Urban issues and challenges

Question 1

Urban

Answer 1

A town or city

Question 2

Urbanisation

Answer 2

The process by which an increasing percentage of a country’s population comes to live in towns and cities.

Question 3

Push factor

Answer 3

A reason why someone would leave a place.

Question 4

Pull factor

Answer 4

A reason why someone would move to a place.

Question 5

Eg of a pull factor in a LIC

Answer 5

Better access to healthcare…

Question 6

Eg of a push factore in a LIC

Answer 6

Bad healthcare, poor quality of living, lack of sanitation …

Question 7

What causes urban growth?

Answer 7

Migration and natural increase.

Question 8

Natural increase

Answer 8

Number of births are higher than number of deaths. Increase of babies being born.

Question 9

Eg of a push factor for a HIC?

Answer 9

Bad transportation …

Question 10

Eg of a pull factor for a HIC?

Answer 10

Job and access to a better wage.

Question 11

Describe where Lagos is?

Answer 11

Lagos - close to the coast.
Near the Atlantic Ocean
In Nigeria
Lagos is in SW of Nigeria
Countries surrounding:
Niger, Chad, Benin, Cameroon
Nigeria is coastal in west Africa and is close to the South Atlantic Ocean.