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Urbanisation Flashcards

1
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What has happened to the number of people living in urban areas since 1945?

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Has increased dramatically

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What % lived in urban areas in 1950?

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30%

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What % lived in urban areas in 2014?

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Just over 50%

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How has the urban population changed since 1945 in the developed world?

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The majority of people live in cities but urban population has only increased slightly

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Why hasn’t urban population increased much in the developed world?

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Because in the industrial revolution lots of people moved to cities to work in mills and factories

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What urbanisation is happening in the developing. world?

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Most people live in rural areas, but it’s rapidly changing.

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What has happened in Beijing since 1970?

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The population increased from 4.4 million in 1970 to 20.4 million in 2015

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What are the 4 processes that involve the movement of people in and out of urban areas?

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Urbanisation, Suburbanisation, Counter-Urbanisation and Urban Resurgence

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What is urbanisation?

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The growth in the proportion of people living in urban areas

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When does urbanisation occur?

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It occurs because of migration and natural increase

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Why does urbanisation happen?

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People migrate to cities for easier access to schools, healthcare and more available jobs

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What are most migrants?

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Young adults - if they have children the population increases more

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What does urbanisation cause in developing countries?

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Results in shanty towns - unplanned and illegal settlements made out of available materials

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What is suburbanisation?

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The migration of people from city centres to the outskirts

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What happens as suburbanisation increases?

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City centres become overcrowded and people desire more space

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Why and when do people move?

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There are improvements to transport links meaning people can live further and commute, this is often when they have children or retire

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What is the pattern of suburbanisation

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Wealthy people move to suburbs for better quality of life leaving behind the poor and foreign immigrants leading to economic and ethnic segregation

18
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What is counter-urbanisation?

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movement of people out of the city ti the surrounding villages and rural areas

19
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Why does counter urbanisation happen?

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Improvements in transport mean people can commute and people can work from home

20
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Why do people leave cities?

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Because of high property prices and overcrowding or some just prefer rural areas

21
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What can Counter-urbanisation lead to?

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New housing estates in rural areas. House prices increase so some locals can’t afford it and changes the average age of an area

22
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What is Urban Resurgence?

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The movement of people back to the city centre

23
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Why do people move back to the city?

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Lack of jobs and people attracted by new developments

24
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Where is urban-resurgence common

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Post-industrial countries like the UK or USA

25
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What happens to original residents when urban resurgence takes place?

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May not be able be able to afford to live in the area anymore so forced to move to cheaper locations

26
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What is a mega city?

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Urban area with over 10 million people living there

27
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How many megacities were there in 1950?

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2 - New York and Tokyo

28
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How many megacities were there in 2014?

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28

29
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How many megacities is their predicted to be in 2030

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41

30
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What fraction of megacities are in developing nations?

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More than 2/3 like Lagos Nigeria

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Why do megacities develop?

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Because of rural-urban migration and natural increase. Migrants tend to move to large cities that are experiencing rapid economic growth

32
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Why do megacities dominate national and regional economies?

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Companies choose to build their headquarters there because there’s a high number of skilled workers and good transport links

33
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What is a world city?

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A city with political and financial influence over the world

34
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Where are most world cities?

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In the developed world - however some are in emerging economies like Duabi

35
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What is happening the number of world cities since 1950?

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They are increasing, in 1950 there were only 4 New York, Paris, London and Tokyo

36
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What is happening to oil - rich countries?

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Places like Lagos Nigeria are becoming more recognisable and increasing in importance

37
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What has happened to world cities since 1945?

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They’ve emerged as leaders of banking and finance. Many banks have headquarters in cities like New York and London

38
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Why are world cities good for trade?

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They have good transport links

39
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What kind of people do world cities attract

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Migrants, Businesses, visitors, students and tourists

40
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Why are they centres of cultures?

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Have global influential media and communication and theatres and museums

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