World Cities Flashcards
Millionaire cities
Those with more than 1 million people
India + China have the most in the world
Megacities
Those with more than 10 million people
There are 20
World cities
Those which has great influence on a global scale because of their financial status + worldwide commercial power
House headquarters of TNCs
Push factors
Overfarming
Land subdivided
Local disease
Bad medical
Cash crops
Natural disaster
War
Pull factors
Employment
Informal sector
Increase social provisions
Percieved increase in quality of life in city
Counter-urbanisation
Movement of people from large urban areas into smaller urban areas or rural areas = daily commuting
Re-urbanisation
Movement of people + economic activities back into city centres e.g. gentrification
Suburbanisation
Movement of people from living in the inner parts of city to living on outer edges
Urban growth
Increase in the number of urban dwellers
Urbanisation
An increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns + cities
2 main causes of urbanisation
Natural pop growth
Migration to urban areas from rural areas
Brown agenda
A mix of social + environmental problems brought about by rapid growth
2 components of Brown agenda
Traditional issues = limited availability of good-quality land,shelter + services
Problems resulting from rapid urbanisation = toxic waste + pollution
2 main reasons why there is likely to be a faster growth in households than in population?
Increase in adult population - due to change in age structure of pop
Changes in way people choose to live - more divorces + later marriages
Housing solutions
Building on brownfield sites
Increasing number of people living in houses that already exist - empty or abandoned private or council houses
Tax incentives for people to take in lodgers or share their homes
Building in greenfield site
