urbanisation
- Created by: lydiatayl0r
- Created on: 25-09-16 17:00
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- Challenges of rapid urbanisation
- Growth of the informal economy
- Unskilled labourers struggle to survive in the city
- Lack of social security /pensions
- Employment is difficult to find for people with only farming skills
- Unskilled labourers struggle to survive in the city
- Growth of shanty housing
- Estimated that between 70-95% of all new housing in developing nations consists of shanty settlements
- These people don't own the land = no security
- 60% of the urban pop of Africa live in shanty housing
- West Africa is experiencing some of the most rapid urbanisation in the world
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- West Africa is experiencing some of the most rapid urbanisation in the world
- Undesirable?
- Many governments are embarrassed of them = demolishment
- Replacement of shanty housing is a big issue for LEDC's
- Governments cant afford to build public housing or provide grants to improve the shanty towns
- People are reluctant to move away from locations near the city
- Moving can destroy the spirit of the community
- Replacement of shanty housing is a big issue for LEDC's
- Some governments see them as a self help way of addressing the housing shortage
- If the areas are improved more people may come to settle
- = overcrowding and congestion
- If the areas are improved more people may come to settle
- Many governments are embarrassed of them = demolishment
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Estimated that between 70-95% of all new housing in developing nations consists of shanty settlements
- Population structures
- Rural urban migration distorts the population structure
- Skewed population pyramid of young males
- Cities = excess of males age 20-45
- Majority of the women remain in rural settlements
- Excess of non productive people (children and elderly) can cause problems
- Skewed population pyramid of young males
- Rural urban migration distorts the population structure
- Primate cities
- they completely dominate the urban networks = political, economic, social and cultural focus
- Rapid growth in population due to rural urban migration and migration from neighbouring countries = looking for work and opportunities
- they completely dominate the urban networks = political, economic, social and cultural focus
- Growth of the informal economy
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