This is an increase in the amount of people living in urban areas such as town or cities.
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What is a megacity?
An urban area with over 10 million people living there.
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What is a world city?
Cities that are centres for trade and business. They hold global influence.
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What are some push factors of rural to urban migration?
Natural disasters, war and conflict, mechanisation, drought.
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What are some pull factors of rural to urban migration?
More jobs, better education and healthcare, increased quality of life, following family members.
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What are some social consequences of rapid urbanisation in LIDCs?
Little official housing available, infrastructure struggles to support growing population, increase in crime rates.
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What are some environmental consequences of rapid urbanisation in LIDCs?
Rubbish may not be collected, sewage and toxic waste pollutes river environments, increased congestion produces more pollution.
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What are some economic consequences of rapid urbanisation in LIDCs?
May not be enough jobs (increased unemployment), informal sector increases, little access to education and healthcare.
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What is counter-urbanisation in ACs?
This is the movement of people from city centres to the outskirts.
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What are some push factors of counter-urbanisation in ACs?
Overcrowding and pollution, unemployment increases, deindustrialisation of centre, traffic congestion increases CO2.
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What are some pull factors of counter-urbanisation in ACs?
Green spaces and family friendly, new modern housing estates, improved public transport, rents cheaper on outskirts.
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What are some environmental consequences of suburbanisation?
New housing damages countryside and habitats, increase of cars adds air pollution.
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What are some economic consequences of suburbanisation?
People leave centres and they become deserted, unemployment increases which leads to poverty.
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What are some social consequences of suburbanisation?
Offices and businesses are abandoned, economic and ethnic segregation.
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Location and background of Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos is a port on the coast of Nigeria. Recently the city has experienced rapid population growth with 3.4 million extra people calling it home between 2000 and 2010.
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What are some social effects of urbanisation in Lagos, Nigeria?
Many live without electricity, high diseases rate and life expectancy low.
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What are some economic effects of urbanisation in Lagos, Nigeria?
High rate of corruption to officials, business is limited due to poor infrarstructure.
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What are some environmental effects of urbanisation in Lagos, Nigeria?
Large scale traffic issues, slums such as Makoko are heavily polluted with poor sanitation.
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How has Lagos tried to manage its rapid urbanisation?
Authorities moved many dwelling in slums such as Makoko, a loan of $200 from the World Bank to improve drainage and solid waste, new ideas such as 'floating homes and school' have been suggested.
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What is re-urbanisation in ACs?
This is the movement of people back into urban areas.
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What are some push factors of re-urbanisation in ACs?
Lack of jobs in rural and suburban areas, less leisure and entertainment in rural areas, counter-urbanisation may have increased house prices.
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What are some pull factors of re-urbanisation in ACs?
Redevelopment of brownfield sites with improved housing, young people are attracted to the universities, people are attracted to entertainment facilities available.
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What are some social consequences of re-urbanisation?
Shops and services benefit from the additional residents, house prices in redeveloped areas increase, schools benefit from the increase of students, more jobs and less employment within the area.
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What are some environmental consequences of re-urbanisation?
Redevelopment of brownfield sites improves old industrial and polluted areas, decreases pressures on greenfield areas, could destroy urban wildlife.
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What are some economic consequences of re-urbanisation?
New shops and services will improve local economy, jobs available may not be accessible to original residents, urban tourism may increase.
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What is informal housing?
This is housing that is built on land which does not belong to those who are building it. This may be land that is unsuitable due to its surroundings.
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What is internal growth?
Internal growth occurs when urban areas experience rapid rates of population growth. This comes as a result of a large amount of arrival of people in cities, who after finding a job, house and partner, will have children. This occurs mostly in LIDCs.
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Location and background of Birmingham
Birmingham is located in the West Midlands of England. Was a large industrial c
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Card 2
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What is a megacity?
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An urban area with over 10 million people living there.
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What is a world city?
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Card 4
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What are some push factors of rural to urban migration?
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What are some pull factors of rural to urban migration?
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