Urbanation

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

The growth in the in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas

Question 2

Suburbanision

Answer 2

The movement of the people from the city centre to outside of suburbs

Question 3

Counter urbanisation

Answer 3

Movement of people out of the city centre

Question 4

Urban resurgence

Answer 4

Regeneration of urban area leading to reurbanisation

Question 5

Urban change

Economic

Answer 5

Cities attract people from rural areas because they offer more jobs opportunities and job are often better paid

Question 6

Urban change

Social

Answer 6

Cities tend to have higher living standards than rural areas e.g better access to health care and education

Question 7

Urban change

Technology

Answer 7

With the emergence of factories in cities urban areas become hotspots for technology advancement

Question 8

Urban growth

Political

Answer 8

Urban growth may lead to an interest inequality between the rich and poor people

Question 9

Urban change

Demographic

Answer 9

As cities become larger and wealthier they attract migrants from all over the world. Urban areas become more culturally and ethnically diverse

Question 10

How has urbanisation changed

Answer 10

Population has grown from 749 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014

Question 11

Problems of urbanisation

Answer 11

As more people move to the edge of towns and cities, traffic congestion may get worse. Many people will drive their cars into the city centre to get to work.

Question 12

Push factors

Answer 12

High levels of local diseases and inadequate medicine - social
Wars and civil strife cause people to flee - political and social
Natural disasters cause people move - economic and social

Question 13

Pull factors

Answer 13

Employment in factories and service industry high demand for inskilled labour in cities
Earning money form in formal sector
Better quality of life

Question 14

Suburbanisation

Answer 14

The increase movement of people from the inner cities into surrounding areas

Question 15

Why do people want to move out of the city centre

Answer 15

Crime
Better housing 
Pollution
Need for space ( families )
Noise pollution 
Restore 
Many jobs now are out of city’s

Question 16

Consequences of Suburbanization

Answer 16

Suburbanisation can lead to the decline of inner city areas as skilled people and businesses move away.

Communities are split up and damaged as people migrate out to the suburbs.

The local tax base increases which means that councils can afford to develop new facilities and services in the expanding suburbs.
As wealthy people move in there is increasing demand for recreational facilities such
as golf courses and gyms

Land increases in price as demand is high in those areas