urbanisation Flashcards

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1
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what is a push factor?

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reason to leave the countryside

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what is a pull factor?

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reason to move to cities

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3
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2 example of push factors

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  • unemployment
  • low wages
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4
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2 examples of pull factors

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  • more jobs
  • higher wages
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5
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what is a megacity?

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a city with a population over 10 million

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what is urbanisation?

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increasing percentage of people in towns and cities

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what is migration?

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people move into or out of the city

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what is natural increase?

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birth rate - death rate

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what is the importance of Lagos regionally?

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important manufacturing and banking industries

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what is the importance of Lagos nationally?

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  • remains the main port
  • thriving film and music industry
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what is the importance of Lagos internationally?

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  • most important port and financial centre in all of west Africa
  • many TNCs, provide jobs and income
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what are some of the causes that has allowed Lagos to grow so quickly?

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  • migration
  • natural increase
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13
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name 2 challenges urban growth has created for people of Lagos

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  • providing clean water, sanitation and energy
  • reducing unemployment and crime
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name 2 opportunities urban growth has created for people who move to Lagos

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  • health
  • economic development
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define the economic development (opportunity) in Lagos

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jobs in factories, construction and financial sectors and film

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define the health (opportunity) in Lagos

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  • larger hospitals
  • number of doctors per head is higher in city than countryside
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define providing clean water, sanitation and energy (challenge) in Lagos

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  • toilet shared by 15 households
  • sewage waste goes into the sea
  • frequent power cuts, take turns
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18
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define reducing unemployment and crime (challenge) in Lagos

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  • many work in the informal sector (street vendors)
  • high levels of crime, policed by “Area Boys”
19
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what is a project designed to improve education and quality of life in Lagos?

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Makoko floating school

20
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what was the floating school in Makoko designed to do?

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  • be sustainable
  • adapt to residents lifestyle
21
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2 features form Makoko floating school

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  • built on 250 recycled barrels to float on water and adjust to sea levels
  • no walls allow ventilation, don’t need air conditioning, expensive
22
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what is rural urban fringe?

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area of transition, edge of city and countryside

23
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what is social deprivation?

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people deprived of services, decent housing, satisfactory income

24
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what is an integrated transport system?

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different transport methods connect together, make journeys smoother

25
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what is dereliction?

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abandoned buildings and wasteland

26
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what is an example of an integrated transport system?

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Mersey travel

27
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what is the impacts of national migration on Liverpool?

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attracted welsh and irish migrants who worked building canals and railways

28
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what is the impacts of international migration on Liverpool?

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  • had a large Chinese community in 1900s
  • worlds oldest Chinatown
29
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2 ways urban change has created opportunities in Liverpool (social and economic)

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  • cultural mix
  • integrated transport systems
30
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define the cultural mix that has created opportunities in Liverpool (social and economic)

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ethnic diversity (bc migration) bought food, festivals and cultural experiences, attracts many tourists

31
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define the integrated transport systems that has created opportunities in Liverpool (social and economic)

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  • Mersey travel allows travel across city quicker and easier
  • provides reliable transport infrastructure by running every 15 mins
32
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2 ways urban change has created challenges in Liverpool (social and economic)

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  • urban deprivation
  • inequalities in education and health
33
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define the urban deprivation that has created challenges in Liverpool (social and economic)

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Toxteth and other inner areas most deprived in UK

34
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define the inequalities in education and health that has created challenges in Liverpool (social and economic)

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  • life expectancy in Toxteth is 10 years lower than wealthier suburbs
  • education results also very low
35
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2 ways urban change has created challenges in Liverpool (environmental)

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  • dereliction
  • greenfield and brownfield
36
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give 2 reasons why regeneration was needed in Liverpool?

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  • high unemployment and social deprivation, people left population declined
  • fewer customers less wealth, centre shops declined
37
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give 2 main features of the regeneration in Liverpool?

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  • Albert Dock
  • The Liverpool One
38
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how did the reopening of Albert Dock increase regeneration in Liverpool?

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  • provided jobs
  • improved appearance of city
  • attracted tourism
39
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how did the opening of The Liverpool One increase regeneration in Liverpool?

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increased tourism because it was opened because Liverpool became the Capital of Cultural in 2008

40
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what are 4 ways you can have sustainable urban living?

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  • water conservation
  • energy conservation
  • waste recycling
  • creating green spaces
41
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what is a environmental problem of Traffic?

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increases air pollution which relates greenhouse gases result to climate change

42
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what is a economic problem of Traffic?

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makes people late for work, lose money for family and business

43
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what is a social problem of Traffic?

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time spent there can cause frustration