URBANISATION AND ITS PROCESSES

Question 1

HIGHER RATES OF URBANISATION OCCUR IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING COUNTRIES BECAUSE…

Answer 1

• most new economic development in these countries is concentrated in the big cities
• push - pull factors are leading to high rates of rural - to - urban migration
• cities are experiencing high rates of natural increase in population

Question 2

AGGLOMERATION

Answer 2

describes the concentration of people and economic activities at favourable locations

Question 3

SUBURBANISATION

Answer 3

when people don’t want to live in the centre of the town as they want more space and a garden

Question 4

CONURBATION

Answer 4

towns and cities located close to each other sometimes join together into one vast continuous built - up area

Question 5

DORMITORY SETTLEMENT

Answer 5

many new residents sleep there

Question 6

COMMUTING

Answer 6

the activity of travelling regularly between work and home

Question 7

COUNTER URBANISATION

Answer 7

when people or businesses move apart from the city to a town or rural areas

Question 8

URBAN RE - IMAGING

Answer 8

changing the image of an urban area and the way people view it

Question 9

REGENERATION

Answer 9

• reusing areas in the old parts of cities

Question 10

GROWTH OF MEGACITIES

Answer 10

• economic development
• population growth
• economies of scale
• multiplier effect

Question 11

THE PROBLEMS OF RAPID URBANISATION

Answer 11

• housing
• access to water and electricity
• health
• education
• employment
• social problems
• environmental issues