Urbanisation
Megacities
Sustainability
Maps
Miscellaneous
100
Along what type of area are most of Australia's capital cities located?
Coastline
100
The amount of people required for a city to be a megacity.
10 million
100
A form of energy powered by the sun.
Solar energy
100
A roughly drawn map that shows only basic details.
Sketch map
100
By population, the largest city in Australia.
Sydney
200
The percentage of people living in urban areas in 2010.
50.5%
200
A chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas.
Megaregion
200
This process is applied to waste to generate heat.
Waste
200
A map drawn to show one particular aspect or theme.
Thematic map
200
The taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated/direct-down position.
Aerial photography
300
A force which acts to drive people away from a place and live elsewhere.
Push factors
300
By population, the largest city in the world.
Tokyo
300
A term used to describe a sustainable city.
Eco-city
300
The name of the lines on a topographic map.
Contour lines
300
People from this nation predominantly settled in the Carlton area of Melbourne in the 20th century, particularly along Lygon Street.
Italy
400
The most urbanized continent in the world, with 81% of its population living in urban areas.
North America
400
The largest megacity in the United States of America.
New York City
400
The independent state that is aiming to become the world's first solar-powered nation.
Vatican City
400
The 'O' in BOLTSS
Orientation
400
Unplanned and usually poverty-stricken settlements that occur in larger cities.
Slums
500
The average population density of Australia (people per square kilometre).
2.9
500
By population, the biggest city in India.
Delhi
500
Located 80 kilometres north-west of Tokyo and one of Japan's sunniest locations, most of the homes in this town are covered in solar panels.
Ota
500
The second 'S' in BOLTSS.
Source
500
Over half the future growth in megacities will be within this continent.
Asia
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