URBAN ISSUES IN CONTRASTING GLOBAL CITIES Flashcards
1
Q
What is an example of a city in a NIC?
A
Mumbai
2
Q
What is and example of a city in an HIC?
A
Cardiff
3
Q
What are the two current urban challenges in Mumbai?
A
- Reducing poverty and deprivation
- Housing
4
Q
What are the three current urban challenges in Cardiff?
A
- Reducing poverty and deprivation, for example in
Butetown - Reducing traffic congestion, for example the A470 road
- Regeneration of the CBD; shop closures on Queen Street
5
Q
What are the three reasons for growth in Cardiff and mumbai?
A
- Natural population change
- Migration
- Connections
- Historic or recent change
6
Q
What is counter-urbanisation?
A
Encouraging people to move out of the city and into the rural areas.
