Urbanisation (Topic 3)

Question 1

What is rural to urban migration?

Answer 1

Rural to urban migration is the movement from a rural area like a country side to an urban area like a city.

Question 2

What is commercial land (in urban areas?)

Answer 2

Commercial land is a place for offices, shoppings centres and hotels. They are usually found in the CBD. Land can be quite expensive depending on where it is.

Question 3

What is Industrial land (in urban areas)?

Answer 3

Industrial land includes factories and warehouses and are usually away from the centre. These are often quite large areas of land.

Question 4

What is Residential land (in urban areas)?

Answer 4

Residential areas are where people live, and they should have good transport links to town centres full of shops and leisure activities.

Question 5

What is suburbanisation?

Answer 5

When cities become too crowded and people move to the suburbs where, often, bigger houses can be found.

Question 6

How will the level and rate of urbanisation change in the future 2020 onwards?

Answer 6

There rate of growth for urbanisation will increase dramatically due to technological advances and continuing growth in population.

Question 7

Define urbanisation

Answer 7

The increase of people moving into and living in urban areas instead of rural areas.

Question 8

Define deindustrialisation

Answer 8

When industry in cities starts to decline, often due to technological change.

Question 9

Define regeneration

Answer 9

Older cities start to redevelop their run down inner city areas, in a bid to attract people to live there.

Question 10

What is counter urbanisation?

Answer 10

When people leave big cities to go and live in rural areas.

Question 11

Why is urbanisation happening so fast in different places?

Answer 11

Industry worldwide is closing and connectivity and technological advances means that cities can become more up to date and modern.

Question 12

What are the four types of economic activities?

Answer 12

Primary, secondary, quaternary and tertiary.

Question 13

Give definitions of a push factor

Answer 13

A reason that someone would leave where they live. E.g. high crime rate

Question 14

Give a definition of a pull factor

Answer 14

Reasons that someone would move to a new city. E.g. better housing

Question 15

Why are some urban areas, like Detroit, declining?

Answer 15

Businesses and jobs are mainly industrial, causing people to lose their jobs.

Question 16

Where is Lagos?

Answer 16

In the west of Nigeria (country in West Africa) along the Atlantic western coast

Question 17

Explain how the site of Lagos has helped it grow.

Answer 17

The location of Lagos means that there is access to a port - which is sheltered by land, protecting it from the ocean. Rivers and lakes can be used for fishing so that food is abundant.

Question 18

Explain how the situation and connectivity has helped Lagos grow?

Answer 18

It is well connected to other cities like the capital, Abuja. There are many roads connecting it to other major cities, some leadimg out into the surrounding countries.

Question 19

Why is Lagos an important city for Nigeria (and the rest of the world)?

Answer 19

80% of the country’s economy comes through it, and it is culturally important because it is the only place in the world with the Bollywood film industry.

Question 20

What are some of the biggest problems for Lagos?

Answer 20

The rapidly growing population means that the government cannot keep up with providing services for the people.

Question 21

Why is life difficult for the poor in Lagos?

Answer 21

The rich are so influential and powerful- the government favours them. They can also afford generators and live in luxury ‘gated communities’.

Question 22

How can Lagos continue to expand?

Answer 22

People build stilted houses on the water.