Urbanisation

Question 1

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

Urbanisation is an increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities.

Question 2

What is an increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities, and what does this result from (short answer)?

Answer 2

Urbanisation, and it results from rural-urban migration.

Question 3

Name all the factors you can list for rural to urban migration?

Answer 3

In urban places, there are better job opportunities, better access to healthcare and education, and to escape mechanisation.

Question 4

What has the UK experienced in the past to do with urbanisation, and why?

Answer 4

The UK has experienced counter-urbanisation as homes outside of cities are cheaper, with the introduction of trains and buses they are able to commute, crime rates were higher in London, and air pollution was higher in London.

Question 5

What does rural mean?

Answer 5

Rural means in the countryside.

Question 6

What does urban mean?

Answer 6

Urban means in a city.

Question 7

Why do NEE’s have a high birth rate, and thus lots of natural increase?

Answer 7

NEE’s have lots of natural increase, as they have very little access to contraception, as they are poorer than HIC’s.

Question 9

What has been the trend of the global population since the 1800s?

Answer 9

The global population has been growing exponentially.

Question 10

What was the global population in 1804?

Answer 10

1 billion people.

Question 11

When was the global population 1 billion people?

Answer 11

The global population was 1 billion in 1804.

Question 12

What is the projected global population by the beginning of 2024?

Answer 12

8.1 billion.

Question 13

What percentage of people in developed countries live in urban areas today?

Answer 13

80%.

Question 14

What significant event led to urbanisation in High Income Countries (HICs)?

Answer 14

The industrial revolution of the 19th Century.

Question 15

What caused the rapid growth of towns in the UK during the industrial revolution?

Answer 15

Mechanisation reduced the need for farm workers and created new factory jobs.

Question 16

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 16

The process where people move from cities to rural areas.

Question 17

What are two main factors driving urban growth in Newly Emerging Economies (NEEs) and Low Income Countries (LICs)?

Answer 17

Rural to urban migration and natural increase.

Question 18

What is natural increase in the context of urban growth?

Answer 18

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate.

Question 19

What is the urban population percentage in NEEs?

Answer 19

Around 50%.

Question 20

What is the typical rate of urbanisation in NEEs?

Answer 20

Around 2%.

Question 21

What is the urban population percentage in Low Income Countries (LICs)?

Answer 21

Around 30%.

Question 22

What is the highest rate of urban growth experienced by cities in LICs?

Answer 22

Up to 6%.

Question 23

By what year is it predicted that most people around the world will be living in urban areas?

Answer 23

By 2050.

Question 24

Fill in the blank: Urbanisation happened first in ______ during the industrial revolution.

Answer 24

HICs.

Question 25

True or False: Urban growth in HICs is happening at a faster rate than in LICs.

Answer 25

False.

Question 26

What factors contribute to rural to urban migration?

Answer 26

Push and pull factors.

Question 27

What is a pull factor?

Answer 27

Factors that attract people to live in an area such as good health care.

Examples of pull factors may include job opportunities, quality of education, and favorable climate.

Question 28

What is a push factor?

Answer 28

Factors that make people want to leave an area, such as a lack of jobs.

Other examples of push factors could be political instability, natural disasters, or poor living conditions.