Urbanisation in emerging and developing countries

Question 1

1) How many years ago did urbanisation in developed and emerging countries start?
2) Has it happened slower of faster in emerging and developing countries than in developed countries during the past _ years

Answer 1

1) 50 years ago

2) Faster

Question 2

What are the two main reasons that cities are growing so fast?

Answer 2

1) High natural increase and;

2) migration from the countryside

Question 3

What are the reasons for high natural increase

Answer 3

• Birthrates are higher than death rates
• Migrants are at a childbearing age
• Deceasing death-rates and increasing life expectancy due to improved living conditions

Question 4

What are the push factors for people migrating from the countryside

Answer 4

Push factors:

• Lack of farming jobs due to mechanisation of farming
• Hash living conditions for rural life
• Crop failures

Question 5

What are the pull factors for people migrating to urban areas

Answer 5

pull factors:

• Higher wages in cities
• Better jobs in cities
• Better services such as piped water, healthcare and educations in cities

Question 6

What has this rapid growth resulted in

Answer 6

The formation of very large cities called megacities