urban issues and challenges

Question 1

what is urbanisation and how does it link to the uk?

Answer 1

-the rise in proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural.
-in the late 1800s, lots of people moved into uk cities to work in cotton and textiles industries

Question 2

how does urbanisation vary in different economies?

Answer 2

• in LICs, urbanisation is low for example in Ethiopia 2019, 20% of the population lived in rural areas.
• in NEEs, urbanisation occurs rapidly. for example, in 1980, about 18% of chinas population was in urban areas; in 2020, 60% lived in cities.
• in HICs, urbanisation starts to slow as cities become more developed. 1950- 79% urban, 2013- 83% urban pop.

Question 3

what are the main causes of urbanisation?

Answer 3

• lower average age in cities so birth rates remain high.
• push factors from rural areas now such as farming automation.
• urban pull factors such as developing economies focus more on services, more entertainment.