million+ inhabitants

Question 6

HIC (high income country)

Answer 6

a country with a GNI per capita of $12,696 or above. These are richer countries that have lots of industry and sevice jobs such as the UK and Japan

Question 7

LIC (low income country)

Answer 7

countries with a GNI per capita of $1045 or less like chad or ethipoia

Question 8

NEE (newly emerging economy )

Answer 8

countries that have begun to experience high rates of growth and development usually with tapid industrialisation

Question 9

what is predicted to happen to the worlds population by 2030

Answer 9

60% of the worlds population will live in urban areas, and by 2050 70%