Urbanisation Flashcards
1
Q
Define urbanisation
A
The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
2
Q
Define counter-urbanisation
A
The decrease in the proportion of people living in urban areas
3
Q
Push factors (to go to towns/cities)
A
- Lack of food
- Few jobs
- Poor education
- Natural disaster
- No medical care
4
Q
Pull factors
A
- Education
- Housing
- Medical care
- Access to other services
5
Q
In reality urbanisation create problems:
A
- Congestion (an increase in the amount of traffic leading to traffic jams)
- Destruction of greenfield sites
- Pollutions (air, water, noise, visual)
- Electricity blackouts
- Water shortages
- Unemployment
- Homelessness
- Growth of informal settlements (slums)
- Crime
