Geography Paper One

Created by: SamTattersfield
Created on: 22-06-20 12:38

Top Ten Megacities

Rank Urban area Country Population estimate 1 Tokyo-Yokohama Japan 37,843,000 2 Jakarta Indonesia 30,539,000 3 Delhi India 24,998,000 4 Manila Philippines 24,123,000 5 Seoul-Incheon South Korea 23,480,000 6 Shanghai China 23,416,000 7 Karachi Pakista

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Megacities information

Today more than 50% of the world's population live in urban areas. The number of cities with over 10 million people is increasing. These are called megacities. There are now 34 megacities in the world.

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World population and growth

The world's population is growing rapidly and reached 7.3 billion people in 2011. The highest rates of population growth are occurring in developing countries, such as Zimbabwe, Malawi and Niger. Some countries are experiencing population decline, fo

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Causes of urban growth

Natural increase (or decrease) - this is the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths. Migration - this is the movement of people into or out of the city.

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Push and Pull fac

Push factors are things that make people want to leave rural areas and pull factors are the things that attract people to a city.

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Natural increase (or decrease) - this is the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths. Migration - this is the movement of people into or out of the city.