Urbanisation

Question 1

What is Urbanisation?

Answer 1

A process where a increasing proportion of the population lives in towns and cities.

Question 2

Push Factors from the countryside:

Answer 2

A lack of employment opportunities in the countryside. Overpopulation and poor crop yields are all push factors - why people leave the countryside.

Question 3

Pull Factors into the city:

Answer 3

Better paid jobs in the cities, an expected higher standard of living, and more reliable food.
Better medical conditions compared to the countryside also mean more successful births and a better life expectancy.

Question 4

What are the problems associated with Urbanisation?

Answer 4

Rapid growth leads to unplanned housing (squatter settlements/shanty towns), dealing with urban waste, pollution and stress on the infrastructure and the city’s services.

Question 5

Describe the structure of The Burgess Model

Answer 5

The Central Business District (CBD), Inner City, Inner Suburbs, Outer Suburbs, Rural Urban Fringe (or vice versa)

Question 6

Describe the characteristics of the CBD.

Answer 6

• Main commercial centre
• Transport routes meet
• Competition for land
• High land values
• Many high rise buildings
• Few houses

Question 7

Describe the characteristics of the Inner City.

Answer 7

• Terraced Houses, originally built to house factory workers
• Factories now demolished
• Quality of houses going down
• High levels of unemployment/crime
• Houses often ‘gentrified’

Question 8

Describe the characteristics of the Inner Suburbs.

Answer 8

• Typically detached or semi-detached houses
• With gardens
• Cul-de-sacs
• Cheaper land
• Desirable 1930s houses

Question 9

Describe the characteristics of the Outer Suburbs.

Answer 9

• More modern houses
• Built after WW2
• Usually detached, or semi
• Often home to commuters
• Access to CBD