urbanisation
- Created by: L1ttle M
- Created on: 11-04-18 15:26
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- urbanisation
- growth in proportion of a countries population living in urban areas
- more than 50% of the world's population live in urban areas
- 3.9 billion people
- this figure is increasing everyday
- high income countries (HICs/ACs)
- urbanisation happened earlier
- eg in the industrial revolution
- most of the population already live in urban areas
- slow rates of urban growth
- urbanisation happened earlier
- low income countiries (LICs)
- small amount of current population live in urban areas
- generally has fastest rates of urbanisation
- newly emerging economies (NEEs)
- % of people living in urban areas varies
- Thailand Nigeria and China have rapid urban growth
- rural to urban migration
- push factors
- natural disasters eg flood
- damage property and farmland
- people can't afford repairs
- damage property and farmland
- mechanisation of agricultural equipment
- farms require fewer worker so there are less jobs avaliable
- desertifcation
- land is unworkable so people can no longer support themselves
- conflict or war
- force people to flee their homes
- natural disasters eg flood
- pull factors
- more jobs in urban areas
- jobs have better pay
- access to better healthcare and education
- join other family members who have already mover
- think they will have a better quality of life
- more jobs in urban areas
- push factors
- natural increase
- more people are born than those dying
- results in a population increase
- more people are born than those dying
- better healthcare in urban areas
- people live longer
- young people move to cites to work
- they have children
- result is a larger population
- they have children
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