The increase in the percentage of people living in towns or cities causing them to grow in size and importance.
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What is 'rural to urban migration'?
The movement of people from rural to urban areas.
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What is the trend of urbanisation?
Over time, peole have moved to urban areas, the population of people living in rural areas gradually decreasing over time. Itis predicted than thistrend will continue over time.
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Name 5 reasons that people may want to move to live in an urban area.
Closer to shops, job opportunities, quality of life eg housing,services,electricity,education,medical care,entertainment (etc) , transport, money (etc)
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name 3 reasons that people may want to live in a rural area.
naturally appealing, less stressful, not overcrowded (etc)
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What is a Megacity?
Cities with a population over 10 million.
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What is currently the biggest megacity in the world?
Tokyo, with over 30 million people living there.
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Where in the UK is the only megacity?
London.
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What is the general pattern of urbanisation?
Emerging cities have generally urbanised more than well developed countries. Eg, Tokyo has developed more than New York.
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How has Urbanisation changed over time?
In the 1900s, more economically developed countries used to develop more than less economically developed countries, unlike now , it has swapped around. Eg, Shanghai used to be a low income country but it has dramtically urbanised now.
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name the top 3 megacities.
Tokyo, Delhi and Sao Paulo (Brazil)
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How many megacities do we currently have?
21, although there used to be 2: tokyo and new york
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Which continent is developing the fastest?
Asia
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What is the 2 reasons for urbanisation in megacities?
Natural increase and Migration.
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Define natural increase.
An increase in population due to a higher birth rate than death rate. Birth rate minus the death rate.
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What type of migration causes urbanisation?
Rural to Urban migration.
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Whatare the push factors of rural to urban miration?(leave)
Poverty, fear, disasters, unemployment.
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What are the pull factors of rural to urban migration?
Safety, opportunity, stability,freedom.
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Where is mexico city located?
on the tropic of cancer, pacific and atlantic ocen, cit is to the south, next to USA, near Jamaica, Northern hemisphere,North america, Tropical country, Near Guatamala.
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What is Mexico's situation?
High up, not at sea level, Mountains, centeral hub- transport passes through here, on a driedout lake,City sinks 4cm every year.
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Define Industrialisation.
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
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Define Suburbanisation.
Where urban development grows outwards, engulfing surrounding areas such as towns or villages, growing into a larger urban mass. The outskirts of an area grow.
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Define counterurbanisation.
When people from urban areas move to surrounding countryside or rural areas.
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Define reurbanisation.
When people move back to urban areas for reasons eg improvement of the area.
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What does densley populated mean?
Lots of people living in an area.
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What does sparsely populated mean?
Few people living in an area.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What is 'rural to urban migration'?
Back
The movement of people from rural to urban areas.
Card 3
Front
What is the trend of urbanisation?
Back
Card 4
Front
Name 5 reasons that people may want to move to live in an urban area.
Back
Card 5
Front
name 3 reasons that people may want to live in a rural area.
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