summary questions- settlement

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What is urbanisation?
the growth of the proportion of a country's population living in urban areas
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How does the rate of urbanisation differ between LEDC'S and MEDC'S?
it is faster in LEDC'S because most of the people in MEDC'S already live in urban areas
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What is rural- urban migration?
movement of people from rural areas (the countryside) to urban areas (cities)
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Give two push and two pull factors to help explain why rural- urban migration is happening
Push- Few jobs and low wage jobs in rural areas also a lack of services e.g. healthcare and shops. In urban areas there are more jobs with better wages as well as better services available
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Explain what a squatter settlement is
a settlement in an urban area where as a result of overcrowding because of migration, badly built, illegal settlements are built
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List two consequences of urbanisation in rural areas
theres even less demand on services so they shut down and because young people move away it leaves an elderly population who may struggle in the absence of young people
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Describe 2 ways governments try to manage urbanisation
investing money in services in rural areas e.g. healthcare to encourage people to stay there. in urban areas they will build more homes and attract more industry to create more jobs
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What is counter urbanisation?
People moving from an urban area to a rural area
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Give three impacts of counter-urbanisation in rural areas
more demand on housing drives up house prices, people still use services closer to work so local services shut down and so people who live and work locally suffer. More demand on services e.g. schools and doctors surgery's so not everyone has access
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How do governments manage impacts of counter-urbanisation
policies to make more housing and give priority to the local people, investing in rural services so they don't shut down or to expand them, making the urban area more attractive place to live
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Name the four main parts of a city
1. CBD (central business district), 2. inner city, 3. suburbs, 4. rural urban fringe
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which part of a city mainly has medium class housing?
suburbs
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describe the social, economic and cultural factors that lead to business parks and high-class housing being built in rural urban fringe
S-still easily accessable for commuters, E- land is cheaper so bigger houses and parks can be built, C- richer people who want a rural lifestyle but still access to city live here
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List one social, one economic and one environmental need the population of a growing city may have
S- more housing, Ec- more jobs, En- more waste disposal systems
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What does sustainable mean
meeting the need of people today without preventing people in the future from meeting their needs by using up resources or irreversibly damaging the environment
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Describe two types of sustainable urban development
building on brownfield sites- stops green space being used up so it will still be available for people in the future. Carbon neutral homes- buildings that generate as much energy as they use, doesn't damage enviro by pollution or global warming
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What are low order goods
goods bought frequently which are usually quite cheap
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what are high order goods
goods bought occasionally and are usually more expensive
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What is the threshold population for a shop?
the minimum population needed to support the shop
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What is the sphere of influence for a shop?
the area that people come from to visit the shop. shops selling HIG will have a larger SOI than shops selling LOG as people are prepared to travel further
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Describe the goods sold, the threshold population, the sphere of influence and the accessibility for shops in the CBD
high order goods, high threshold population, large sphere of influence and very easily accessible
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Describe the goods sold, the threshold population, the sphere of influence and the accessibility for shops in the rural urban fringe
high order goods, medium threshold population as they sell HOG but rent is cheap, large sphere of influence and less accessible than CBD
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How does the rate of urbanisation differ between LEDC'S and MEDC'S?

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it is faster in LEDC'S because most of the people in MEDC'S already live in urban areas

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What is rural- urban migration?

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Give two push and two pull factors to help explain why rural- urban migration is happening

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Explain what a squatter settlement is

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