Urnanisation Flashcards
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CAUSES OF URBANISATION - Rural - Urban migration
A
Movement of people from the countryside to the cities
2
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CAUSES OF URBANISATION - Natural increase
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Birth rate exceeds the death rate - population increases
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CAUSES OF URBANISATION - Push Factors
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- NATURAL DISASTERS - damages farmland and property → Harder to recover in rural areas as they have fewer resources
- MECHANISED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT - fewer worker are needed
- DESERTIFICATION - land is unproductive → people can’t support themselves - unstable income
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CAUSES OF URBANISATION - Pull Factors
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- MORE JOBS - better payed
- BETTER HEALTHCARE + EDUCATION
- FAMILY MEMBERS - Might have already moved there
- BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
5
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CAUSES OF URBANISATION - Increase proportion
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Young people move to the city to find work → migrants have children → increasing proportion of the population living in urban areas
Access to better healthcare → increase life expectancy → population doesn’t decline
6
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What is urbanisation ??
A
Growth in the proportion of people living in urban areas
7
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PULL FACTORS - Example: Nigeria
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- Incomes can be 4x higher in Lagos
- Rapid growth = construction jobs
- The sate Lagos is in has almost 20,000 schools
- Lagos has water treatment plants
- Lagos uses 40% of countries electricity supply
8
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What is a Megacity
A
When the population exceeds 10 million residents
