Geography Revision

set nof cards for revison of urbanisation, shanty towns and regeneratiob

?
  • Created by: hannah
  • Created on: 02-06-11 11:37

what is urbanisation?

the percentage increase of people living in cities and towns

1 of 7

what causes urbanisation?

  • people moving from rural to urban areas.
  • when industrialization occurred
  • to get jobs in the rapidly expanding industries
  • push factors
  • pull factors
  • natural increase- when birth rates are higher then death rates
2 of 7

millionnaire cities

what is an millionaire city?
a city that has more than 1 million inhabitants

3 of 7

urban problems in MEDCs

  • traffic
  • car ownership
  • commuting
  • congestion
  • pollution
  • derelict buildings
  • high unemployment
4 of 7

solutions to congestion/traffic

  • park and ride schemes
  • cycle lanes
  • congestion charging schemes
  • car-pooling
  • low emission areas
5 of 7

urban problems in LEDCs

6 of 7

migration

what is migration?
is the movement of people from one place to another

what are the types of migration
permanent, temporary, voluntary, forced

international , internal

7 of 7

Comments

jake curnow

Report

thanks

Similar Geography resources:

See all Geography resources »See all Urban environments resources »