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6. What is the definition of a megacity?

  • A city that is the capital and also is important to the countries trading
  • Population of the city is 10 million or more
  • The city takes over most of a country
  • The city is very important globally

7. Natural increase is happening in Rio because...

  • People live longer lives there as there is an ageing population, People are not having as many children, many healthcare improvements which lower DR
  • It is a christian area and there is a high BR (young population), there has been many healthcare improvements which lower DR
  • People like living there

8. What are some examples of pull factors

  • no countryside, no farm animals
  • more job opportunities, better education opportunities
  • rats, building work
  • lost of people, lots of buildings

9. The rate of urbanisation varies across the world, what is it like in a HIC?

  • 100%
  • 45%
  • over 60%
  • under 60%

10. The rate of urbanisation varies across the world, what is it like in a NEE?

  • around 55%
  • 12%
  • around 50%
  • 20%

11. What are the types of megacity and what are they like?

  • Slow-growing over 70% of the population live in cities , growing 40-50% of the population live in urban areas and rapid-growing under 50% of people live in urban areas
  • Big 80% of people live in urban areas , medium 50% of people live in urban areas , small 1% of people live in urban areas
  • High tech over 70% of people that live in the city have access to technology such as mobile phones , low tech less than 20% who live in the city have access to technology

12. what is natural increase?

  • The average age people live to
  • The increasing population of any country becoming bigger
  • more people move to the cities age 18-35, they have children, the population becomes younger, the death rate lowers
  • more people move to the cities age 40+, they don't have children, the population becomes older, the death rate lowers

13. What are some examples of push factors?

  • Boring neighbors, small houses
  • lots of sunshine, lots of rain
  • Poorly paid farm work, Poor acsess to services
  • Good access to services, good access to technology

14. What is rural-urban migration in Rio?

  • Rio is not a nice place so people try to avoid it at all costs
  • There are better opportunities across Brazil so people would not need to or what to move to Brazil
  • happens because of economic opportunities in RIo, there is lots of drought in other parts of Brazil and there are better social opportunities in Rio
  • Rio is the best place to live to people try to move there for rural areas