Urbanisation

Question 0

What are the three main reasons for urbanisation?

Answer 0

Rural-urban migration, expanding cities, population increase.

Question 1

Define urbanisation

Answer 1

When move to urban areas

Question 2

What problems does this cause for cities?

Answer 2

Overcrowding, lack of jobs and houses, spontaneous settlements.

Question 3

What problems does this cause for countryside?

Answer 3

Little rural investment, older people live in rural area, continued poverty.

Question 4

Why do poorer countries have serious waste disposal problems?

Answer 4

Can’t afford to remove waste, people don’t have the organisation like roads to, and the is too much waste to control.

Question 5

What’s the problems with increased car use?

Answer 5

Pollution, traffic and accidents.

Question 6

What is it called when people move out of cities away from the CBD?

Answer 6

Counter-urbanisation

Question 7

What’s the effect on villages of counter urbanisation?

Answer 7

Higher population, demand for housing, housing prices go up causing people to move away leaving shops to decline