World cities
- Created by: elen roberts
- Created on: 06-01-14 17:49
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- World Cities
- Types of City
- Millionaire City
- Over 1million inhabitants
- Mega City
- Metropolitan city with over10 million inhabitants
- World City
- Acts as a major centre for finance, trade, business, politics, culture and science and mass media serving the whole world.
- Millionaire City
- 1960: 9 of the biggest cities were in developing countries, by 2008, 48 out of the 68 cities with over 5 million were in developing countries. Due to high natural increase and very high rural to urban migration.
- Process of Urbanisation
- Began in 19th Century when industrialisation drew people to cities for jobs
- Unemployment in rural areas as machines were used. less than 2% in agriculture
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