Urbanisation test Flashcards
What is urbanisation
Increase of the amount of people in urban areas compared to rural areas
What is one cause of urbanisation
natural population growth
What is population density
the amount of people living per square
What is another cause of urbanisation
rural to urban migration
What are push factors
reasons why people decide leave a place
What are pull factors
why people are drawn to a place
Social impacts ( positive )
residents in urban areas have greater acsess to a variety of higher paying jobs
Economic impacts (positive)
the economy in urban areas are often based on manurfacturing and services which are more proffitable than agriculture.
Enviromental impacts (positive)
dense urban environments can have benefits as travel is more efficiant and land can turn into conservation land.
counter urbanisation
the amount people moving from urban areas to rural areas that surround them.
urban concentration
the amount of a countrys population living in large cities
mega city
a large city with over 10 million people
conurbation
a large city that contains a large amount of peopole that are formed by different towns growing together
2 ways in which urban areas grow
urban sprawl and urban consolidation
PQE
pattern (distibution), quantification, eception
DQE
degree (of assosication) quantification (data) , eception
what is urban sprawl
when a citys population grows to large that the city has to expand outwards.
what is urban consolidation
when a city cant expand outwards so the city is forced to expand upwards due to geography or country borders.
Social impacts for urbanisation ( negitive)
inequality can develop meaning those closer to the city center have better access to infrastructure, facilitys and imployment compared to those living in the outskirts.
economic impacts for urbanisation ( negitive)
infrastructure development in rapidly growing cites can struggle to keep up with demmand
environment impacts for urbanisation ( negitive)
waste management challenges can have environmental impacts
