Urban Issues And Challenges Flashcards
Global pattern of urban change
Most HICS(USA, China) urbanisation levels are slowing or even decreasing as people favour the countryside over busy cities.
Poorer LICs are still predominantly rural but these areas are experiencing the fastest rates of urbanisation.
Migration and push and pull factors.
Migration is moving from the countryside to cities.
Push factors(Negatives of the countryside)- poor harvests can result in shortages of food.
Limited opportunities for well-paid jobs
Limited access to services like water, health care.
Poor transport infrastructure
Pull factors(positives of living in a city):
Prospect of better paid employment
Better schools and health care
Better services such as utilities and emergency services.
Reducing the development gap
There are several strategies that can be used to reduce the development gap. These strategies support local development projects and generate employment opportunities and increase incomes.
Reducing the development gap- investment.
Countries,organisations(The world bank) and TNCs invest in LICs to increase profits.
These investments lead to improvements in infrastructure,such as airports,services(water and electricity)and industrial development.
These investments can provide employment opportunities and increase incomes,reducing the development gap.
How does economic development affect people’s quality of life
Better paid jobs in manufacturing and services enable people to spend money improving homes or accessing health care or education.
Higher disposable incomes enable people to spend more money on recreational activities and food and clothing.
Improved health care reduces infant mortality and increases life expectancy.
Improved living conditions enable people to perform better at school and work
People are benefiting from improvements in infrastructure(roads) and services(water,electricity) this means people can acces wifi also to improve business ventures.
